Jun
19
2024
The shift to co-education by two of Sydney’s traditional all-boys’ independent schools – Cranbrook in the city’s east and Newington in the inner west – has upset some parents and alumni and again stirred the debate on the benefits and disadvantages of single-sex schooling. Certain research suggests that girls do better in single-sex schools – where …read more
Apr
3
2024
Defence is working to inspire young minds with the wonders of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and encourage children, adolescents and adults from all backgrounds to pursue STEM careers. The pipeline of STEM professionals is notoriously slippery, with students and young professionals falling away as their circumstances change or the study burden becomes too onerous.
Apr
3
2024
Australian defence experts have been hard at work developing responsible artificial intelligence defence systems, galvanised by increasing geopolitical friction during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “The nature of modern conflict, with the overwhelming amount of information for the warfighter and the use of autonomous systems, brings to the fore the need for advanced technologies such as …read more
Apr
3
2024
ADSTAR 2024, the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research summit, will feature the latest developments in next-generation defence science and technology, from hypersonic missiles to artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous uncrewed systems to the limitless possibilities of quantum computing. Focused on emerging science and technology, the biennial Defence symposium hosted by the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) …read more
Mar
8
2024
A bold economic plan to turbocharge Western Sydney’s economy includes tight collaboration between governments, industries and academia and leverages the region’s new airport as a springboard into a booming future. Based on wide-ranging research, Western Sydney University’s long-range economic blueprint draws on extensive consultation across the region.
Feb
28
2024
A Victorian healthcare program has significantly improved the health of pregnant Indigenous women and their babies by providing continuity of midwifery care from the early stages of pregnancy through to labour, birth and the first weeks of a baby’s life.
Feb
28
2024
The beach is an important part of life for many coastal residents; they swim, they surf, they play in the waves, they picnic, they fish, they sit, they relax. But Australians with a disability often find getting to the beach and navigating the sand and the water is almost impossible. Central Queensland University physiotherapist Sasha Job …read more
Feb
28
2024
Many Australian farmers are troubled by issues outside their control: bad weather, falling commodity prices, disease outbreaks, ebbing demand for produce. These can lead to difficult streams of thought which are hard to ignore – especially because many farmers spend long stretches of time working in isolation. At the same time, cultural expectations can mean some …read more
Feb
28
2024
Sophisticated career-changing professionals with bachelors’ degrees – vets, engineers, entrepreneurs, physicists – have signed up to study a master’s degree to head back to high school and help educate the next generations of Victorians. The number of disadvantaged schools in La Trobe University’s Nexus teacher education program jumped from 15 in 2020 to 80 by the …read more
Feb
28
2024
Semi-conducting polymers look set to revolutionise many long-entrenched medical systems, from blood sugar monitoring for diabetic patients to testing for a range of diseases including Covid, and potentially even for detecting conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Paul Dastoor, physics professor and director of Newcastle University’s Centre for Organic Electronics, has spent his career researching these …read more