Quantum computing team makes breakthrough as PM heaps praise
It’s an exciting time to be in quantum computing. On the very same day that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described University of New South Wales research in the field as “the best work in the...
View ArticleFinkel joins Australian Academy of Science
Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel has jokingly cited his having “being born with the science gene” as a key factor behind his election as a fellow by the Australian Academy of Science. AAS’s...
View ArticleGene-based medicine centre to open at ANU
A centre dedicated to using a person’s own genes to cure their illness will soon be set up at the Australian National University. ANU has received $7.3 million from Australian Capital Territory Health...
View ArticleFloodwater is no place for driving a car
With reports that Sydney’s Warragamba Dam may soon burst, and with parts of Victoria and Queensland bracing for storms and floods, University of New South Wales engineers have a simple message for any...
View ArticleSydney Conservatorium hosts rap musical adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’
One of Australia’s oldest music schools will host a sold out performance of students and a slam poet rapping an adaptation of Homer’s 3000-year-old epic, The Odyssey. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music...
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Music video to smash STEM glass ceiling
A bold audio-visual project aimed at highlighting the attractiveness of a STEM career for young women had its worldwide launch on Friday. Part of a greater campaign by eight top universities, led by...
View ArticleMeet the recipients of Australia’s top science honours
A cane toad pioneer, an innovator who developed a $100 million software program that detects stock market fraud, a researcher looking to re-engineer peptides and protein into cures for diseases, and a...
View Article‘The Block’ co-host does video promo for apprenticeships
Learning a trade could help you become many things, including a TV star. That’s the message from the federal government in a YouTube video featuring Scott Cam, host of Channel Nine’s The Block program....
View ArticleEduTECH 2019: How analytics and AI are closing the ‘feedback loop’
Analytics and AI are combining to provide fantastic insights into “student learning and progress”. While today’s learning platforms can provide basic feedback on, say, how much of text a student has...
View ArticleKey education issues in the media: expert responds
Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or...
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