Tag Archives: COVID-19 pandemic

Shutterstock Peter Hurley, Victoria University and Melinda Hildebrandt, Victoria University International students are heading to Canada, the UK and the US in record numbers despite the pandemic, new research by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University shows. But Australia and New Zealand continue to experience a dramatic drop in new international students. The Mitchell Institute report on the global impact …

Shutterstock Penny Levickis, The University of Melbourne; Amelia Church, The University of Melbourne; Jane Page, The University of Melbourne; Lisa Murray, The University of Melbourne, and Patricia Eadie, The University of Melbourne Australian early childhood educators feel burnt out and undervalued. Our research reports on more than 200 educators’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed existing strains on the …

Agnes Arnold-Forster, University of Bristol “After the pandemic is over” must be one of the most frequently uttered phrases of 2021. I am certainly guilty of this kind of optimism, longing for the day when I can get on a plane, have dinner with my friends, and cuddle all the new babies I know who have been born under the …

Shutterstock/Lakeview Images Michael Plank, University of Canterbury and Shaun Hendy With new, more infectious variants of COVID-19 detected around the world, and at New Zealand’s border, the risk of further level 3 or 4 lockdowns is increased if those viruses get into the community. These include a variant called B.1.1.7 that has spread very quickly within the UK, with other …

This antibody adopts a Y-shape. The arms of the Y make up the part of the antibody that binds to the target. ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Dimiter Stanchev Dimitrov, University of Pittsburgh Although a vaccine could be the ultimate solution to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and stop future ones, it will not be 100% effective. If it is anything like …