Archived News for Education Sector Professionals - April, 2021
The Federal Government says improving teacher quality will help arrest declining academic standards.
Unis outline industry ideas
Australia's biggest unis want a new fund to boost research commercialisation.
Council paying for playground fail
Adelaide City Council will spend up to half a million dollars making a disability-friendly playground accessible.
Self-determination needed
Indigenous groups say self-determination is key to addressing Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Silk symphony in spiders' web
Scientists have translated the structure of a spider’s web into music.
Undergrad allows quantum leap
An Australian uni student’s second-year homework has been picked up by Amazon quantum researchers.
Immutable microbes uncovered
Ocean researchers have discovered a microbe that has not evolved for millions of years.
Mid-size black hole discovered
Scientists have found exactly the black hole they were looking for - not too small, and not too big.
'MindPong' shows implant advance
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has posted a clip of a monkey controlling video games with its mind.
VR could help speech patients
Immersive virtual reality (VR) could help patients with acquired communication disorders.
Home-learning results reviewed
Research suggests kids may have taken a significant hit to their learning progress during lockdowns.
More signs of fifth force
Physicists have found more indications of a fifth fundamental force of nature.
Amnesty outlines ongoing ills
A global human rights report has taken specific aim at Australia’s Indigenous deaths in custody.
NBN calls for regional input
NBN Co is seeking feedback on its proposed $300 million Regional Co-investment Fund.
Tweets linked to real-world violence
New research suggests areas with more misogynistic tweets have higher incidences of domestic and family violence.
'Zombie' cells grow post-mortem
Research suggests that not only do brain cells keep living after we die, some can grow to gargantuan proportions.
Amazing Mars flight looms
The first ever powered, controlled flight on another planet will take place in coming days.
Audit reveals robodebt tail
Services Australia has been criticised for continuing to raise money through ‘robodebts’ after the scheme had been ruled unlawful.