News: COVID-19

COVID-19 research to inform housing policy

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The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide is leading two rapid response research projects to help governments at all levels make the best housing policy decisions during and following the Coronavirus pandemic. The projects are part of the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Housing and Urban Research Institute’s (AHURI) COVID-19 Research Agenda. 

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Pandemic hits programmers’ productivity and wellbeing

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Software developers are finding their productivity and wellbeing has been hit as a result of COVID-19. But employers shouldn’t make decisions, such as to promote or lay them off, based on productivity during the pandemic.

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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide announces a new undergraduate entry pathway

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The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has launched a new alternative entry pathway for undergraduate admission in 2021 based on Year 11 performance. 

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Industry collaboration delivers improved face shields

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The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s ThincLab business incubator has teamed up with Clinpath Pathology to supply them with improved face shields.

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Adelaide-led research helps support developing countries during COVID-19 pandemic

Associate Professor David Parsons, Robinson Research Institute, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide

A reliable new ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients could soon be distributed to the Pacific Islands and South East Asian countries after extensive research and testing in Adelaide. 

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Two options for COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery

There are two clear options to lead ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have contributed to a major Group of Eight report which presents two clear options to lead ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Where people burnout most during COVID-19

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Research is identifying the regions where working adults are more likely to burnout during the COVID-19 crisis: The key is the distance to the epicentre – but not how you might imagine.

The results have revealed that those who were the closest to the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis were not the most burned out during the pandemic.

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Make it fun, the learning will follow

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Children’s ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Australasia (CUA) is producing weekly challenges for kids as part of a Living in Lockdown educational series for families working and schooling from home.

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South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn scientists band together to fight COVID-19

A team of South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn scientists are joining forces in the fight against COVID-19 to greater inform the local, national and global response efforts, including the creation of a vaccine.

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First study on the health conditions of adults one month into COVID-19 lockdown

A new study provides one of the earliest pieces of evidence that the COVID-19 outbreak affected people not only physically but also mentally. 

The preliminary results reveal adults in locations more affected by COVID-19 had lower physical health, mental health and life satisfaction. 

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