Melbourne university students, affiliates and alumni have now the opportunity to bring their research to life thanks to two major funding partnerships, which UniMelb calls a first in Australia at this scale. The university has secured two partnerships with Breakthrough ...
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With the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, universities have been forced to undertake online examinations which has made it easier for students to cheat. According to Associate Professor from the University of South Australia Christopher Deneen, students cheating on ...
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Whether it is students or staff, the higher education sector includes people of all ages and all backgrounds, yet age discrimination still occurs. According to Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne Law School Alysia Blackham, universities may make an ...
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When international student Charlotte* chose to study at the University of Sydney, she did it for the prestige and the promise of a world class education, yet she feels like she has been treated as a “cash cow”. For years ...
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Australia’s environmental issues such as floods and bushfires will now be monitored and tackled from space thanks to artificial intelligence. A new Space Tech hub in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology and Ernst & Young Australia aims to prevent ...
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Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...
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Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against viruses like Monkeypox and COVID-19. Boase and his team from QuT have been given the green light to develop a ...
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Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link between unstable weather and mortality. From 2000 to 2019, Monash experts have determined that an average of 1.75 million deaths ...
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Experts have called to establish specialised peer review panels to help close the gender funding gap in academic research. A recent survey from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) found work disruptions to be the main reason why ...
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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 ...
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