Retail survey confirms consumers are changing spending habits and can justify deviant behaviours
The latest Cost of Living and Consumer Deviance Spotlight report, from Monash Business School’s Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRC) group, provides shocking context to the cost-of-living crisis experienced by consumers.
Study finds differences between brains of girls, boys with autism
Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
World-leading diamond expert joins Royal Society
Graham Pearson recognized by world’s oldest national scientific institution for outstanding contributions to diamond studies and mantle geochemistry.
Journalism award the icing on the cake for postgraduate student
After what she describes as a whirlwind of a year, journalism graduate Katie Ham has taken out the Student Journalist of the Year title at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards.
Crusaders and UC team up to target fans’ fitness
Professional rugby players are not the only ones who have been working up a sweat in the Crusaders’ high performance gym. Local rugby fans have been training there, too, as participants in a healthy lifestyles initiative called RUFIT-NZ.
Infants prefer live music over recorded version, study finds
New research from U of T's TEMPO Lab suggests that even babies feel the impact of being at a live show, through both musicians’ interactions with an audience and the social experience of being in a crowd.
University of Waikato launches New Zealand’s first Esports minor qualification
With three out of every four New Zealanders now involved in video gaming, the University of Waikato has launched New Zealand’s first Esports minor qualification and is taking enrolments for 2022.
Lift as you climb: $1M funding for women in STEM & entrepreneurship
According to the 2022 STEM Equity Monitor prepared by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, women only make up 36 per cent of enrolments in university science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses...
$45 million funding to boost solar technology research and development
With solar a big part of our energy future, researchers driving Australia’s international lead in solar technology welcome funding.
The new QS World Rankings by Subject confirm Concordia’s place among the world’s best
Each year, the QS World University Rankings by Subject adds to the list of global institutions it evaluates. Its numbers have increased by 30 per cent over the past five years alone, from 1,117 in 2017 to 1,453 in 2021.
