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10 OctoberACU has taken out the top spot in Australia for research quality in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2025 World University Rankings.
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Leading historians from across the country are exploring ACU’s renowned Historical Children’s Book Collection as part of a new fellowship program.
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ACU medical researcher Dr Kim Loh has been awarded a highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship.
Assoc. Prof. Valentina Lorenzetti has been awarded a place in a highly competitive program designed to increase representation of women leaders in STEM.
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Australian Catholic University historian Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick has been named Australian Book Review's new Laureate.
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Australian Catholic University is proud to announce Professor Anne Castles has been appointed as a Laureate Fellow to the Faculty of Education and Arts’ new Australian ...
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Australian-first research into the prevalence of childhood maltreatment has revealed almost two-thirds of children who experience any child abuse or neglect have been s...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) is partnering with WithYouWithMe (WYWM) to uncover insights into Australia’s digital workforce and the life challenges faced by div...
Heavy workloads, lack of time and teacher shortages are driving school principals towards resignation and early retirement, an ACU survey found.
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A partnership between Australian Catholic University and RSL Queensland will see the lives of veterans and their families transformed through education and opportunity.
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ACU papal historian Dr Miles Pattenden led media coverage of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, reaching a global audience of almost 50 million people.
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Covid media coverage highlights the need for authentic data and critical thinking in maths, ACU research shows.
ACU Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith has been awarded a prestigious grant to investigate post-graduate pathways into teaching.
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ACU is planning to expand its presence in Ballarat, developing an arts offering that serves the local community.
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Dr Kristie Flannery has won a Travelling Fellowship from the Australian Academy for the Humanities.
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A number of ACU researchers have been recognised on international and national Research.com lists as top scientists in their fields.
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy doctoral candidate Reverend Thomas Pietsch has won the North American Patristics Society Graduate Student Paper Prize.
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AIFS is seeking families of former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members with children to participate in a study on family experiences of military life.
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Australia’s child protection system is in crisis, ACU study finds.
Developments in physics suggest the non-existence of time is an open possibility, and one that we should take seriously.
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Victorians are facing continuing impacts on unemployment, economic insecurity, and demand on social services due to Covid-19, a new study from ACU's Stakeholder Engaged...
ACU has topped Australia for Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
ACU’s Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) is pleased to announce the recent appointment of two scholars of literature.
Slinger, a leading connected sports technology company, announced a successful test of its tennis app conducted at the SPRINT Research Centre at Australian Catholic Uni...
Raising awareness of the continued importance of business ethics responsibility, Australian Catholic University (ACU) and Teachers Mutual Bank Limited are joining force...
Tim Moore has joined ACU’s Institute of Child Protection Studies as deputy director.
ILSTE book delivers new research and practice framework for senior high school biology, chemistry and physics.
Parents need quicker and better access to evidence-based parenting support programs to address rising adolescent mental health problems.
A collaborative research partnership between Australian Catholic University and two of Victoria’s most active social service agencies has highlighted the effectiveness ...
Australians who live in a suburb with a high proportion of blue-collar workers are far more likely to have had Covid than those in a white-collar area.
ACU has appointed its first Industry Professor Veterans and Their Families to improve opportunities for the defence community in higher education.
ACU researchers have been awarded more than $2 million in Australian Research Council grants.
ACU neuroscientist Valentina Lorenzetti has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship.
Distinguished Fellow with the PM Glynn Institute Malcolm Mackerras looks forward to the likely role of independents in the 2022 Federal election.
Dr Evelyn Parr from the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research has been honoured for her research into chrono-nutrition.
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A valid, affordable and portable system capable of analysing running gait is the objective for an Australian Catholic University project that was among 15 recipients aw...
ACU historian Shino Konishi has been acknowledged as one of Australia's top humanities researchers, with her election as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanitie...
Concussed athletes should commence moderate intensity exercise within two days of injury according to new Australian Catholic University research that challenges tradit...
A joint project initiated by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education aims to undertake the first in-depth look at refugee settlement through the lens...
ACU Pro Vice-Chancellor Engagement Professor Sandra Jones has won the 2021 Autism CRC Award for Translation of Autism Research for her project, Raising Awareness of the...
Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Zlatko Skrbis is today launching EthicsFinder, is a continually updated, expertly curated search ...
In a seminar hosted by ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, distinguished scholars in education policy and governance research present and discu...
