New research in protected cropping using medicinal cannabis by La Trobe University is aiming to develop Australia’s agricultural industry and establish an Australian supply chain for medicinal cannabis. The project recently received $5m in funding from the Australian Government’s Regional ...
More »University research to lose estimated $7.6b, 11 per cent of workforce by 2024
Australian universities face a research support shortfall of up to $7.6 billion in the next five years, a new report says. The prediction comes with the warning that, as a result, the sector will lose between 5,100 to 6,100 research ...
More »$10m federal grants for suicide prevention research
The University of Melbourne, UNSW and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute were successful in receiving federal grants through the Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission.
More »Key stakeholders ‘disappointed’ over scrapping of education infrastructure fund
Legislation passed through the senate yesterday will see funds redirected away from the $3.95 billion Education Investment Fund (EIF) to provide finances for natural disasters and emergencies. While Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson supported the creation of the Emergency ...
More »We must start listening to the experts: Opinion
I could easily style myself as an education expert: I have the prefix in front of my name that lends legitimacy; I run a national organisation focused on education research; and I’ve been an education adviser to a minister. Others ...
More »Tehan: taskforce comes as ‘targeting of Australian universities continues to increase’
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has unveiled the details of a university foreign interference taskforce announced during his address to the National Press Club in Canberra. “The information that our universities hold is of interest to foreign actors, and therefore ...
More »Weekly roundup 3: PhD student sues JCU, top science scholars named, and Australian research wins big
Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Campus Review. Welcome to our third weekly roundup. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. The most popular story by far this week was also one of the ...
More »Dropout rates for online courses sparks work on new learning system
A system that takes stock of a student’s online learning activities and predicts the risk of academic failure is on the horizon. It’s part of a project that aims to curb the number of students who drop out of online courses, ...
More »Researchers riled by ARC funding delay
The Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announcement delay is increasingly raising concerns among researchers. ARC-funded projects are required to begin research on 1 January 2019. As the date draws closer, researchers are complaining that adequate preparation time is being compromised by ...
More »Taken from Peter? Sector reacts to regional university funding
Regional university students need more support – but not at the expense of the base funding of Australia’s research. That’s the call from leading universities, unions and peak bodies following Minister for Education Dan Tehan’s pledge of $135m for regional ...
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