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Self-care: a game changer for everyone's health

24 July 2020

Australians have been urged to practise self-care and to ‘do our bit’ to protect ourselves and the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper highlights the key self-care learnings from the pandemic.

Children living in employment stressed households double

7 June 2020

The number of Australian children considered at risk due to employment stress in the family has likely doubled to 1.4 million children this quarter, according to new Mitchell Institute modelling.

Poorest Australians seven times more likely to smoke

29 May 2020

Smoking rates in the poorest parts of the country are seven times that of Australia’s richest areas, with efforts to cut smoking rates in many poorer communities stagnating.

$5.5 million project to tackle disadvantage in Melbourne’s west

20 May 2020

Victoria University received a $5.5 million grant to fund a new community-based research program aimed at improving education opportunities and health of children and young people in lower socioeconomic communities.

New research shows the impact of online classroom on learning

28 April 2020

Victoria University researchers are warning that Australian students will see a decline in learning as a result of moving to online schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

University sector faces losing up to $19 billion due to COVID-19

17 April 2020

New modelling shows that the university sector faces losing between $10 billion and $19 billion over the next three years from lost international student revenue.

Chronic illness link to COVID-19 hospitalisation

15 April 2020

The link between pre-existing chronic illness and COVID-19 hospitalisation and deaths highlights the importance of preventing and maintaining the health of individuals and Australia’s population.

Parents spend more on childcare than on private school

16 February 2020

Parents are spending more, on average, educating their children aged under five than those sending their children to private primary schools, a new report finds.

VET funding in every state drops to lowest level in more than a decade

20 December 2019

Australia risks failing to properly provide the high-quality training for the 45% of new jobs needing VET qualifications that will be created in the next five years.

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