University of Queensland awarded global grant to provide free online courses
The University of Queensland is among just ten educational institutions to receive a slice of $1.4 million to create courses designed to develop Essential Human Skills for the Virtual Age.
Durham awarded £1.25m to accelerate social science impact
The funding, which comes from The Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), supports a wide range of social, economic and behavioural science impact activities to translate research into real impacts.
Online farmers’ markets valuable when crisis events like COVID occur
AI-powered symptom checkers can potentially reduce the number of people going to in-person clinics during the pandemic, but first, researchers say, people need to know they exist.
How to prepare for your Youth and Community Work interview
Here is some useful information from Senior Lecturer Mick Conroy that will help you to prepare for your Youth and Community Work interview.
New study sheds light on molecular motion
New research has shown how a synthetic self-made fibres can guide molecular movement that can be fuelled by light over long distances, a discovery that could pave the way for new ways to use light as a source of sustainable energy.
Bristol scores highly in global sustainable development rankings
The University of Bristol is celebrating after scoring in the top 100 in its first entry into the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
COVID-19 pandemic causes a seismic noise quiet period in 2020
Research published in the journal Science has shown that lockdown measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 led to a 50% reduction in seismic noise observed around the world in early to mid 2020.
Festival of Education 2023
The Queen Mary Festival of Education will take place 18-20 April 2023.
World’s largest study reveals the long-term health impacts of flooding
The world’s largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding – via analysis of over 300 million hospitalisations records in eight countries prone to flooding events...
ANU start-up receives funding for anti-inflammatory research
A new start-up company led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Monash University has received funding to develop a method to block inflammation caused by a number of common diseases...
