Conflict over property rights could delay scientific progress on COVID-19, due to international vaccine developers refusing to share their resources, an expert has said. Vaccines and other COVID-19 technologies have been shared via the World Health Organization's Covid-19 Technology Access ...

So much has been said over the past two years with regards to education and learning in an increasingly digital environment, from the rapid shift to online learning through necessity, to future plans for a hybrid education landscape. But there is one ...

President Michael Crow is approaching 20 years as President of Arizona State University which has been ranked as the most innovative US university for seven years running. He joined the HEDx podcast to share a clear message of the need ...

Nature has a positive impact on both physical and mental health; it reduces stress, relaxes mind and body, increases creativity and boosts focus. Pressure to find funding, publishing deadlines and team management are, among others, a common stress denominator in ...

A new study has shown that the 20 per cent of older people who needed mental health support during COVID-19 couldn't access it due to health fears and a lack of knowledge around technology. Researchers from Edith Cowan University surveyed ...

Teaching adult professionals can sometimes be a challenging task, and not all teaching techniques work effectively across age groups. Currently, multiple methods are available to prepare and deliver lessons, and with experience, those teaching older cohorts adapt these techniques and ...

[Click here to read part 1] Neurogenesis For centuries it was believed that the brain was unable to regenerate. But neuroscientific evidence since the 1990s in particular has demonstrated that to be wrong. Further to and adding to this, Sandra ...

The recently released Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022, which measures university contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides some really important insights both globally and nationally. At the global level there are approximately 300 more universities ranked, ...

The importance of brain plasticity is emphasised by Dr Norman Doidge who, as observed by Professor Ken Purnell (Head of Educational Neuroscience at CQUniversity Australia), stated that it is “one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the twentieth century”. The literature ...

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 ...