Science
Broad subject area
Report
SDG 4 data digest 2017 - The quality factor: strengthening national data to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 4
This report sets out a roadmap of strategies and tools to help countries produce vital data on education. The digest sets out the measurement challenges around the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 4: a quality education for every child by 2030.
Report
The data-enabled executive: using analytics for student success and sustainability
This report examines the relentless growth in the sheer volume of quantitative and qualitative data and analysis, coupled with advancements in data governance and stewardship, which are propelling improvements and innovations at many colleges and universities.
Article
Why STEM practices should be taught across the entire curriculum
If the Australian workforce is to be prepared for the future, science technology engineering and mathematics practices must be embedded across the entire curriculum, according to this report.
Discussion paper
Can't stand the heat: the energy security risk of Australia’s reliance on coal and gas generators in an era of increasing heatwaves
This paper argues that Australia’s reliance on an ageing fleet of coal and gas power plants that are unable to cope with increasing temperatures and more frequent heatwaves is the single greatest threat to the energy security of our electricity system.
Conference paper
Public wi-fi in Australian cities: are there lessons for ‘smart city’ government?
Wireless communication is now integral to the social, economic and cultural life of cities and will become increasingly so as Internet of Things (IOT) technologies alter existing urban processes and generate entirely new ones. Although wireless connectivity engages almost all aspects of urban governance, management of the underpinning infrastructure is essentially a new field of...