Most Australians support paying more tax to fix the nation’s scandal-plagued aged care system, a survey has revealed. The Australian National University study involved 3200 respondents, with 85.4 per cent backing an aged care improvement levy. “A third of those in favour, ...

A new five-year, $12 million clinical trial network has been announced to improve mental health research and treatment in Australia. The Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network, known as MAGNET, will connect over one hundred researchers, advocates and stakeholders, ...

A groundbreaking new book argues Charles Darwin has more to offer than just a theory of natural selection and challenges conventional assumptions about Darwin’s work on evolution. Written by Emeritus Professor Ben Bradley, Darwin’s Psychology – The Theatre of Agency ...

CampusReview · Annual survey reveals the stress levels and stressors of students in 2020 - podcast As the 2021 Australian university year is in full swing, research commissioned by Studiosity revealed that 38 per cent of students were feeling stressed ...

The Gonski Institute for Education at UNSW has released a report calling for the highly controversial National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) to be ditched, not merely redesigned or tweaked. NAPLAN testing, which ended on Thursday and involved ...

Swinburne University has guaranteed real work experience for every undergraduate student from 2021 in a strategic move to make its graduates more employable in an increasingly competitive tertiary education environment.  With the impact of Covid-19 still being felt by the ...

It's been a year since COVID forced many Australians to turn their kitchen tables in to their office. We now have a generation of employees who are no longer working from the office, but their homes or local cafes.   Add to ...

Retirement. It’s a time most people look forward to with bliss. It’s traditionally been the time when the mortgage is paid, the kids are finally off your back, and one can look forward to sipping wine while watching the sun ...

The first thing to know about Professor Marcia Devlin’s forthcoming book Beating the Odds: A practical guide to navigating sexism in Australian universities is that it is a guide for “ambitious women” committed to systemic and long overdue change across ...

Wednesday was World Day for Safety and Health at Work, a time when many might think about the importance of safe work procedures and life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE). But according to research from UniSA, the most significant risks for ...