An Australian institution has maintained its top 5 spot on a list of the world’s best Online MBA programs. The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at UNSW Business School was the world’s fourth best provider in the 2021 edition ...
More »UQ vaccine technology ‘promising’ but risks to COVID-19 strategy were too great: study
Australia’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate had potential but the false positives on HIV tests were too great a hurdle to move it into further trials, a study published this week has confirmed. The University of Queensland vaccine was abandoned last ...
More »Victoria to manufacture mRNA technology
Victoria will become the first state in Australia to develop mRNA vaccine manufacturing, making previously hard-to-access jabs more attainable locally in a year. The technology to manufacture the vaccines onshore will take at least 12 months to develop, with deputy ...
More »Classrooms need better ventilation: experts warn about high CO₂
“Improving indoor thermal and environmental quality is as important as improving the teaching material in the classroom.” That’s the call from associate lecturer Dr Shamila Haddad, lead author on a study that found many Australian school kids are learning in ...
More »Leading UK expert says trust is the best defence against acts of terrorism
Home-grown acts of terrorism in the UK will escalate if politicians fail to rebuild the public's trust. That's the view of Dr Frens Kroeger, Assistant Professor at Coventry Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations. Kroeger's "sobering claim" follows the ...
More »Does this outfit make me look human?
An urban planner who wants to promote more cyclists to hit the roads has launched a survey asking whether clothes like Lycra make them seem “less human”. Dr Mark Limb was inspired by a 2019 study showing drivers think of ...
More »High performing universities: ideas to lower costs and generate new revenues
Recent research by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research found 89 per cent of college and university presidents cite “overall financial stability” as a top concern. Now, a new report says regaining financial stability in the face of rising operational ...
More »US university mistakenly sends out 500,000 acceptance letters
Thousands of high schoolers in the US have received a letter of acceptance to attend an institution they never applied to. The University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Health Science typically admits around 35 to 40 students a year but ...
More »Ivy League colleges experience post-pandemic surge in applications, rejections
Applications for some of America’s most prestigious universities have rebounded strongly as the country’s post-COVID recovery gains momentum, but the number of rejections has also spiked considerably. Harvard University – the most selective of all Ivy League colleges – received ...
More »Government needs to ‘entirely rethink’ vaccination strategy
A leading epidemiologist says the federal government’s vaccine rollout was already “pretty much in disarray” before blood-clot concerns with the AstraZeneca jab derailed the program. Professor Nancy Baxter, the Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the ...
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