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05 December 2014 -
Business Insider Australia
Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were both sued last
month for allegedly discriminating
...out to Harvard for any comment about these purportedly discriminatory
policies. Here s the university s statement about the allegations that...
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05 December 2014 -
Geelong Advertiser
IT will only get tougher to find a job in Geelong as population growth outstrips the number
of new jobs in the region, a new
...of any region statewide over the next five years, according to Victoria
University s Centre of Policy Studies. Jobs were tipped to grow by an...
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05 December 2014 -
The Conversation
The Senate has rejected the Coalition’s plans to deregulate university fees, cut university
funding by 20% and extend
University funding
reform blocked? There s a pretty obvious Plan B The Senate has rejected the Coalition s plans to deregulate university fees,
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05 December 2014 -
The Cairns Post
CENTRAL Queensland University is looking for more space than initially planned for the
Cairns CBD campus it expects to open mid next year.
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05 December 2014 -
Western Advocate
It was an afternoon of pomp and ceremony as Charles Sturt University formally installed
its third chancellor yesterday.
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05 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Australia's high bushfire risk is prompting developments in everything from fire-resistant
materials to computer modelling and
...still not taking bushfires very seriously, says Janet Stanley, chief
research officer at the Monash Sustainability Institute. "In Victoria, only...
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05 December 2014 -
Augusta Margaret River Mail
Taxpayers may subsidise training of religious workers for the first time under the Abbott
government's proposed higher education reforms.
...for the first time under the Abbott government's proposed
higher education reforms. Taxpayers may subsidise training of religious workers for...
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05 December 2014 -
Financial Review
It’s understandable why Senators Glenn Lazarus and Jacqui Lambie might have voted against
Education Minister Christopher
University
reforms must continue It s understandable why Senators Glenn Lazarus and Jacqui Lambie might have voted against Education Minister...
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05 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
ONE of the world’s top scientific publishing houses has taken a step towards open access,
allowing subscribers and select media
...subscribers and select media
to freely Nature publisher Macmillan Science and Education said it
would allow subscribers to the 49-strong Nature...
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05 December 2014 -
The Australian
THE behaviour of the Senate in knocking back the university education reforms championed
by Education Minister Christopher
...reforms THE behaviour of the Senate in knocking back the
university education reforms championed by Education Minister Christopher Pyne was It...
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05 December 2014 -
Herald Sun - Leader
TERTIARY education close to home is now available for new and mature age students in Melton
and Caroline Springs.
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05 December 2014 -
Weekly Times Now
GROUNDBREAKING plant scientist Steven Smith, who has a research background in China, has
joined the University of Tasmania.
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04 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
...commercial cookery, a 52 per cent increase since 2012. But while a
skills shortage remains, nationwide women accounted for only about 9.6 per cent...
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04 December 2014 -
The Age
Last week I attended a reunion at the University of Melbourne to mark 50years since I graduated
and went out teaching.
...support available is not the basis on which people object to
university fees or university reform. Graduates are not required to start repaying...
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04 December 2014 -
NewsMaker
Researchers from the University of Adelaide say attempts to improve children's attentiveness
in the early years could be
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian
A LAW student upset over noise in the university library has gone to court to fight his
exclusion from campus.
Uni student takes library ban fight to Supreme Court A
LAW student upset over noise in the university library has gone to court to fight his...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
MONTHS of speculation about the future of higher education regulator Carol Nicoll have
ended, with Education Minister Christopher
Hawke walk MONTHS of speculation about
the future of higher education regulator Carol Nicoll
have ended, with Education Minister Christopher...
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04 December 2014 -
University of Tasmania
An increasing number of Australian schoolchildren share Twain’s ambivalence to mathematics
and statistics, but maths
...project, called Modelling with Data: Advancing STEM in the Primary
Curriculum, is to collaborate with teachers to design and implement
learning experiences...
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04 December 2014 -
ABC News
Lucy Barbour reports on the calls for a better deal for regional students as part of higher
education reforms.
Mature age student applications dropping off due to
higher education reform delay Lucy Barbour reports on the calls for a better deal for regional...
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04 December 2014 -
ABC [Newcastle]
"The additional 20% cut will put enormous pressure on regional universities to increase
their fees.
...New England says the Federal Government's latest plan for deregulating the
tertiary sector address some concerns, but don't go far enough and...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
CLIVE Palmer insists his party is still united in its opposition to the federal government’s
planned overhaul of higher education.
...its opposition
to the federal government s planned overhaul of higher education. Palmer United Party senator Dio Wang yesterday appeared
to be...
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04 December 2014 -
National Tertiary Education Union
The Minister for Education’s announcement of ‘new’ scholarships from a ‘proposed’ Higher
Education Participation Scholarships Fund
...Education s announcement of new scholarships from a proposed
Higher Education Participation Scholarships Fund is yet another education
reform...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
THE Senate voted down the higher education reforms on Tuesday, but the Minister introduced
a revised bill into the Lower
...s injury time in
reform debate THE Senate voted down the higher education
reforms on Tuesday, but the Minister introduced a revised bill into...
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05 December 2014 -
ArtsHub Australia
A record number of events will be presented at the 2015 Fringe, but Director Greg Clarke
has no fears the festival is growing too large.
...presented at the 2015 Fringe, but Director Greg Clarke has no fears the
festival is growing too large. Image: Bianca MacKail in the Fringe Parade;
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05 December 2014 -
Dance magazine
Ausdance Victoria held the 2014 Victorian Dance Awards on Tuesday, December 2.