A new project to study Flourishing in Early Christianity will investigate how Christians in antiquity understood flourishing, and what these ancient accounts can offer ...
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Parents have a vital role to play when schools return after the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to education experts.
Virtual Research Symposium co-hosted by ILSTE and Playgroup Victoria, Making playgroup research applicable to practice and policy
Dr Sarah Young has been awarded the Victorian Branch Early Childhood Australia Doctoral Thesis Award.
Education experts at Australian Catholic University say teachers should bring back a sense of joy to student learning and extend lunch breaks when schools resume in Oct...
Australian Catholic University has been selected to host the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference in 2023, when the Association celebrates its Centen...
Children and young people in out-of-home care are at a higher risk of suicide than young people not involved with child protection systems.
A telehealth exercise program for palliative cancer patients with the muscle wasting syndrome cachexia is improving their quality of life, physical function, and streng...
Children whose parents have mental illness are two to 13 times more likely to develop a mental illness themselves which is why prevention and early intervention is crit...
ACU's pre-eminence in theology research was evident in the award of the Theological Book Prize for 2021 to two books, both by ACU researchers. Reverend Associate Profes...
A new study from researchers at ACU’s School of Behavioural and Health Sciences will investigate how resistance training and other activities impact vascular function d...
If sporadic pandemic lockdowns continue, they are likely to create significant challenges of identity, connectedness, and equity of education for children in disadvanta...
When all else is equal the difference between Olympic gold and silver may come down to something as seemingly simple as what an athlete eats.
Standing up and moving for three minutes every half hour may lessen the health impacts of sitting too much, a new study shows.
Inspiring First Nations people to become teachers is a major ambition of strong and proud First Nations woman and teaching student, Carmel Debel.
New findings from ILSTE research discusses Teaching Performance Assessments as cultural disruptors in Initial Teacher Education.
Professor Michele Haynes has been appointed Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS). Michele is an accredited statistician and a long involvement a...
Two ACU theologians have made the list of the top women working in the field.
Using data analytics, ILSTE Researcher, Professor Michele Haynes and her team Dr Melanie Spallek and Karen Kusuma, have profiled the trajectories of academic achievemen...
Associate Professor Lenore Adie, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Principal Research Fellow in the Assessment and evaluation research area...
There is increasing interest in how children use moral reasoning and make moral judgments about social inclusion within diverse cultural settings and little known about...
Discovering the reasons for Indigenous university student success is the goal of a new research program called ‘Game Changers’ at Australian Catholic University.
Children could become kinder and more inclusive towards their peers and even bullying could reduce if schools take on the findings from new research.
Seven community-initiated research projects to improve safety, education and employment will receive funding from ACU’s Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit (SESU).
Young refugees and migrants are the key to limiting the spread of Covid-19 and managing recovery in their communities, new ACU research has found.
Children and young people faced with a situation that is risky or harmful would first turn to Mum, a trusted friend, or their Dad to tell them they felt unsafe, accordi...
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Director of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, has been appointed Member of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sci...
Students’ difficulties interpreting diagrams remain a concern in science education.
Professor Vince Geiger , from the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, was recently invited to present the Clements-Foyster Lecture at the annual conf...
Researchers from IRCI’s Religion and Theology program have recently been awarded several research grants from the Templeton Religion Trust following a highly competitiv...
New research at ACU will uncover the unrecognised voices of disabled people and of women through two projects that have just received funding from the Discovery Early C...
The National Library has announced it will acquire a unique collection of Calabrian stories, songs, and prayers brought to Australia by migrant Carmela Speranza and rec...
Australian Catholic University (ACU) will hold a public webinar series on the idea of the self to honour Professor Claude Romano, who was recently awarded the Grand Pri...
Meet Australian Catholic University alumnus Rob Howells, the ex-crane operator who is living proof you don't have to be a bookworm to be a scientist.
Sleep-deprived athletes risk poor performances, with almost three-quarters falling short of desired slumber targets by at least an hour, a new study has found.
Kids’ love for video games should be harnessed by teachers to improve classroom learning, new Australian research has found.
ACU and Nudgee College have partnered on a research project aimed at better understanding and releasing the pressures on elite student athletes.
The ketogenic diet may turn elite Olympic athletes into fat-burning machines but new ACU research has found it does not improve endurance.
On 15 July, ILSTE hosted the fifth GTPA Digital Symposium with the 19 higher education institute partners.
