Workers need to up the ante
The University of Melbourne’s “microcerts” are responding to a general need in the workforce to upgrade skills.
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The pandemic increased stress, damaged health and ruined work/life balance for academics, a newly published survey has found.
Adelaide students win NASA prize
Writing code to use in off-planet environments has brought University of Adelaide students accolades and $100K from NASA.
25 million-year-old Aussie eagle ‘unique’
Australia’s oldest eagle fossil, Archaehierax sylvestris, has been discovered in the South Australian outback.
Melb Uni to require a double vax
Melbourne has joined two other universities in requiring students and staff to be double jabbed before returning to campus.
Covid disruption was a wake-up call
Forced to pivot to online learning as the Covid-19 pandemic took off, academics pulled together for the sake of students.
Real healing without drugs
Reducing drug and surgical treatments is the aim of NHMRC emerging leadership fellow, Bond University’s Loai Albarqouni.
Hoj’s $250k for Indigenous support
Indigenous students are the focus of a new endowment at the University of Adelaide, part funded by vice-chancellor Peter Hoj.
Cormann awarded honorary doctorate
Murdoch University has recognised the contribution of Western Australia’s adopted son Mathias Cormann with a doctorate.
Invent your own post-school path
Joe Wehbe is on a mission to empower school leavers to define their own journey, independent of the usual pressures.
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