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08 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
IT sounds the antithesis of the precise, quantifiable world of mathematics.
...Now, an urge
to explore the essence of randomness has won a University of NSW academic
a top Australian award for an emerging mathematician. Josef...
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08 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
the actress told the state memorial service. The Whitlam government abolished
university fees in 1974. The policy would remain in place for 14...
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08 December 2014 -
The Australian (Epaper)
FINANCIAL advisers providing personal advice should hold a relevant university degree,
meet extra education requirements in
...degrees FINANCIAL advisers providing personal advice should hold a relevant
university degree, meet extra education requirements in specific areas,
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08 December 2014 -
ETB News
Sydney Airport will sponsor scholarships for two University of Western Sydney students
studying the Bachelor of Tourism
...of this significant infrastructure investment. Dean of the School of
Social Sciences and Psychology, Kevin Dunn, said the degree offered students...
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08 December 2014 -
Financial Review
Former chair of the Group of Eight universities Fred Hilmer says he believes the elite
association should separate itself
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08 December 2014 -
Financial Review
Christopher Pyne says that his reforms are the answer to the problems facing higher education
in Australia.
...answer but what is the question? Christopher Pyne says that his
reforms are the answer to the problems facing higher education in Australia.
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08 December 2014 -
The Age
School choice is part of a savage marketplace where parents expect their needs and desires
to be met.
...taking them from government schools and hiring the top graduates straight from
university. My young friend William used to love going to school,
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08 December 2014 -
The Age
Australia's international student market has been dented by British schools and universities
establishing outposts in Asia and
...international student market has been dented by British schools and
universities establishing outposts in Asia and the Middle Countries have always...
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08 December 2014 -
The Australian
PAUL Kelly is mistaken to consider that increasing university fees is a “reform” (“A bitter
education in political sabotage”, 6/12).
...students do not compute PAUL Kelly is mistaken to consider that increasing
university fees is a reform ( A bitter education in political sabotage ,
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08 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
NEXT year, Yale University will offer a computer science class in which its students will
watch live-streamed lectures
...side on coding and other projects. We have focused on building a
culture around the course, with events that bring students together, Mr Malan...
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07 December 2014 -
The Daily Advertiser
Michele Allan AUSTRALIA'S largest regional university has welcomed its new chancellor.
...of Business Administration from RMIT and a Master of Commercial
Law from Deakin University. She has significant knowledge in regional issues...
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08 December 2014 -
Beat Magazine
As City of Melbourne ponder heritage listing for the Palace Theatre site, a new scenario
has unveiled.
New Player Confirms Bid For Palace
Theatre As City of Melbourne ponder heritage listing for the Palace Theatre site, a new scenario has unveiled.
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08 December 2014 -
The Conversation
When trolls strike in website comment sections and across social media, we tend to look
to curtail the perpetrators and help their targets.
...online moderators When trolls strike in website comment sections and across
social media, we tend to look to curtail the perpetrators and help...
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08 December 2014 -
The Conversation
I still remember my first blockbuster art exhibition.
We re all going on a summer (art blockbuster) holiday I still remember my first blockbuster
art exhibition. I still remember my first blockbuster...
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08 December 2014 -
VicHealth
Download the media release Research findings released today show that four out of five
(78%) Victorians are in favour
...society . Findings from the 2013 Victorians Attitudes to Race and
Cultural Diversity Survey are being released today at a forum at Melbourne...
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Following on from the success of the event earlier this year, Taylor McNab and Lucille
Clarke have big things planned for
Press Play, Heath Renata, Shameless, Havoc and Godwolf. Further
artist announcements are expected in the next couple of weeks. Summer Vibes will...
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08 December 2014 -
e-Global Travel Media
The National Gallery of Australia has taken out the Major Tourist Attractions award at
the 2014 Canberra and Capital Region
...Capital Region Tourism Awards gala presentation held at the Canberra
Theatre Centre on Wednesday night. The awards celebrate the diverse Canberra...
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08 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
Art installation spot on for kids Zoom in on this story. Zoom in on this story. Explore
all there is to know. Children are once again going dotty...
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08 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
An art lover buys an $87,000 painting and discovers it's a fake ... what happens when that
art lover is also a lawyer?
Louise McBride and her fake Albert Tucker
painting An art lover buys an $87,000 painting and discovers it's a fake ... what happens when that...
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08 December 2014 -
The Guardian
A small but enthusiastic Tropfest audience were rewarded for enduring the inclement weather
as dark comedy Granny Smith took
...weather as dark comedy Granny Smith took out the country's largest small
film festival's top gong on Sunday night. Tropfest 2014: Dark comedy...
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08 December 2014 -
Visual ArtsHub
Manly Art Gallery & Museum presents an exhibition of artworks by the international acclaimed
pop artist and illustrator Ben Brown
...art and illustration of Ben Brown Since Forever Manly Art
Gallery & Museum presents an exhibition of artworks by the international acclaimed...
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08 December 2014 -
The Age
A youth program that teaches English to young refugees via social and sporting events is
having considerable success, research shows.
working A youth program that teaches English to young refugees via
social and sporting events is having considerable success, research shows.
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08 December 2014 -
The Australian
I HAVE loved Mikhail Baryshnikov for years.
...Away, the first UK exhibition of his photography, which opened at Contini
Art UK last month. Baryshnikov s CV is testament to one of the most...
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08 December 2014 -
The Daily Telegraph
Stanmore duo Jim Lounsbury and Behren Schulz are enjoying watching their work on the big
screen, with Eponine Films’
...funding and release models of Australian films, Schulz secured
funding for the film from a series of unique partnerships including principal...
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08 December 2014 -
Geelong Advertiser
PLANS for a $40 million expansion of the Geelong Gallery into part of City Hall will be
put before city councillors Tuesday.
...displayed. Councillors will vote on an officers recommendation to extend the premier
arts facility into the laneway east of the gallery and the city s...
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07 December 2014 -
The Mercury
A SILVER plate designed by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and valued at $US85,000 ($A92,000)
has been stolen during an art
...$US85,000 ($A92,000) has been stolen during an art
exhibition in A SILVER plate designed by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and valued at $US85,000...
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07 December 2014 -
Headline News Today
Modern art’s craving to startle and to challenge cliche has spin a cliche in itself, and
spawned a enlightenment of fakery,
...new paths . Those are a slight terms released by a
humanities legislature bureaucrats and a museum establishment, whenever they wish to spend...
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07 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
When the list of new portfolios for ministers in Labor Premier Daniel
...new portfolios for ministers in Labor Premier Daniel Andrews' Victorian
government was released last week, the lack of an arts portfolio prompted...
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07 December 2014 -
Sky News Australia
French-born Nobel literature laureate Patrick Modiano believes a new genre of memory writing
could evolve with the help of the
...life-world of the occupation'. Modiano is set to deliver his Nobel
Prize lecture on Sunday. On Wednesday, he will receive the Nobel Prize for
Literature...
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07 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Entertainment
First-time lucky: David Brooks David Brooks missed the annual deadline for general grant
applications to the Australian Council
...Scheme. Brooks is one of 12 artists in seven art forms to
receive $100,000 fellowships. The other successful literature grant applicants, who...
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