Two Swinburne University astronomers are embarking on a major project that will unlock a flood of information on six million galaxies in the sector of the universe nearest our Milky Way galactic home. Edward Taylor and Michelle Cluver, both associate ...
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Professor Paul Le Blanc is the president of Southern New Hampshire University and joins the HEDx podcast for the first episode of 2023. He outlines a philosophy that's driven his institution and is influencing the sector to be truly distinctive by ...
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Australian Universities are bracing for the return of tens of thousands of Chinese students to campus after the government announced an online study ban last week. On Sunday, the Chinese government announced an online learning ban for students enrolled in ...
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Eating walnuts has proven to be effective in reducing academic stress, a new study by the University of South Australia says. The study, published in Nutrients in October 2022, suggests that consuming walnuts daily could promote overall-well being, counteract academic ...
More »Australia day: universities open to changing work policies
Universities will consider giving staff the option to work on Australia Day following an ongoing debate around the controversial date. Earlier this month, the University of Wollongong announced they would let staff work on January 26 saying it wasn't “a ...
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James Cook University has elected its first Indigenous female chancellor who aims to solidify the North Queensland-based university as a top choice for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students. Professor Ngiare Brown, one of the first Aboriginal medical graduates in ...
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Academic staff from Griffith University have voted to bypass one-off $1000 payments included in the university's most recent wage offer, pushing salary negotiations into the new year. The vote followed an 80-page offer sent out by Griffith management in late ...
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