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12 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Significant numbers of secondary school students receive additional assistance from private
tutors.
...investment. So does receiving external tuition make a difference to the
academic outcomes for students? The pros and cons of hiring a tutor On...
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12 December 2014 -
The Guardian
Summer-soaked Queensland isn't the first place that comes to mind when considering penguin
research, but a Griffith
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12 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
IT’S our national symbol.
..., said Mr Howland,
a PhD student at the Australian National University. This eliminates vital shelter
for lizards, removing a layer of insect...
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12 December 2014 -
The Standard
ONE of the founding lecturers at Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (WIAE) has
been remembered for his educational zeal.
...played a leading role in the development of the south-west s
tertiary education sector. Born and bred in Adelaide, Mr Daniel graduated from the...
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12 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
HIGHER education could be brought within the scope of a new ombudsman for the domestic
tertiary sector, the peak private college
...be brought within the scope of a new ombudsman for the domestic
tertiary sector, the peak private college body has The Australian Council for...
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11 December 2014 -
PSnews
The nation's top educators have been recognised at the Australian Awards for University
Teaching 2014.
...contribution to learning and teaching that was recognised across the
higher education sector. Among his many achievements, Professor Ramsden...
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11 December 2014 -
Illawarra Mercury
Almost two years after funding cuts left Illawarra TAFE teacher Ron Mathers without a job,
his love of the fine arts remains intact.
Venue shut-out closes education options Almost two years after
funding cuts left Illawarra TAFE teacher Ron Mathers without a job, his love of...
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11 December 2014 -
ABC [PM]
MARK COLVIN: The last time Australia's jobless rate was this high, the Coalition of the
Willing hadn't invaded Iraq, John Howard was
...were part time not full time. Bill Mitchell is professor for
economics at Newcastle University. WILLIAM MITCHELL: The labour market dated today...
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11 December 2014 -
Archdiocese of Sydney
One of last year's graduation ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame Sydney The Archbishop
of Sydney, the Most Rev Anthony
...and Theology. As a former practicing lawyer and a graduand in
law from the University of Sydney, Archbishop Anthony officially opened UNDA's...
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11 December 2014 -
Archdiocese of Sydney
Kim Beazley, Australia's Ambassador to the US and former Leader of the Australian Labor
Party has been conferred with an Honorary
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11 December 2014 -
Herald Sun - Business
A group of leading scientists and science journalists/commuicators - including Nobel winner
Harold Kroto, Australian activist
...for Inquiry Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown
University Christopher C. French, Dept of Psychology, Goldsmiths
University of London...
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11 December 2014 -
ABC [Alice Springs]
Map: Tennant Creek 0860 A Queensland lecturer has been named University Teacher of the
Year for her work with a music program
...efforts Map: Tennant Creek 0860 A Queensland lecturer has been named
University Teacher of the Year for her work with a music program in Tennant...
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11 December 2014 -
The University of Queensland
Remarkable dedication and devoted family support led to the awarding of a special post-graduate
degree at the University
...published, Mr Timms said. We are extremely proud of her, and this
award today is very special, he said. UQ School of History, Philosophy,
Religion...
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12 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Entertainment
Bundeena, from Seven Walks, by Tom Carment and Michael Wee.
...Carment and Michael Wee. Photo: Tom Carment The life of the watercolourist
painting en plein air would, one imagines, be calm, unruffled ...
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12 December 2014 -
BrisbaneTimes_Business
Graham Burke of Village Roadshow.
Inaction on internet piracy threatened
film funding, says Village Roadshow chief Graham Burke Graham Burke of Village Roadshow. Graham Burke...
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12 December 2014 -
Echonetdaily
Guy Rundle, Crikey You’re a journalist working on a gotcha story and flicking through someone’s
Facebook page, when you come
...s reputation with an uncontrollable Twitter stream of Islamophobic bile. Of
course Nick Cater Essex University, sociology, decade-plus at BBC,
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12 December 2014 -
Arts - Australian Arts News
NAOMI Watts’ bid for an Oscar has hit a setback after the Australian actor was snubbed
at the Golden Globe nominations.
Golden Globes: Naomi Watts, Angelina Jolie miss out NAOMI Watts bid
for an Oscar has hit a setback after the Australian actor was snubbed at...
