As educators, parents or even as students, we have often wondered what are the ins and outs that lead to learning at certain times being presented with greater or lesser difficulty: why some students learn more than others when faced with the same content and methodologies of teaching, why more or less information is withheld, […] … learn more→
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Cutting corners on cybersecurity can leave costly holes
It would appear that Covid-19 isn’t the only type of virus that universities should be concerned about. Last week, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to the sector regarding a spate of recent ransomware attacks on academic institutions. A recent freedom of information request suggests that at least a third of […] … learn more→
Smartphone addiction: what are the differences between girls and boys?
The smartphone is omnipresent in the daily life of adolescents. Between 10 and 15 years old, 87% own a smartphone. This is even the case for 65% of them since entering sixth grade. As a result, more and more of them fear the loss of this cell phone that connects them to their friends and the world, and feel the need to […] … learn more→
$7.6 billion and 11% of researchers: our estimate of how much Australian university research stands to lose by 2024
Australian university research funding is made up of discretionary income that comes from various sources, including international student fees. This is additional to the funding, including government grants, specifically received for research activities. Universities spent A$12.2 billion on research in 2018. Discretionary income used to fund Australian university research that year amounted to $6 billion, of which […] … learn more→
How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in the final phase of study, you’ve probably been wondering how the FDA will decide if a vaccine is safe and effective. Based on the status of the Phase 3 trials currently underway, it is unlikely that the results of these trials will be available before November. But it is likely that not […] … learn more→
Management academics should help executives solve their daily problems
It’s a conversation that every business school professor has had, and that many have learned to avoid: the one in which you ask business executives what they think of management research. The answers you will get depend, of course, on how knowledgeable (and how polite) the executives are. Some will describe research as a waste […] … learn more→
Post-truth is more dangerous than lies
There is so much talk about post-truth that, in 2016, “post-truth” was named word of the year by Oxford dictionaries . But what phenomenon does that word refer to? At first, it could be said that in post-truth times the truth has been left behind, as in postmodernity it was intended to overcome modernity. What is this about leaving the […] … learn more→
For many immigrant students, remote learning during COVID-19 comes with more hurdles
Schools across the U.S. responded to the COVID-19 pandemic last spring with an unprecedented shift to remote learning – a trend that has continued into the new school year for many districts. Millions of children now use laptops and tablets at home as part of their daily education. This arrangement is neither ideal nor easy. But immigrant students who […] … learn more→
Easy and efficient ways to ship oversized package
The market offers merchants numerous transportation options to choose from. However, shipping large items can be expensive and challenging at times for online merchants and shippers. If your shipment includes items like machinery, appliances, or large-sized goods, then chances are your shipment will not fit into standard parcel shipping. To solve this problem, we have […] … learn more→
If universities really want to promote impact, they must work together
The catastrophic wildfires raging on the west coast of the US in the midst of a global pandemic have served to underscore the critical contribution that university research makes in responding to the grand challenges facing humanity. Australia’s own bushfire crisis last summer saw many regional universities cement their value as “anchor institutions” in and […] … learn more→