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Life in lockdown: health-wise, it’s better than you think

While Victorians continue to endure restrictions from a second wave of COVID-19, new research from the University of South Australia is providing much-needed good news about people’s overall health and wellbeing following lockdown.

Pandemic welfare reduces gap between rich and poor

New University of Canberra research has discovered a reduction in income inequity during the pandemic - meaning the gap between the richest and poorest has shrunk - and they have put it down to increased welfare payments.

ANU explains why we believe fake news

Australian National University researchers have released their findings behind why fake news and conspiracy theories can be hard to decipher.

UC backs Australian mental health initiative

An initiative aimed at helping Australian universities respond to death by suicide launched this week, and it has the University of Canberra’s full support.

Your guide to Canberra’s digital tertiary open days

Canberra’s tertiary institutions have stepped up to the challenge of holding digital open days amidst the global pandemic.

UC Open Day goes online

This year’s University of Canberra (UC) Open Day is going virtual, so future students can get to know the campus – and staff – from the comfort of their very own home.

headspace Canberra giving back to final year school students

headspace Canberra is giving back to Radford College and Melrose High School students, after their efforts raising money in this year’s Push-Up Challenge.

Migration season ‘snot’ fun for humpback whales

A new study has found that humpback whales are in significantly poorer health on the tail end of their migration back to Antarctica, when they travel 8,000 kilometres and fast for most of the journey.

Brando’s atoll was ‘getaway’ for Tahitian royalty

A lost Tahitian paradise for the Pacific nation’s royals has been re-discovered on the tiny atoll of Teti’aroa, once owned by Hollywood icon Marlon Brando in the 1960s.   The finds from The...

Visa changes discourage potential international students

Recent visa changes may benefit international students currently studying in Australia but may discourage those looking to start their studies here in the near future.

Study calls on hip fracture patients to take part

University of Canberra physiotherapy student Beth Warner is dedicating her honours project to improve rehabilitation measures for hip fracture patients.

Former ANU student sues college for failing duty of care

A former ANU student has accused John XXIII College of a culture of excessive drinking during 2014-2015.

Unemployment drives household gender divide

Females who stopped working during COVID-19 are more likely to have taken on unpaid domestic duties and to have stopped looking for paid work than recently unemployed males, who are far more...

Hungriest of black holes among the most massive in the Universe

New research led by the Australian National University (ANU) has shown just how enormous the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe actually is.

Can memes make or break an election?

Like it or not, memes now play a huge part in the way we communicate online, particularly for the younger generations, and a researcher from the Australian National University (ANU) has delved...

Man charged over camera in shower cubicle

A 22-year-old Acton man was to face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning, Wednesday 1 July, after a camera was found in a shower cubicle at a Canberra university.

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