The Hon Justice Martin Daubney AM and Ms Virginia Bourke have been appointed to the positions of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor of Australian Catholic University (ACU).
The research team behind an innovative program tackling cardiovascular disease risk in children has been recognised with one of the Council of Academic Public Health In...
Leading ACU hamstring expert David Opar will be involved in a $4 million National Football League (NFL) funded study that will investigate the prevention and treatment...
Dianoia Institute of Philosophy MPhil student Mitch Barrington has won the 2021 Postgraduate Presentation Prize by the Australasian Association of Philosophy, for his p...
Australian Catholic University’s Dr Grant Duthie, from the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and new Technologies Research Centre (SPRINT), is part of a team helping...
Australian Catholic University has recruited some of the world’s leading Catholic theologians to spearhead a new international project aimed at reconstructing theologie...
Eating isn’t cheating, according to an Australian Catholic University study that found inadequately fuelled cyclists could be sabotaging their most important rides.
In this secular age, fewer people are engaging in religious ritual but many still seek spiritual experience.
ILSTE has been awarded a $30,000 grant by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to develop a research paper on cross-institutional moderation ...
Five non-profit organisations are partnering with Australian Catholic University (ACU), through its Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit, to explore the impact of COVID...
Professor Steven Graham, International Professorial Fellow with ILSTE and of Arizona State University (ASU), has been awarded the prestigious William S Gray Citation of...
ILSTE has been awarded a $20,000 grant by the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) to develop an evidence base showing how professional experience is assessed in practi...
Dr Alda Balthrop-Lewis awarded Shannon Fellowship by the International Thomas Merton Society
A new bookaims to go beyond that “us and them” conflict between religion and atheism to examine the complexities of the way that different kinds of atheists experience ...
Mums who are overly optimistic about their children’s academic abilities not only help their children enjoy school more but can also improve their school results, new r...
Valentina Lorenzetti's work has led the top US federal health agency to announce a new standard dose of THC in cannabis research.
Green space around primary schools may improve students’ academic performance.
ILSTE Researchers further examine digital disruption at the Australian Curriculum Conference on 5 June, in the stream Adapting to Change.
ACU has partnered with the Defence Science Institute to deliver the best in defence science research.
Recent PhD student and early career researcher (ECR) Dr Lesley Friend, now a Research Fellow with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, celebrates ...
ACU has awarded its highest honour, an honorary doctorate, to Marionne MacRitchie and a posthumous award to the Hon John Fahey AC, GCSG during graduation ceremonies in ...
A sudden surge in COVID-19 has pushed many who were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine to rethink their ‘wait and see’ approach.
The Multimodal Special Interest Group at the National Institute of Education in Singapore has run Professional Learning presented by ILSTE’s Professor Len Unsworth, for...
Men who were overweight and at risk of diabetes had better overnight blood sugar control when they exercised in the early evening rather than in the morning.
ACU expert in family involvement in patient care and escalation Rett Quinney has called for a national system in all hospitals to help patients escalate concerns about ...
Researchers from the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry's Religion and Theology program will present at the conference "Theological Genealogies of Modernity," ...
Time-restricted eating could be a game changer for more than one million Australians with type 2 diabetes.
Coaches may be rummaging through their Spotify playlists after Australian Catholic University research found - for the first time in team sport - that high-tempo music ...
Australian research, proven to improve children’s heart health and fitness, has been published by JAMA Pediatrics, the top-ranked paediatrics journal in the world.
New book offers a valuable contribution to the expanding conversation on big data and digital disruption in education. Edited by Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor...
Two ACU academics have been awarded prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
It sounds like science fiction but, as ACU philosopher Dr Samuel Baron explained in The Conversation, there are real-world possibilities to the concept of a warp drive.
A six-week exercise program of either high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or resistance training can build and maintain muscle mass and strength in middle-aged men,...
ILSTE researchers are successful with a new project Future Education: Evidence-based innovations for Queensland schooling and workforces. A new Futures Framework will ...
ACU historian Professor Noah Riseman has been shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize for his book Pride in Defence: The Australian Military & LGBTI Service since 1945.
ACU philosopher Dr Gillian Russell has been named the author of the top-cited article in the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research for 2019-20.
The muscles of elite endurance athletes boast high numbers of extra-efficient mitochondria, the ‘energy’ powerhouse of muscle cells. Unlocking the secrets of these cell...
