QUT teaching staff win national awards
QUT educators have taken out half the program honours at the 2022 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT), with two teams winning awards for programs that enhance learning.
Older adults with obesity experienced greater stress during COVID-19’s first year
Adults over 50 living with obesity were more likely to experience stressors during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being less likely to perceive the pandemic’s consequences as negative...
Public consultation launched on plan for the future of student living in Nottingham
A new plan has been created to increase the choice and quality of student housing, maximise the benefits of a large student population and better tackle any associated challenges for communities in Nottingham.
Should Artificial Intelligence make us reconceive what it means to be human?
Sure, the op-eds, poetry, and humour of early-2023 AIs aren’t all that good. But a lesson from the history of technological progress is that once you’ve got digital technologies that perform tolerably in some traditional domain of human excellence...
Funding flags hope for MS treatment and prevention
A Newcastle researcher is among 22 Australian scientists who will share in $3m of MS Australia funding, designed to boost the fight against the increasing and accelerating disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
New Tuberculosis treatment could save millions of lives
World-leading scientists from the University of St Andrews reveal a new Tuberculosis (TB) therapeutics that could shorten the treatment of the disease by up to two months, potentially saving millions of lives.
UNSW academics awarded more than $1.6m for joint Australian-US artificial intelligence research
Researchers will develop solutions to tackle challenges relating to drought, environmentally harmful emissions and infectious diseases.
Pushing boundaries as NZ’s top young winemaker
Lincoln University alumnus Alun Kilby, named New Zealand’s top young winemaker last September, is all about doing things differently.
University of Toronto among top 10 research organizations cited by global innovators
The University of Toronto is among the top 10 research organizations most often cited by the world’s most innovative companies and institutions, according to Clarivate, an international data analytics company.
Earthquake prone: how can we bring our riskiest buildings up to scratch?
As some of Aotearoa’s most seismically vulnerable buildings wait for upgrades, researchers say well-designed programmes to facilitate these potentially life-saving works should be prioritised.
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