Charles Sturt University is set to launch an e-learning think tank. The project, called uImagine, will aim to draw together academic staff, educational designers and students to investigate and develop new teaching and learning modalities. Set at CSU's Wagga Wagga campus, uImagine ...

The fight to keep Australia’s beaches safer for swimmers is being ratcheted up by a pair of Wollongong-based researchers who have harnessed the power of drone technology to speed up the delivery of flotation aids to those in trouble. A ...

Universities Australia has thrown its support behind calls from the government’s chief scientist for a long-term strategic approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. In a report released this week, Australia's Chief Scientist professor Ian Chubb called for a ...

Griffith University researchers have gained national recognition for a new program aimed at improving access to primary healthcare services for cultural minority groups in a southern Queensland community. The program, titled the Community Navigator Model (CNM), provides a range of ...

Too many seniors are being hospitalised unnecessarily due to a health system that has fallen behind the developing needs of Australia’s ageing population, a leading researcher says. Edith Cowan University’s head of medical sciences, professor Moira Sim, has warned that research ...

A new program being carried out by Deakin University will take a fresh look at the university curriculum and how it prepares education students to teach science in an engaging way. The initiative comes in response to a continuing decline ...

Regulation of emotions may not be a concept generally associated with young children but new research has suggested that those receiving quality early childcare may be quicker to develop emotional and behavioural maturity. Researchers at the University of Adelaide examined data ...

Queensland fruit flies' annual destruction of crops is one step closer to being significantly reduced thanks to a research project led by the University of Western Sydney. Having successfully identified the point at which developing fruit flies – pests that plague the ...

Curtin researchers have called for urgent changes in the way GPs are trained in grief and bereavement referrals following a study that indicates current methods rely on outdated theories that may be detrimental to patient care. Researchers interviewed 19 WA-based ...

A $2.5 million research grant for a project examining the historical and contemporary impact of child refugees in Australia has been awarded to a Melbourne researcher as part of the 2014 Australian Laureate Fellowships funding allocation. "Child refugees and Australia ...