"White Russians, Red Peril", A new book uncovering by ACU's Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick uncovers the little known history of Russian migration to Australia.
Australian Catholic University Professor Jim Sallis, has called for a heightened focus on exercise as a pandemic control after his research revealed physically inactive...
ACU collaborated with Catholic Health Australia to to review the lessons learned from the pandemic for health and aged care operators.
The interaction of emotional lived experiences and subject choice plans and decisions is reported in a new study.
There are stereotypes that underestimate the range of boys' preferences for reading and the changing nature of those preferences as they develop as readers.
Higher education partners of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA), convened at the GTPA Collective Digital Symposia in February and March 2021.
When fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll were discovered at the named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel, ACU researcher Dr Gareth...
ACU sociologist Professor Bryan Turner has been invited to speak in a prestigious Oxford Union Debate on the topic of Immortality.
Understandings of culturally-based conceptions of writing motivation among Chinese students were advanced in this paper by Professor Clarence Ng at ILSTE and colleagues...
A webinar on 26 March will address the dangers of fake news and populism in a time of pandemic
Disturbing stories of women’s experiences of historical and current sexual abuse dominating the news headlines have led child protection expert Daryl Higgins to call fo...
Research with middle school students illustrates transmission pedagogic models of reading in science classrooms
A new article by ILSTE’s Professor Clarence Ng researched the question - What motivates high school students to persist with challenging science?
The design of maths modelling tasks by teachers for use by students has been informed by recent research by ILSTE academic Professor Vince Geiger and co-authors Prof Pe...
How Australian middle-school students make meaning in science education by drawing on their science epistemic beliefs (SEB) is the subject of a new article in the Inter...
ACU's Sports Performance Recovery Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre is helping elite footballers stay on the field.
Professor Steve Graham, ILSTE Professorial Fellow with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, has been honoured and named as Regents Professor with ...
Higher education partners of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA), an initiative of the Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Learning Science an...
ACU’s leadership in humanities has been further recognised with a prominent book award for one of our senior researchers.
As we return to work and study after summer, alarms are ubiquitous. ACU researcher Matthew Champion explores how past generations used birds, prayers, percussion, and e...
The Melbourne Storm are more likely to win away from home than any of their opponents, according to a new study.
Teacher education research agendas communicated in the book Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education (by ACU ILSTE academics Claire Wyatt—Smith and Lenore Adi...
New world-leading physical benchmarks have been set for Australia’s men’s and women’s rugby union players who will be tested as part of an alliance with ACU’s Sports Pe...
Mental health nurses report staff shortages, unsustainable high workloads, acutely unwell patients, and verbal and physical aggression as top causes of work stress impa...
Noted French philosopher and distinguished visiting professor in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy Professor Claude Romano has been awarded the Grand Prix de Philo...
A new book edited by Professor Len Unsworth at ACU has been published by Springer. This book titled Learning from Animations in Science Education.
When it comes to metabolic health, it's not just what you eat, it's when you eat it. New ACU research has added to the growing body of evidence showing how time-restric...
Physiotherapists can play a central role in helping their patients quit smoking with a simple three-step intervention model, according to new ACU research from cardiore...
Educational Leaders in Australia were found to be highly motivated towards the professionalisation of the Early Education workforce, an aspect of their work that is ove...
There’s good news for more than one million Australians who have type 2 diabetes with new ACU research starting to tease apart how changing the time you eat might benef...
Researchers in ILSTE have won many awards and fellowships for their research.
Research shows gaps in the teaching of writing in a recent article in The Conversation.
The Virtual Symposium on Onlife Learning in early childhood education occurring on Friday 20 November 2020, will hear about technology-enabled learning contexts relevan...
Whether baked, mashed, fried, boiled, or steamed, potatoes are one of the most popular foods in Aussie diets, but the humble spud is a carbohydrate-based food that peop...
Teenagers are experiencing record high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a world-leading psychology professor and co-author of a new illustrat...
Read about ILSTE's teaching and writing research
Gender diverse youth feel significantly less safe at school than other students but they trust adults to tackle sexual harassment and support them in risky situations, ...
As an ARC Future Fellow at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE), Professor Kathy Mills, is a winner of the 2020 ACU Vice Chancellor’s Excel...
