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04 December 2014 -
Special Broadcasting Service - News
The federal government says it's just a matter of time until the Senate supports its controversial reforms to
Australia's
...it's just a matter of time until the Senate supports its controversial
reforms to Australia's higher education The federal government says it's...
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04 December 2014 -
CIO Australia
Dr Shelley Kinash, director of learning and teaching, and associate professor of higher education at Bond University,
has written
...the elephant. The first of her three strategies are principles of universal
design for learning (UDL). The basic meaning of UDL is that improvements...
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04 December 2014 -
ABC Radio Australia News
About 100 human brains stored in jars of formaldehyde disappear from the University of Texas in the United States.
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
THEY cling to the walls and roofs of tropical houses, calling out their own names.
...have discovered that geckos can hold on Biologists
from the University of California have found that
the gecko s remarkable adhesive strength...
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04 December 2014 -
The Daily Advertiser
The rejection of the federal government's higher education reforms by the Senate on Tuesday has been welcomed
by the head of
...welcomes reform rejection The rejection of the federal government's
higher education reforms by the Senate on Tuesday has been welcomed by the...
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s scheme for the deregulation of university fees is dead or delayed.
...advice than the VCs will give Firstly, any politicians wishing to
reform higher education need to speak to people who are not vice-chancellors...
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04 December 2014 -
ABC [New South Wales]
A prospective Nobel prize-winning Australian chemist, sacked as part of mass job losses at the CSIRO, has responded
with a
...s bank notes, and have been cited so extensively in the scientific
literature that they remain a hope for a Nobel prize next year, after missing...
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04 December 2014 -
The Cairns Post
A LACK of Far North-based government scientists has raised fears the region is ill-prepared to protect the Wet
Tropics’ diverse environment.
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04 December 2014 -
The Cairns Post
FAR Northern school leavers interested in further study remain in limbo, with a push for university fee deregulation
stalled
...University campus watches enrolments as Senate vote stalls proposed
higher education reforms FAR Northern school leavers interested in further...
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04 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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Government mulls
university ad campaign after Senate defeat Zoom in on this story. Zoom in on this story. Explore all there is to know. The Abbott...
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04 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Comment
Myth: Deregulation of university fees will create a competitive market.
Therefore, the failure of free market theory in the
higher education sector is the argument Australian progressives must make against tuition...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
THE NSW Opposition has vowed to cap the state’s open training market, in a sign that years of bipartisan support
for
...a sign that years of bipartisan support
for unbridled contestable Opposition education spokesman Ryan Park said that if Labor was re-elected...
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04 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Comment
In the general spirit of slash-and-burn that has prevailed in Australia in recent months, it is becoming clear
that some cuts
...require more equipment and materials to teach than does an
arts or commerce degree. Government ministers frequently jawbone about the market,
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04 December 2014 -
The Mercury
BRADDON MP Brett Whiteley has challenged Jacqui Lambie to support the University of Tasmania by voting for the
...transform higher education in Tasmania. It can only happen if the
Higher Education Reform Bill passes because it relies on the extension of the...
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03 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Schoolchildren in India are learning from digital ‘‘grannies’’ in Melbourne.
...Mitra. He won the $1 million TED prize last year to "help
design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their...
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03 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...the country for his hard line against the federal government's
higher education reforms which were blocked in the Senate on Tuesday night. He...
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03 December 2014 -
The Age
Letters We need clever kids for Australia's future Bob Hawke said we must transform Australia from the lucky
country to
...Why does The Age fall into Christopher Pyne's trap and refer to the
university funding cuts as a "reform". The word means a change for the better.
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03 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
GRIFFITH University has won seven elite New Colombo scholarships, putting it equal first with Sydney.
Griffith and Sydney equal first in New Colombo scholarship count GRIFFITH
University has won seven elite New Colombo scholarships, putting it equal...
