More and more universities are operating overseas, which puts a premium on navigating the often murky waters of protecting copyrights in foreign lands. Tertiary education is increasingly a global enterprise. International students roam the planet to find the best course, ...
More »Talking Eds, episode 13: Toddler body image issues, dingo meat ideas hurt USQ ecologist, yet more uni rankings
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review unpack body image issues in the preschool playground, look into the USQ ecologist who was forced to withdraw from a conservation conference ...
More »ARC pumps $31.3 million into gravitational wave research
Following two sightings of Albert Einstein’s fabled gravitational waves this year, the Australian Research Council has allocated $31.3 million for new work in this field. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGRav) will be hosted by Swinburne University of Technology. ...
More »Nature Research simplifies science on new website
Nature Research, the publishing group behind the prestigious scientific journal Nature, has launched a website to make complex science accessible to the general public. The npj Science of Learning Community website was launched in collaboration with the University of Queensland. It aims to make ...
More »Media training for Indigenous academics aims to increase cut-through
Dr Megan Williams is an early-career researcher employed full time at Western Sydney University, who graduated from her PhD in 2015. Williams is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales and also has English and Irish heritage. ...
More »USQ ecologist withdraws conference keynote after backlash
A University of Southern Queensland ecologist has withdrawn from his scheduled keynote presentation from a conservation conference, following outrage from animal rights activists. Dr Ben Allen, who’s made headlines for arguing that wild dog carcasses should be exported to Asian countries, ...
More »Monash ‘damned by association’ with Swisse: adjunct associate professor
Monash University has stated that it does not have a partnership with controversial supplements brand Swisse, after a prominent public health expert labelled the university “damned by association”. Monash has entered a sponsorship agreement with ABC International, the public broadcaster’s ...
More »Global warming began in the 1800s: study
An international study has found that human-induced global warming began in the 1830s, during the Industrial Revolution. The research, published in the journal Nature, shows the Earth’s climate responded rapidly to small increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions that came with industrial progress. ...
More »Uni supercomputers a big target for hackers: Dell official
Purchasing a supercomputer is a trend, among the universities that can afford it. But a Dell executive has warned they attract hackers, and foreign government agencies, like moths to a flame. “We do know scientific data is very valuable, to both ...
More »ARC defends humanities research funding
The Australian Research Council has defended its funding of humanities studies, following media reports criticising the body for spending taxpayer dollars on “absurd and obscure” research. The Daily Telegraph today lambasted the ARC for its latest wave of funding to humanities research ...
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