Canberra-based poet Geoff Page is the 2020 winner of the ACU Prize for Poetry for his entry Jericho. His winning poem was selected ahead of Footprints by Fiona Lynch fr...
New ACU research is showing how busting a move via silent disco technology can boost the wellbeing of residential aged care residents with dementia.
ACU has become aware of false claims connecting it to research associated with Synergy Pharmaceuticals and a herpes simplex cure.
New research by Dr Colette Alexander , Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith (from ACU’s Institute for Learning Science and Teacher Education) and Dr Anna du Plessis, identified...
An ILSTE paper detailing collaboration in the use of digital infrastructure, data and visualisation by ACU researchers at ILSTE, has been selected as a Finalist in thes...
Australian Catholic University leads a major national research and development initiative to enable digital innovation at scale in teacher education.
ILSTE is a Finalist in the AFR 2020 Higher Education Awards (Education Technology), for using innovative technology in research on improving the quality and impact of t...
Like so many Victorian teenagers, a young Tom Crameri just wanted to work for an AFL club.
ACU continues to climb rankings among the top two per cent of universities in the world
Teenagers with controlling-style parents experience a sharp drop in mental health and self-esteem, and the damage can be lasting, a world-first ACU study has found.
Both elite and amateur athletes would get better performance bang for their buck using traditional carbohydrate drinks/sports foods rather than costly hydrogel drinks, ...
Leading child protection expert Daryl Higgins has joined a list of prominent health academics calling for an urgent change to Medicare rebates to cover families seeking...
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed Professor Zlatko Skrbis as the University’s next Vice-Chancellor and President.
ACU Acting Provost Professor Zlatko Skrbis was pleased to attend the launch of the first Australian Catholic Anti-slavery Network (ACAN) Annual Report
The ACU Centre for Liturgy hosted the President of the Catholic Theological Union, Rev Prof Mark R. Francis CSV
Researchers led by ILSTE’s Professor Joce Nuttall have exposed the demands being made on leaders in Australia’s early education centres.
Cyclists who retreated indoors due to COVID-19 restrictions could discover the nutritional keys to maximised performance.
A life-changing new program is giving young people of all abilities the confidence to develop an everlasting love of physical activity.
The ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is pleased to announce that PhD candidate in Historical Theology, Mr Jonatan Simons, was awarded the Graduate Student Paper P...
Australia's workforce, economy and society needs the capabilities of a humanities education: critical thinking, analytical and research skills, and the ability to grapp...
Ester Cerin, program leader of the Behaviour, Environment and Cognition Research Program at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (MMIHR) at ACU, has been aw...
Professor Bob Lingard’s new edited collection, Globalisation and Education with Routledge, is now in production.
ACU is pleased to announce the transition of the Ministry Leadership Program (MLP) from Catholic Health Australia to ACU. Former Director of MLP at Catholic Health Aust...
IRCI is pleased to be relaunching the Biblical and Early Christian Studies program seminar series for 2020 via Zoom with an outstanding array of international speakers.
The ACU Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship for 2020 has been awarded to ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy masters' student Thomas Cullen. On awarding the...
A three-day turnaround is sufficient for soccer players to rebound as football administrators around the globe race to compress fixtures to complete seasons disrupted b...
The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus (APSJ), and ACU are pleased to announce a new agreement for the delivery of ACU accredited courses by the Jesuit College...
ACU researcher Imre Kouw has received the British Nutrition Foundation's prestigious 2020 BNF Drummond Early Career Scientist Award which recognises early career excell...
Internationally renowned historian of modern Russia, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick FAHA, and leading early modern scholar of gender and emotions, Professor Susan Broomha...
Seven new research centres will enhance ACU’s reputation in the arts, education, health, and theology and philosophy.
Seeking equity for non-dominant English authors publishing in educational research journals
The Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education has released a Policy Brief on the teaching of writing.
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith from the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education joins Emeritus Professor Barry McGaw AO and Emeritus Professor William Loude...
IRCI researchers, Matthew Crawford, Michael Hanaghan, and Sarah Parkhouse have been awarded prestigious fellowships in Washington, Frankfurt, and London in 2020.
Leading British philosopher Professor John Haldane will join the Australian Catholic University this year to establish a new project to develop Catholic school educatio...
Regular exercise changes the composition of the gut bacteria and may play a crucial role in skeletal muscle function and endurance.
Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA has been appointed as the Director of ACU’s new Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Education Minister Tehan announced on 12 January, the successful ARC Linkage project for ACU, that Chief Investigator Professor Suzy Edwards, of the Institute for Learn...
It's no secret that being in nature is good for your health. Something as simple as a walk in the park can boost well-being and deliver benefits ranging from better sle...
Two Australian Catholic University researchers have been awarded prestigious ARC Discovery Project grants to further their work
ACU’s Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith is one of a three-person panel of education experts undertaking a review of NAPLAN
Queens’s University scholar, Professor Chris DeLuca is working with Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education Institute researchers including Associate Prof...
Professor Mogens Niss is an international collaborator with the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education on a maths research project. This ARC project seek...
ACU researcher Evelyn Parr will explore if delaying breakfast and consuming an early dinner – known as time-restricted eating – can improve the symptoms of lifestyle-re...
All adults – not just policy makers – are dutybound to remove fear from children’s lives, according to Michele Riondino, Australian Catholic University’s Professor of C...
Five academic researchers from the Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research have been named in the 2019 Web of Science Global List of highly cited researchers.
Professor Kathy Mills, ILSTE, ACU, shared inspiring stories from multilingual language learners providing the keys to developing agile and inter-culturally aware learni...
Australian Catholic University's leadership in philosophy and religion has been further endorsed by the Australian Research Council with two Discovery Early Career Rese...
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor Bob Lingard and Dr Elizabeth Heck of the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) have developed a working ...
ILSTE researchers publish in the International Journal of Educational Research. Researchers Dr Fabienne Van der Kleij, Associate Professor Lenore Adie and Professor Joy...
People who pursue beauty, fame and money above other goals are less happy than those who want to improve the world, new research has found.
Parents of ‘tweens’ will get a report card on how their child uses screen-based devices and whether that use meets national guidelines.
ACU senior lecturer in Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages, Dr Michael P Theophilos has been awarded the 2019 Paul J Achtemeier Award for New Testament Studies.
Professor Stephen Finlay has been appointed as the Director of a new institute dedicated to philosophical research at Australian Catholic University (ACU).
Exercise is being teamed up with drug therapy to see if it can become a potent weapon against prostate cancer.
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has performed remarkably well over the last three years in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation.
A new article in The Conversation co-authored by ILSTE Professor Kathy Mills and Christian Moro (Bond University), both with teaching backgrounds, opens up debate on th...
As tennis demands more from its players, an Australian Catholic University study has revealed it is women who pay a greater physical toll at the Australian Open.
Congratulations to Michele Haynes, Joy Cumming, Melanie Spallek and Yoon-Suk Hwang who were today awarded funding of $84,540 from the …
ACU has been awarded over $2.6 million in prestigious Australian Research Council funding in 2018.
Diabetes is a National Health Priority area and the sixth leading cause of death in Australia. Currently 280 Australians develop diabetes every day – that is one person...
The Exercise and Nutrition Research Program (ENRP) is based at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. The ENRP is ...
Is fear such a bad thing? Nobody likes to experience it, but fear can be a spur to virtuous action, and overcoming fear is the essence of courage. But not everyone take...
Excess storage of fat is linked to many different chronic diseases. But some areas of fat storage on the body are worse than others.
ACU researcher Dr Jonathan Teubner has won the prestigious Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise for his monograph …
ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) has been awarded grants for two separate projects set to improve …
Participants wanted for a study to investigate whether the use of a metronome (to guide walking pace) or auditory feedback based on one’s walking patterns can improve b...
Earlier this week, Institute Professorial Fellow Stephen Evans was one of five speakers at a session of the …
Combining a high protein diet with cardio and strength training could be the key to staving off debilitating muscle loss.
It’s been almost four decades since two pioneering psychologists proposed a radical shift in the science of motivation.
New Flash, just released. This is the foundational book for the new series, Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability. The …
ACU Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Greg Craven expressed displeasure at the news that funding for 11 research grants, including one from ACU, had been overturn...
ACU joins Boston College in the United States and six other Catholic universities from around the world as founding members of the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Resear...
Following the launch of the Statement on Young Children and Digital Technologies last month, Professor Susan Edwards, co-author of …
The Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ILSTE) is conducting an afternoon literacy event on Thursday November 15h at …
Dr Emmanuel Nathan has been appointed by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) and KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, are calling for applications for two …
Chief Investigator Professor Susan Edwards announces the launch of the project website for A Best Practice Framework for playgroups-in-schools at …
Our very own Professor Herb Marsh (BA Hons, Indiana Univ, MA, PhD, UCLA; Dsc UWestSyd; HonDoc, Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munich) has presented his keynote address at the ...
