Education editor Wade Zaglas here, focusing on the top stories of the week. You can either listen to the podcast or read the summary below. One story that struck me as particularly impressive was Australia being ranked fifth in the ...

The idea of implementing personalised learning at your institution may be a daunting one. When will you find the time to create the courses? How can you be sure content is linked to the correct learning objectives? Will personalisation and ...

Griffith University will build a new campus in Brisbane’s CBD, develop and renovate infrastructure across its existing campuses and set ambitious goals across multiple areas as it nears its 50th anniversary in 2025. The ‘Creating a Future for All: Strategic Plan ...

A new report is calling for urgent action to tackle the risks to human health posed by climate change. The report, written by Australian researchers and partner institutions of the 2019 MJA–Lancet Countdown report, was published today in the Medical Journal ...

A new study led by Dr Jon Brodie from the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University is deeply concerned that harmful insecticides, including Imidacloprid, are damaging some of Australia's most pristine and biodiverse waterways. ...

Researchers at Monash University have discovered a potential link between the way individuals walk and their likelihood of developing dementia. To put it more scientifically, the researchers were investigating “whether variability from one step to the next during walking, and ...

Australia's first student-built driverless race car was featured at this week's International Driverless Vehicle Summit (IDVS4) at Olympic Park in Sydney. Designed and built by the Monash Motorsport team, the M19-D has been three years in the making and made ...

Last week, RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) launched the restorative justice service Open Circle, bringing a more nuanced, person-centred mechanism to address the unique needs of people impacted by crime. The Victorian-based service will offer conferencing services to victims, ...

Ever tried to play chasey in a skirt? The thing flaps and billows like a clumsy tornado about your knees. If you’re serious about not getting tagged, nine times out of 10, undergarments will be exposed. Pride will be lost. ...

Without engineering, nothing improves in the world. Through creativity, collaboration and determination, engineers design solutions to problems and even anticipate the problems of the future. That's why annual events such as RMIT's EnGenius are so important: they showcase what humanity can ...