The 2016 Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year is getting a work out. 'Post-truth' is the subject of a new USYD research project. Simply named the Post-Truth Initiative, it pools together researchers from fields as diverse as physics, philosophy, data ...
More »Data scientist named ‘sexiest job of the century’
Opportunities to study and work in the areas of data science and web analytics are appearing in abundance, as a Harvard Business Review report labelled it the 'sexiest job of the 21st century'. As an unprecedented number of students are ...
More »Professor toughens up trainee teachers
Caroline Mansfield is teaching teachers resilience on a global scale. The Murdoch University Associate Professor's program, the sunnily-named Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRITE), has 5,000 users and counting. Resilience - the capacity to quickly bounce back after setbacks - sounds ...
More »UON revamps arts faculty to produce more employable grads
As the coastal NSW city of Newcastle reinvents itself - from manufacturing heavyweight to knowledge hub - the University of Newcastle is changing too. The notable young university is dusting off its School of Humanities and Social Sciences. "...We really need to make ourselves much ...
More »UTS to fight fake news with new research centre
UTS hired a suitably zeitgeisty ‘thinkfluencer’ to launch its Centre for Media Transition: Jeff Jarvis, a podcast host with a parody Twitter account. Though he is many other things, too: not least, the director of the Tow-Knight Centre for Entrepreneurial ...
More »Academic warns anorexia film cuts to the bone
To the Bone is rated MA15+, meaning children under the age of 15 may not legally watch, buy or hire it unless they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian. According to Deakin psychologist, associate professor Ross King, for this film ...
More »Deciphering deliciousness with UniMelb food scientists
We're all aware of emotional eating, and have possibly indulged in it ourselves. Now, this phrase has new resonance. Researchers at the University of Melbourne’s new sensory lab are testing more than our tastebuds in an attempt to divine what makes ...
More »ATAR not decisive in UNSW law entry
In the summer of 2016, University of New South Wales Law quietly unveiled a new entry process for undergraduates: prospective students are assessed for admission to the faculty based on their ATAR and their score in a Law Admission Test (LAT). The ...
More »VU gives tradies a leg up
Tradies will no longer have to down tools to enter university. Victoria University has partnered with Builders Academy Australia (BAA), the training division of Simonds Group, to offer BAA graduates pathways to degrees. From this year, such graduates will receive ...
More »Australian Academy of Science requests $100m for agricultural research
When an ex-Australian Coal Association chairman is afraid of climate change, you know you should be especially so. In Ian Dunlop’s report, Disaster Alley: Climate Change, Conflict & Risk, he argues our political and corporate leaders have failed Australia and, ...
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