A newly released book by Dr Lesley-Ann Ey and Professor Elspeth McInnes of UniSA is pushing for a national, coordinated response to growing rates of children’s harmful sexual behaviours, or HSB. However, a key problem they’ve identified in addressing the ...
More »3D technology ensures UniSA podiatry students graduate on time
In these times of COVID-19 it seems many activities – especially those involving close contact – simply have to be cancelled. But that’s not the case for UniSA’s podiatry students, who are ensuring they obtain their required practical experience by ...
More »UniSA steps up to help SA schools transition to online learning
The University of South Australia has confirmed it will assist the state’s schools to transition to online learning, after an announcement by South Australian Minister for Education John Gardney yesterday. Professor Shane Dawson, UniSA’s Head of School for Education, contends ...
More »Dun dun: TV crime comes to the University of South Australia
Crime shows – be they fiction or true – are some of the world’s most popular television programs, frequently devoured by a wide range of audiences. There are no shortage of options when it comes to choosing your favourite series, ...
More »Researchers slam media, other researchers for peddling myth about sitting
When it comes to your health, sitting ≠ smoking. That's the crux of a new piece in the American Journal of Public Health, which seeks to correct the media (and science)-driven myth. An international team of researchers, including the University of ...
More »Beware of work-creep: the home habits bad for job recovery
“I will just reply to this email.” Professionals have likely found themselves saying this in their head or to a loved one but a new study has warned that continuing to work after hours affects productivity, sleep and stress. The ...
More »Merger off the table: Unis of SA and Adelaide pull the plug
The Universities of Adelaide and South Australia will not merge, their chancellors announced yesterday. In a statement, they said they have concluded their discussions about a potential merger ahead of the planned December decision date. The day prior, the Councils ...
More »Attitudes towards plagiarism culturally relative: study
Though all cultures perceive contract cheating as wrong, nearly half of ESL students see plagiarism – a subtler form of cheating – as less problematic. They think universities make ‘too much of a fuss of people cheating’ in this manner. A fifth of ...
More »On the move: September
Retiring after 67 years at UQ The University of Queensland’s Emeritus Professor Edward White, better known as Ted, from the School of Chemical Engineering, is about to hang up his academic gown. Ted has been a fixture of UQ for a ...
More »The University effect: Developing new industries
How universities keep the wheels of the new economy turning. In the year I took up the role of vice-chancellor at the University of South Australia, GM Holden, one of Australia’s most iconic brands, announced it would be closing down its ...
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