News: COVID-19
Half of surveyed renters suffered mental health decline during COVID-19
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn renters have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 facing income loss, the inability to pay rent, tenure insecurity and eviction risk and a new AHURI publication provides a stark analysis of the impacts of these unprecedented challenges.
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New modelling simulates 2021 unemployment rate and incidence of Housing Affordability Stress
New economic modelling on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic shows that once COVID-19 government support interventions end, total unemployment in 2021 could peak at 1.752 million under the most severe of three scenarios modelled.
Keeping PACE with skills during and post COVID-19
Learn Fast, Grow Fast, Adapt Fast – this is the concept behind the new Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) unit at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, which is helping ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns to reskill and upskill for a rapidly changing world.
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Forty per cent of renters can’t afford essentials
Almost 40% of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn tenant households can’t afford essentials such as bills, clothing, transport and food, after paying rent, because their incomes have reduced significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Housing and Urban Research Institute has found.
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Adelaide has key role in COVID-19 vaccine human trials
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are playing a leading role in the human trials of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine.
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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog staff vote to vary Enterprise Agreement to save jobs
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide staff have voted in support of a variation to their Enterprise Agreement to save 200 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs.
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COVID-19 dogs could be sniffing out cases in months
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are working with international partners to train sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19 infection.
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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s COVIDSafe app among safest in the world
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s COVIDSafe tracing app is one of the best and safest apps of its kind in the world, according to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide cybersecurity experts who have been exploring the vulnerabilities of people-tracing apps.
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Managing COVID-19 infection risk during operations
Anaesthetists are at higher risk of catching COVID-19 during operations and other interventions than other healthcare workers as anaesthetising a person frequently involves placing breathing tubes or masks into their airway to assist their breathing.
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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog launches expanded Trimester 3 program
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has introduced a significantly expanded program offering for Trimester 3, including a number of programs usually taught only in Semester mode.
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