Low socioeconomic (SES) schools offer the most rewarding work for dedicated teachers, according to an expert in how to teach …
By: Associate Professor Clarence Ng, Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education (ACU) This book examines promoting engagement for children …
ACU Professor Susan Edwards writes Australia’s first national Statement on young children and digital technology. Early Childhood Australia (ECA) this …
Upcoming publication on international perspectives on Innovation and Accountability in Teacher Education: Setting Directions for New Cultures in Teacher Education …
Professor Vince Geiger from ACU’s Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education has been awarded a Giovanni Prodi Professorship at …
A new book on the Australian curriculum, featuring a chapter on Assessment: the trilogy of standards, evidence and judgement by …
The Director of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Professor David Runia, has been appointed a Visiting Professor …
Professor Susan Edwards presents keynote address at 2018 DEKTA Annual Conference: 2.30pm, Thursday 30 August …
There is magic in stories. We all remember hearing them as children, and we loved them. Imaginary adventures set in …
The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry is pleased to welcome back Professorial Fellow Eleonore Stump who will be at the …
I recently led a “walkshop” – a walking workshop – that taught cardiac rehabilitation experts how to assess the pedestrian-friendliness of streetscapes, including desig...
On 26-28 July 2018, scholars from ACU and around the world met at ACU’s Rome campus for a …
Future Fellowship Award to Professor Kathy Mills On 02/08/2018, the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Honourable Simon Birmingham …
On Tuesday IRCI Research Fellow Dr Veronica Alfano, who is also Assistant Professor in the Institute for Languages and …
The verdict is in: it is possible to be fat and fit. And it might be better for your health than being skinny and sedentary.
IRCI’s Dr David Newheiser spoke this week with Rachel Kohn from ABC Radio National’s The Spirit of Things – in a …
Gone are the days of gently cocooning cancer patients in cotton wool – when rest and relaxation was an essential and endorsed part of care. A little drug called exercis...
Professorial Fellow, Professor James (Jim) Sallis was recently featured on The Conversation for his latest article ‘Electric scooters on collision course with pedestria...
NAPLAN could learn from the emoji icons made famous by smart phones, by including new digital literacies as a way …
Kate Gavin is the recipient of the 2018 Francis Xavier Conaci scholarship which will assist her to study at the Rome Campus.
Congratulations to IRCI researcher Dr Matthew Champion, whose University of Chicago Press book …
Parents frequently ask how to help their child make the most of digital technology in early childhood. In this …
New Australian research of almost 5,000 children has found that books – not prestigious schools or expensive gadgets – are …
“Tradition and Innovation in Early Christianity” – a symposium to be held at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry …
Data walls are being taken up in schools internationally to support the goals of transparency and accountability. However, there is …
Classroom research involving more than 200 primary school students across three low socioeconomic Queensland schools has used smart phones, …
ACU researcher Evelyn Parr is seeking Melbourne-based participants to take part in a research study exploring whether time-restricted eating can reverse the symptoms of...
2018 Simone Weill Lecture on Human Value – Dark humour in dark times: The sustaining virtue of laughter The Institute …
Neglected texts examined at the Institute On Monday and Tuesday 25-26 June the Program in Biblical and Early Christian …
We are pleased to announce that Matthew Champion’s …
IRCI Researcher Sarah Parkhouse and Professorial Fellow Francis Watson publish a new edited collection titled ‘Connecting Gospels: Beyond the …
What is the future of writing? Why can’t kids today write in cursive? Can we expect more rapid cultural shifts in the future due to globalization and technology?
Biblical scholars of renown in Melbourne John Collins and …
Leading ACU exercise and sport science experts John Hawley and Prue Cormie co-chaired the prestigious Research to Practice 2018 conference, which drew 800 global and na...
In a world first research-led call for exercise to be prescribed as a vital part of cancer treatment, 25 leading Australian cancer organisations and health experts have...
Obesity warrior Jim Sallis has been presented with the prestigious 2018 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award in the US. Professor Sallis, an ACU professorial fellow,...
Targeted exercise programs for older men with prostate cancer are emerging as a crucial therapy to ease long-standing depression, anxiety and psychological distress. N...
