Australian Catholic University (ACU) has conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Professor Francis Campbell. Professor Campbell has served as Vice-Chancellor of UNDA for six years, commencing the role at the outset of the COVID pandemic. The honorary degree from ACU acknowledges Professor Campbell’s service to the ...

Following their call earlier in the year for a five per cent rise in the national minimum wage, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the decision from the Fair Work Commission to provide a 4.75 per cent pay rise to almost three million workers. The commission has announced the national minimum wage will increase to $1004.90 per week, or $26.44 per hour, from 1 July. This ...

Researchers at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) are concerned that social media is a contributing factor to the declining rates of youth literacy in Australia. Research shows that since the pandemic there has been a massive increase in youth social media usage, while at the same time young people are spending less free time on constructive hobbies such as reading. Literacy among ...

Bunbury local and ACU doctoral candidate Lachlan Green reflects on his recent experience in Rome, where he joined a SACRU workshop exploring vulnerability and trust in healthcare. Held during the Jubilee of the Sick, the event offered powerful insights into compassionate care and human dignity.

Australian Catholic University expert Associate Professor Steven Lewis has urged school leaders, teachers, families, and students to take a collective breath amid the start of the nationwide testing window.

The researchers called for guidelines to change to discourage high levels of social media and internet use and adapt recommendations that promote the use of educational apps and video games.

Lead researcher and Australian Catholic University Senior Education Lecturer Dr Amanda Gutierrez said with digital games not listed as an example of a multimodal text in the Australian Curriculum for English, the lack of consensus among English teachers about the merit of using them in learning programs was understandable.

Academics and university leaders from around the world have reflected on Pope John Paul II’s vision for Catholic higher education in a new book launched by Australian Catholic University – Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Reflections after 30 Years.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has told leaders and students of Australia’s two Catholic universities seven reasons why the pursuit of Catholic higher education is necessary in a world increasingly antagonistic to Christian values.

Bathurst Bishop Michael McKenna will deliver a free online public lecture titled ‘How Do We Know What We Don’t Know?’ on Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 5pm AEDT, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s (ACBC) commitment to pastoral research through the National Centre for Pastoral Research (NCPR).