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Is academic 'TikTok' the future of learning?

There could be more value to vlogging than trying to become an internet personality, with a recent study exploring how the practice could boost university student engagement and ensure their work is authentic.

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71% of Australian university staff are using AI. What are they using it for? What about those who aren't?
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Combating promotion and tenure bias against Black and Hispanic faculty
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Study calls for responsible academic research assessment
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Decolonizing the curriculum hasn't closed the gap between Black and white students in the UK: Here's what might work
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AI-generated college admissions essays tend to sound male and privileged, study finds
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One-minute phone breaks could help keep students more focused in class and better in tests
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Want to solve a complex problem? Applied math can help
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'School is boring': What it means when your child says they're bored in class, and how you can help
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School 'social structures' perpetuate inequalities for children with disabilities, study says
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State mandates requiring genocide education lack standards to guide teachers, study finds
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Toward inclusive math education: Insights from Black students may support more effective teaching strategies
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Study suggests simple steps that may improve team ethics
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Viewpoint: Indigenous students and faculty are on the rise, and universities have a moral obligation to support them
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'We nicknamed it Eddy': What do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?
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Teacher strikes are effective in increasing wages, working conditions, study finds
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Anti-bullying, sexual harassment resources increase in US schools but gaps remain
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Study finds strong link between childhood opportunities and educational attainment, earnings as a young adult
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Citizens' panels help young people with special needs, disabilities make their voices heard on life-affecting policies
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Gender equity paradox: Study finds sex differences in reading and science are largest in gender-equal countries
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Climate change is easier to study when it's presented as a game, says researcher

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Chinook salmon face unprecedented habitat challenges due to human-driven changes, research suggests
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Asteroid-sample return mission enables researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind
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Ant–plant symbiosis study finds climate change may be destabilizing mutualistic relationships
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Earthquake fault friction's dependence on temperature different from previously thought
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Study explores the physical origin of errors in a spin qubit processor
Space Exploration
NASA probe Europa Clipper lifts off for Jupiter's icy moon
Biotechnology
New salicylic acid-based strategy could balance disease resistance with plant growth
Plants & Animals
Study reveals plants have mechanism for protein blueprint monitoring that was thought to exist only in animal cells
Molecular & Computational biology
New measuring method determines how immune cells really migrate
Ecology
Swamps on the silver screen mirror our feelings on wetlands, researchers find
Environment
More housing in cities is possible without sacrificing green spaces, sustainable development study finds
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Trio wins economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality
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Atmospheric oxidation and the creation of modern Mars
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Satellite imagery charts emperor penguins' struggle to survive
Astronomy
Astronomers observe a strong superflare from giant star
Optics & Photonics
Quantum computing and photonics discovery potentially shrinks critical parts by 1,000 times
Evolution
Scientists discover one of the Earth's earliest animals in Australian outback
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LIGO team enhances gravitational wave detection with squeezed light
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Scientists develop a new method to study gene function in cells and tissue

WTF, when will scientists learn to use fewer acronyms?

Have you heard of DNA? It stands for Do Not Abbreviate apparently. Jokes aside, it's the most widely used acronym in scientific literature in the past 70 years, appearing more than 2.4 million times.

Coronavirus leaves international students in dire straits

Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before COVID-19 hit. Our surveys of these students before and during the pandemic show it has made their already precarious situations ...

Engaging undergrads remotely with an escape room game

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, many universities canceled classes or held them online this spring—a change likely to continue for many this fall. As a result, hands-on chemistry labs are no longer accessible to undergraduate ...

Predicting A-level grades accurately 'near-impossible task'

Predicting A-level grades is a "near-impossible task," and the system needs to be overhauled to reduce inaccuracies that can lead to unfair disadvantages for some students, says new research from the UCL Institute of Education.