Welcome to Dr Stephanie Collins, who has joined the Institute from the University of Manchester. Her research primarily concerns the philosophy …
“A Dialogue on Death”: Atheism and Christianity Panel Forum Australian Catholic University, 3 April 2018 Death confronts us …
Professor Susan Edwards – Director of Early Childhood Futures research group at LSIA is the lead author on the recently …
Seminar 1 Professor Karen R Harris Self-Regulated Strategy Development Instruction: Built for Teacher Ownership and Differentiation Professor Karen …
Professor Vince Geiger, with Professor Chris Branson and Dr Jenny Martin, have been successful with an application for the research project Principals as STEM Leaders —...
Prue Cormie among leaders in exercise and sports science Leading exercise oncology expert Prue Cormie has been named as one of Exercise & Sports Science Australia’s thr...
Susan discusses the Early Language Learning Australia (ELLA) project.
The Trial of the GTPA was completed successfully in 2017. The Trial included the validation of the instrument, standard setting, moderation, and the setting of the cut-...
Developmentally appropriate practices like play-based learning are valuable for strengthening many areas of development and learning. This topic aims to show how play-b...
Amid the big claims of big data, analytics, datification, and data mining, this article answers central questions for qualitative research. In the debates about the eno...
Starting school for the first time can be stressful. Children are suddenly thrown into a foreign environment, juggling the pressure of learning new academic skills and ...
Research to Practice is Exercise & Sports Science Australia’s (ESSA) biennial conference, and features international leaders in the Exercise Science, Exercise Physiolog...
ACU projects have been awarded more than $3.1 million in funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants.
Congratulations to Matt Crawford and Steve Matthews for their success in the highly competitive 2018 Australian Research Council grant round.
Australia’s first Exercise Medicine Program to help treat cancer and improve patient outcomes has been unveiled...
New research has revealed people living in regional, rural or remote Australia are 90 per cent more likely to die from heart conditions caused by high blood pressure th...
Congratulations to Laura Rademaker, who has won the 2017 Council for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) prize for a Future Leader
IRCI Research Fellow David Newheiser led a seminar at ACU’s Rome Campus in July 2017 on Negative Political Theology.
The Director of the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, Dr Philip McCosker, has been appointed a Visiting Research Fellow of the Institute for Religion a...
We are delighted to welcome three new researchers to the Institute in Early Christian Studies and Constructive Theology.
View the live stream-cast of Professor Rich Ryan’s Keynote presentation on Facilitating Learning and Wellness in Schools.
A/Prof Prue Cormie‘s contribution to sports and science in Australia was recognised last month, following Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) calling upon the se...
ACU research in Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies has been ranked 36th in the world in the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Professor Daryl Higgins is the new director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies (ICPS), a nationally recognised centre of research excellence in the field of c...
We are pleased to announce a major new university-funded research project led by Prof. Francis Watson (ACU/Durham).
ACU researchers are trialling a program to address thoughts and behaviours about eating and weight before they develop into an eating disorder.
Ritual, belief and habituation: Religion and religions from the axial age to the Anthropocene
Given the plurality of readings of the secularisation thesis, please could you give us a summary of your own take on our sub-discipline’s paradigmatic theory?
This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about th...
Prepared by Parliamentary Library Fellow Dr Tom Barnes and a research team from the Australian Catholic University, the research paper, titled ‘Transition to where?’, i...
This volume takes up the challenge posed by Bryan Turner, when he noted “the absence of any systematic thinking about familial relations, reproduction and citizenship” ...
We announced last month that Bryan S. Turner and Berna Zengin Arslan were the winners of the 2014 Sociological Review Prize for Outstanding Scholarship for their articl...
ACU researchers are celebrating after a strong performance in the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment. The performance affirms ACU’s rapidly risi...
Following the tragic terror attacks in Paris, the world turns its attention to the organisation behind the carnage. Do we now need to rethink our approach toward ISIS,...
The terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut have elicited a disturbingly predictable series of responses. We’ve witnessed the usual political posturing, harsh military r...
The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society honour Hans Joas and Bryan S. Turner for their research.
Based on recent research in Detroit, including multiple interviews with its civic, business and political leaders, this is one of the first reports to document these co...
Victorian parents need to take the pressure off now they are once again teaching their children at home, according to two Melbourne-based education experts.