May
1
2024
Care provider Concept Care goes to extra lengths to help new employees to immigrate to Australia and start a new life. Disability care workers recruited from India, Nepal, the Philippines, Nigeria and Tonga have been sponsored and assisted with visa requirements, travel, accommodation and other support to smooth the way into a new career in Australia, …read more
May
1
2024
Coaching has become a routine part of professional life at therapeutic apps company Mindset Health. The 40 or so employees at the multimillion-dollar start-up explore their personal and professional development in regular one-on-one coaching sessions with the company’s in-house coach, Jess Franklin. The program has earned Mindset Health this year’s top spot in the Health category of …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
27
2024
University courses in health-aligned subjects were again among the most popular choices of postgraduate students this year, according to a university and government data. But cost-of-living pressures and a post-pandemic desire for better work/life balance appear to be biting, with enrolments for some areas of study well down on their pre-COVID-19 peaks.
Mar
27
2024
Simon Wood held down a full-time job as a paralegal during most of his full-time post-graduate law degree. “They were definitely the hardest years of my life,” he says. “It was quite a juggle, but I managed to make it through by having that set-up, the three semesters that RMIT offered.” With the increasing timetable flexibility …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.
Mar
8
2024
A mathematical biologist specialising in evolutionary theory, Dr Xia Hua has forged an impressive career in a field long dominated by men. “I kind of see myself as a bridge between the maths department and the biology department,” she says. “When my colleagues in biology have a problem that needs maths for a solution, they contact …read more
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.