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• According to the Healthy Handwashing Survey™ from Bradley Corporation, 60% of adults make a conscious effort to wash their hands more before a planned trip.
• The Healthy Handwashing Survey found that Americans wash their hands 87% of the time after using a public restroom.
• If they do skip handwashing, it's typically because soap or paper towels weren't available or the sinks were dirty or not working.
• The annual Healthy Handwashing Survey from Bradley Corp. queried 1,025 American adults Jan. 4-10, 2023, about their handwashing habits and their use of public restrooms.

• CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresset announced today that it has hired Bradley Schneider as Managing Director, Head of Private Credit.
• Schneider, who most recently was Head of Private Credit with Midwest Holding, brings more than 20 years of experience focused on private and alternative credit investing.
• In his role with Cresset, he will be responsible for the strategic leadership and expansion of Cresset's holistic private credit program, including Cresset's flagship private credit vehicle (CPCF).
• "Bradley brings exactly the depth of experience in private credit that is needed in this dynamic market and economic environment.

• When he released the Universities Accord interim report last week, Education Minister Jason Clare drew attention to the echidna on the front cover.
• To offer up a few big spiky ideas.
• But overhanging the whole accord debate is the spikiest question of all: increasing public funding for universities and academic research in a cost-of-living crisis.

What does the report say?

• The report acknowledges many stakeholders have been arguing that research funding needs to be “put on a sounder and more predictable footing”.
• It also notes the current research grant system does not cover the full cost of research, with universities having to pick up the rest of the bill.

The history and politics of uni funding

• The basic political reason is no education minister (even if they wanted to and most have not wanted too) can convince their colleagues there are votes in university funding.
• Or as former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor and current head of the Prime Minister’s Department Glyn Davis noted in 2015:
  all recent governments have cut university funding per student in real terms.
• all recent governments have cut university funding per student in real terms.

But this continues to be a problem

This is a simple way to understand university funding in Australia. In 1998, federal funding for university research was 0.3% of GDP. As of 2021 it was 0.17%. Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has also noted, Australian government expenditure on academic research as a percentage of GDP is the lowest among the world’s advanced economies.

How unis have responded so far

• Consequently, non-government sources of university revenue increased from 21.7% 1995 to 43% in 2019.
• About $6 billion came from the government while $6 billion came from universities’ own funds, of which $3 billion was from overseas student fees.

An international student levy

• It does so by floating a levy on international student fees.
• The University of Melbourne’s vice-chancellor Duncan Maskell said he believes the levy is “likely to undermine Australia’s global reputation”.
• Read more:
  International students are returning to Australia, but they are mostly going to more prestigious universities

International students as soft diplomacy?

• It says it sees international education
  less as an industry and more as a crucial element of Australia’s soft diplomacy, regional prosperity and development.
• less as an industry and more as a crucial element of Australia’s soft diplomacy, regional prosperity and development.
• International students today have a lot of choice as to where to study, and Western values rank low on their list of priorities.

We simply need more funds

• We cannot do this by simply rearranging the system.
• We need a target to increase university funding in line with other OECD countries.
• But to do this, difficult political discussions need to be had – and cabinet needs to be convinced to put funds where they are needed, but not necessarily where they will win votes.

• Bradley University will leverage T-Mobile 5G Advanced Network Solutions (ANS) and Apple Higher Education to create a Digitally Connected Campus.
• PEORIA, Ill., July 15th, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bradley University has announced it is partnering with T-Mobile to establish a student-centric, digitally connected campus, which will be powered by T-Mobile's 5G Advanced Network Solutions (ANS).
• "Through the Digitally Connected Campus initiative, Bradley has the potential to become a genuine exemplar in contemporary higher education."
• "We are honored that T-Mobile sees Bradley University as the campus to launch this flagship educational experience," said Stephen Standifird, Ph.D., President, Bradley University.