An Australian professor has shone a light on the Covid‐19 variant that is wreaking havoc on Victoria. UNSW associate professor Stuart Turville said the Indian strain, as it has become known, was one of three that had spread throughout the ...
More »The brain, multimovement therapy, neuroscience, pedagogy and education: part 1
The findings of this research should be useful to consider by those affected by an acquired brain injury, including the person, their family, friends, and health practitioners. Plus, this brain-based neuroscience multimovement therapy study should also be useful for consideration ...
More »Epidemiologists warn Australians won’t be fully vaccinated by Christmas, describing rollout as ‘snail’s pace’
Leading epidemiologists are warning that Australians will not be fully vaccinated by Christmas, based on the current speed of the sluggish rollout, as Victorians were on Sunday turned away from getting the jab. The state’s struggling vaccination program was blasted ...
More »New mental health clinical trial network to connect researchers
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, ...
More »EU students consider vaccination rollouts most important in choosing study destination
New data from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has concluded that improved vaccination rollouts across the European Union could provide a shot in the arm for international student recruitment. This is in stark contrast to Australia's international student sector, which remains beleaguered ...
More »Spike in sexually transmitted infections could be caused by online dating, health experts warn
A rise in popularity of online dating apps could be contributing to a sudden surge of sexually transmitted infections across Melbourne, epidemiologists warn. It comes as Alfred Health experts reported an increase in syphilis across Melbourne’s outer suburbs, with a ...
More »How could micro-credentials affect traditional tertiary study?
Yesterday I came across an interesting piece of content on LinkedIn: a post by an individual who had completed a micro-credential course in digital journalism. The short course was free, online and awarded by Reuters, one of the largest (and ...
More »Agents warn Chinese students to bypass Australia and New Zealand
A resurgence in Chinese students studying in Australia and New Zealand is unlikely in the near future, with education agents in the world’s most populous country reportedly closing their Australia-only desks. Agents are telling prospective Chinese students to “hedge their ...
More »Qld based team develop antiviral treatment that could reduce virus by 99.99 per cent
A team of Queensland scientists has co-developed a “gene-silencing” antiviral treatment that could effectively kill COVID-19 in what’s been dubbed an “important missing piece” in the arsenal against the virus. Nigel McMillan and his team from the Menzies Health Institute ...
More »Australia faces ‘lost decade’ as a ‘hermit nation’ if it doesn’t reopen soon: USyd report
Australians face a “lost decade” inside a “hermit nation” left far behind the rest of the world if the country doesn't open up soon. That’s according to a report prepared by leading figures from business, law, arts and academia that ...
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