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04 December 2014 -
ArtsHub Australia
The life of Les Wasley resonates today as a memory of war, skill and quiet family life amid rolls of film, quick
wits and a sure
That was Les Wasley, as recorded in Martha Ansara s The Shadowcatchers: A
History of Cinematography. He died a few days ago at the age of 86 in...
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International favourite and local legends lead the Sydney Comedy Festival first artist announcement, with the
likes of Jim
...International favourite and local legends lead the Sydney Comedy Festival first
artist announcement, with the likes of Jim Jefferies, Ross International...
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04 December 2014 -
Business News - The Australian
Mobile services in Australia have hit saturation levels, with the latest research from the Australian Communications
and
...in Australia have hit saturation levels, with the latest
research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority Mobile services in Australia...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian - Australian IT
CHRISTMAS shoppers will no longer be able to buy popular R-rated video game Grant Theft Auto V from Target in
Australia after
...after three days. Target s decision drew a backlash from gamers on
social media, including from video game critic and host of ABC TV shows Good...
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04 December 2014 -
Australasian Science
Detail of the engraving on fossil Pseudodon shell (DUB1006-fL) from Trinil.
Colorado Springs. Originally published in The Conversation. Iain Davidson, Emeritus Professor, School of
Humanities at University of New England
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Speaking with: Sarah Sorial on free speech and democracy.
...other rights. Sarah Sorial is a senior lecturer at the
University of Wollongong who is researching the limits of free speech and deliberative...
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
I am reluctant to give more ammunition to Pacific leaders who regard Australia as some kind of exemplar in media
freedom – in this
...ammunition to Pacific leaders who regard Australia as some kind of exemplar in
media freedom in this case a I am reluctant to give more ammunition to...
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04 December 2014 -
The Conversation
The famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, has revived the debate on whether our search for improved
artificial
...develop artificial intelligence, it would take off on its own and re-design itself at an ever increasing
rate, he reportedly told the BBC. The...
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04 December 2014 -
The Australian
SINGER-SONGWRITER Ed Sheeran is the year's most streamed artist on Spotify, while Eminem tops the list in the
United States.
...streamed act SINGER-SONGWRITER Ed Sheeran is the year's most streamed
artist on Spotify, while Eminem tops the list in the United States. THE...
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04 December 2014 -
The Standard
BUSHRANGERS, balladeers and The Bard will feature in another big year of entertainment at Warrnambool’s Lighthouse
Theatre in 2015.
Big year in store for Lighthouse
Theatre BUSHRANGERS, balladeers and The Bard will feature in another big year of entertainment at Warrnambool...
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04 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Gabor Foldvary began his career in the lab at the University of NSW, where he looked after the fossil collection
and completed
...followed Buddhism Gabor Foldvary began his career in the lab at the
University of NSW, where he looked after the fossil collection and completed...
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04 December 2014 -
City of Sydney
For a limited time only, the Australian Museum will open late on Thursday nights, giving visitors the chance
to experience
...and 4 Pines Brewing Company. 18 December: Piñata installation by
visual artist, Sergio Plata. Guests can also enhance their Aztecs
exhibition...
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04 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...to 17 faced cyberbullying, according to recent research led by the
University of New South Wale's Social Policy Research Centre. Nearly three...
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04 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
One principal was abused after punishing children for bullying.
...Health and Wellbeing Survey Report, produced by the Australian Catholic
University and the Teachers Health Fund, showed a cultural shift in Australia,
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03 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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Explore all there is to know. Dr John Falzon's contribution to
social work has been recognised with a nomination for the Human Rights Medal. Dr...
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03 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...Region Tourism Awards. It was one of two awards for the
gallery announced at the Canberra Theatre Centre Wednesday night, with outgoing NGA director...
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03 December 2014 -
The Conversation
In Australia’s somewhat subdued public sculpture scene, the McClelland Sculpture Survey – which runs until July
19, 2015 – provides
Sculpture
in the bush: a strong year for
the McLelland Prize In Australia s somewhat subdued public sculpture scene, the McClelland Sculpture...
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