...Patrick for "Black Swan." The NIPA (National Institute of
Performing Arts) Award for Victoria's Favourite Instagram Shot went to Rebecca Davies.
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05 December 2014 -
The Cairns Post
IT’S time for the Blunt Edge of Portraiture, the annual exhibition competition among local
artists, the winner of which will
...up the ante on the Archibald at annual Blunt Edge of Portraiture
exhibition IT S time for the Blunt Edge of Portraiture, the annual exhibition...
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05 December 2014 -
The Conversation
In the recent ABC funding debate, many have questioned what the public broadcaster is for.
...experts to respond. Fiona Martin, Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online
Media at University of Sydney Let s return for a minute to the flawed...
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05 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Two people walk into a seminar: one takes photos, video and an audio recording of the presentation,
while the other
...the idea that handwriting is slow and deliberate which allows the
reader a deeper understanding of ideas and information, and therefore a better...
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05 December 2014 -
The Armidale Express
“BE positive, communicate clearly, keep learning and support your peers” – these were key
components of good leadership, the
...require scholastic ability and intellectual development, an understanding of the
importance of the arts, loyalty and friendship are all aspects of...
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05 December 2014 -
The Australian
POVERTY affects the IQ of children as young as two and has an impact that increases with
age, according to psychologists.
...experienced greater IQ gains over time. Dr Sophie von Stumm, from Goldsmiths,
University of London, who led the study, said on Thursday: "We've...
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05 December 2014 -
Cowra Guardian
Artwork by more than 90 students from years 10, 11, 12 is being shown in Cowra Regional
Art Gallery as a part of a renewed push
...students from years 10, 11, 12 is being shown in Cowra Regional Art
Gallery as a part of a renewed push to support developing artists in the region.
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05 December 2014 -
Financial Review
The Met’s restaging of controversial 1991 opera ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ has sparked
a tired, uninspired chorus of protest
...controversial 1991 opera The Death of Klinghoffer has sparked a tired, uninspired chorus
of protest about freedom of speech versus art. Norman Lebrecht
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05 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
Art spaces band together in Inner South
Arts Hub mapping future co-operation Zoom in on this story. Zoom in on this story. Explore all there...
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05 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Team Australia's boys want to reduce opportunities for study of the arts in our schools,
with a back-to-basics ball game on the agenda.
but didn't get that chance? Australia's dominant sporting
culture means limited funding for and a national suspicion of the
arts, even though...
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05 December 2014 -
The Age_entertainment
De Anima reanimated After debuting at Bendigo Art Gallery earlier this year as part of
The Cinemas Project, Brook Andrew's De
...New design school opens doors The much-vaunted new Melbourne School of
Design (MSD) building at the University of Melbourne's Parkville Campus...
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05 December 2014 -
The Mercury
HOBART artist Frances Watkins has created a vibrant, contemporary “glimpse” of the human
body in her exhibition at Handmark Gallery.
...created a vibrant, contemporary glimpse of the human body in her
exhibition at Handmark Gallery. Glimpse features 18 works in fibreglass and bronze,
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05 December 2014 -
The Australian
JAMES Turrell:
...see the light JAMES Turrell: A Retrospective AS a child, American
artist James Turrell was captivated by the glow of a night light, and questioned...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Media
FIVE journalists from The Australian were winners at tonight’s Walkley awards, underlining
the newspaper’s commitment to excellence.
...s editor-at-large Paul Kelly won the Walkley Book
Award for excellence in journalistic literature for his latest dissection of the Australian...
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04 December 2014 -
The Sydney News
The culture team talks summer music festivals, whether fashion is art and if Australians
are intellectuals.
Guardian Australia
culture podcast the prescribed fun episode The culture team talks summer music festivals, whether fashion is
art and if Australians...
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04 December 2014 -
Autralian Arts Review
Iconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to fifty classic ‘things’
– designs that we find in the city, in
...fabric of our everyday lives. Grace Lees-Maffei is Reader in
Design History in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire,
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04 December 2014 -
ABC Radio National
Music has social and cognitive benefits which boost learning across the curriculum but
many schools don't have a quality
Music education
Music has social and cognitive benefits which boost learning across the
curriculum but many schools don't have a quality music...
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04 December 2014 -
Visual ArtsHub
University of Sydney architecture student Jasper Ludewig, who completed the Bachelor of
Design in Architecture degree with Honours
Sydney Uni student wins prestigious RIBA Medal
University of Sydney architecture student Jasper Ludewig, who completed the Bachelor of
Design...
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04 December 2014 -
Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited
Despite all the hype, 3D printing is far from a new technology.
...more advanced parts. Which is partly why I have moved to Deakin
University. The Centre for Advanced Design and Engineering Training (CADET) at...
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04 December 2014 -
The Daily Telegraph
The booming Penrith performing and visual arts scene is the most patronised in western
Sydney but, according to new figures,
...500 students per week using our facilities. Last year we had 15
exhibitions at the gallery and 95 performing arts seasons at the Joan, which...
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
In any Opera History 101 course, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) is cited as one
of the most influential figures in
Pinchgut
s Iphigénie en Tauride: a work
of pure theatrical magic In any Opera History 101 course, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) is cited...
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
On Tuesday Greens Spokesperson for women, Larissa Waters, lent her support to No Gender
December – a campaign spearheaded by the
Leave
Barbie alone so we can talk about
how kids actually play On Tuesday Greens Spokesperson for women, Larissa Waters, lent her support to...
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