Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University (ACU) engages the Catholic Intellectual Tradition to bring a distinct perspective to higher education. We explore cultural, social, ethical and religious issues through the lens of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition in our teaching, research and service.
Links
Displaying 361 - 380 of 585 articles
All five experts said BMI is not ideal for determining the health of your weight.
Academics and PhD students from a number of Australian universities have reported sexualised bullying, unfair workloads, sexual harassment and in some cases even sexual assault, usually from their superiors and supervisors.
Early shared reading is linked to a number of benefits for children, including better performance in NAPLAN, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and mathematics.
A number of factors have contributed to the horrible stories coming out of the Royal Commission, including market instability and the financialisation of farming.
A new parliamentary report has taken an informed and sensible approach to developing regional Australia, without simply focusing on the contentious issue of decentralisation.
To assess problem-solving, creative and critical thinking skills on NAPLAN would fit with broader movements in education internationally, but there are some questions to address first.
Initiatives to tackle South Africa’s reading crisis must take the country’s realities into account.
Pemerintah Indonesia menghadapi tantangan berat yang terjadi dalam waktu bersamaan, yaitu kembalinya pejuang IS dan kekerasan ekstrem yang tumbuh di dalam negeri.
Preventing attacks in Indonesia by militants returning from the front lines in the Middle East may take more coordination with Australia.
Reformists are calling for the emancipation of religion from a state that’s seen to exploit Islam for purposes of political power. This remains the most formidable challenge to Iran’s ruling clergy.
Discontinuing the demand driven system will mean less people are able to get a higher education, particularly groups of people who are already at a disadvantage.
Historically the advice to cancer patients was to rest and avoid activity. We now know this advice may be harmful to patients, and that every person with cancer would benefit from exercise medicine.
To some, superhero films are the equivalent of fracking. But they offer audiences transcendence, mystery, a moral compass, and even the hope of salvation.
Still Point Turning highlights the stigma and controversy around Australia’s most high-profile transgender person.
Many athletes struggle with joblessness, depression or a lack of purpose as they enter retirement.
Fook Shing spent 20 years as a Melbourne gumshoe. He policed the thriving Chinese community – claiming opium as an expense – but was never promoted above his entry rank of detective third class.
Australia and other United Nations member states signed up to the New Urban Agenda more than a year ago. But how well is health being integrated into sustainable urban development?
At the ages of 6-7, when children are transitioning to starting school, 14% have high levels of emotional problems, including depression and anxiety. This percentage is higher in the later years.
Aboriginal missions were notorious for their austerity, but Christmas was a brief time of joy. While celebrations had a sinister assimilationist edge, Aboriginal people often adopted traditions into their own culture.
Authors
-
Associate lecturer visual arts, artist, PhD, Australian Catholic University
-
Historian, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
-
Distinguished Professor of educational psychology, Australian Catholic University
-
Research fellow, Australian Catholic University
-
Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Arts Education, Australian Catholic University
-
Doctor of Criminology, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
-
Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
-
PhD Student, Australian Catholic University
-
Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University
-
Associate Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
