How do we solve the maths teacher shortage?
The report recommends a national strategy to train more existing teachers to be maths teachers. This would replace the current piecemeal approach. Photo by Ridofranz via iStock.
2021 UK-China Connections through Culture Grants
For over 16 years, the British Council has run a well-established Connections through Culture programme, which enables collaboration between creative and cultural professionals in China and the UK.
Ghost roads in South-East Asia speed nature’s destruction
Unauthorised road building in tropical forests is accelerating habitat destruction. Professor Josh Cinner, with colleagues from James Cook University, found that there were up to six times more actual roads than those recorded in official datasets.
Applications open for Kevin Elyot Award 2024
Applications are now open for the Kevin Elyot Award 2024, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Logging increases risk of severe fire
Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire severity, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.
Meet the students that broke the vending machine story
“It won’t get any bigger than this,” says River Stanley, a fourth-year University of Waterloo student in the Computer Science program...
Class Of Diabetes Drugs Reduces Heart Attacks, Strokes, Heart Failure And Death
A newer class of diabetes medications, called GLP-1 receptor agonists, has been shown to reduce the chance of heart attacks, strokes and death from cardiovascular disease by 14-15%, as well as all-cause mortality by 12-13%.
University of Toronto researchers lead discovery of natural compounds that selectively kill parasites
An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a family of natural compounds that could potentially be harnessed as treatments for parasitic worms...
Reputation boost for University of Adelaide in latest world university rankings
A boost in reputation for outstanding teaching and learning and world-class research has seen the University of Adelaide again climb in the world university rankings...
Workplace injury and illness costs tens of thousands of work years: study
Australia loses 41,194 work years annually due to work-related injury, disease and mental health conditions, a new measure of the national burden of workplace injury and illness has found.
