New consortium awarded £5 million to prevent and reduce civilian suffering in armed conflicts
Dr Luke Daly of the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences has received a prestigious award from the Mineralogical Society.
Care leavers face ‘acute challenges’ in transition to adulthood
Care leavers in England are over ten times more likely than their peers to not be working or studying in their 21st year, a new study has shown.
Social science student tailors degree for future in public health
When Kathrina Goodwin applied to Western, she was torn between pursuing health sciences and international relations.
University of Newcastle welcomes $50M to trailblaze in recycling and clean energy
The University of Newcastle has welcomed today’s Federal Government announcement of $50 million in funding to produce clean energy and recycling innovations through the creation of the Australian Trailblazer Recycling and Clean Energy (ATRaCE) Program.
Kingston University’s new Dean of Engineering, Computing and the Environment Professor Amir Alani emphasises...
The incoming Dean of Kingston University's Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment has highlighted the crucial role higher education has to play in ensuring advances in technology are harnessed for the benefit of society.
Cindy Blackstock honoured with World’s Children’s Prize
In a global vote, millions of children have chosen Cindy Blackstock as the recipient of the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) for the Rights of the Child.
ANU experts on the Jobs and Skills Summit
The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit (1-2 September).
Fighting food insecurity during a global pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic cripples food systems worldwide, governments must evolve and cooperate to heal the crisis, Johns Hopkins Professor Jessica Fanzo argues in a recent Nature op-ed.
Research reveals new insights into the biology of New Zealand’s pilot whales
Each year New Zealand experiences mass strandings of long-finned pilot whales along its shoreline. Exactly why these whales strand remains unclear.
SAS and the University of Glasgow enter into a new strategic partnership
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) and the University of Glasgow have entered into a new strategic partnership that will see the two prominent organisations collaborate in order to address key healthcare challenges.