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12 December 2014 -
The Conversation
We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about our deepest oceans, and only
12% of the ocean floor
...things are about to change. Australia s new 94m A$120 million
research vessel (RV) Investigator will be commissioned in Hobart today. It s replacing...
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12 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Today’s land birds, from ducks to eagles, shared a common ancestor after dinosaurs went
extinct – just one finding from bird
Simon Griffith, Associate Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology at Macquarie
University, said. We are familiar with almost all the birds in...
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12 December 2014 -
The Conversation
Australia today is very different to the place I grew up in: our culture has changed and
is changing, but public discussion is
...are discussed widely, there will be a sense of confusion and
cultural detachment. Defining culture Culture is complex. It is everything: language,
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12 December 2014 -
Cootamundra Herald
A DAY of action around our state last Friday sent a clear message to the NSW Government
that the fight for increased library funding
...sent a clear message to the NSW Government that the fight for increased
library funding is far A DAY of action around our state last Friday sent...
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12 December 2014 -
Sunshine Coast Daily
FORMER Antarctic expedition leader Graham Cook will talk about his adventures at the Hervey
Bay Regional Gallery on Saturday, December 13.
...exhibiton Traversing Antarctica: the Australian Experience. Councillor for
cultural and performing arts Phil Truscott said from wild weather,
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12 December 2014 -
WA Today
Albert Einstein, whose thinking is behind a lot of contemporary electronic devices, treasured
silence and couldn't stand telephones ringing.
...to discuss ideas with his assistants or to indulge in his passion for
music (he loved playing violin). Sure, he enjoyed fiddling with gadgets.
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12 December 2014 -
Noisey - Vice.com [AU]
Music in 2014 was a lot of things.
But the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that 2014 was a bad year for
music. Of course, that s not really true: Music is dope, and a lot...
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12 December 2014 -
The Australian
ABC boss Mark Scott is facing more parliamentary scrutiny over the latest round of budget
cuts.
...$308 million over the next five years as the government seeks to balance its
books. Mr Scott has said the ABC will shed around 400 staff, with...
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12 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Entertainment
Performer Spencer Inwood of Circus Oz on the aerial ring.
...which it was formed, today it is also one of the major performing
arts institutions in the country. Acrobat's small scale, conversely, affords...
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12 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Entertainment
Reflective: Bryan Ferry covers love and loss in Avonmore, but keeps his spirits up with
his sons in the band and a bit of pop.
Photo: Supplied Bryan Ferry made his name as an elegant crooner fronting Roxy
Music almost 40 years ago. Now, the 69-year-old singer emerges...
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12 December 2014 -
Canberratimes_Entertainment
Pop sensations: 5 Seconds of Summer (from left) Ashton Irwin, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings
and Michael Clifford.
The Shortlist's
music of 2014 five defining moments Pop sensations: 5 Seconds of Summer (from left) Ashton Irwin, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and...
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12 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
...the director of the Centre for International and Public Law and a Public
Policy Fellow at the Australian National University. Kim Rubenstein
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12 December 2014 -
Arts - Australian Arts News
PICK OF THE DAY: The Knick, Showcase, 9.30pm.
...its darkness and dankness, is overrun by disease, futilely
policed by corrupt health officials, tenements jammed with ailing immigrants,
the...
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12 December 2014 -
The Border Mail
Former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella has confessed to feeling “responsible” for the lack
of women in cabinet during a debate about how
...at the 2013 election. Speaking in her new role as a public
policy fellow at the University of Melbourne, Mrs Mirabella said she felt propelled...
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11 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
The INXS songwriter is spending 2015 in Canberra as a fellow at the Australian National
University School of Music, Emma Macdonald reports.
...spending 2015 in Canberra as a fellow at the Australian National
University School of Music, Emma Macdonald reports. The creative partnership...
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11 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
...you stay at it, it happens," he said. The
gallery also announced yesterday that it acquired six major Turrell works, including Perceptual Cell,
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11 December 2014 -
The Australian
WOULD-BE 2016 US presidential candidates take note: the internet may potentially make or
break your campaign.
...political campaigns, according to a survey released on Thursday by the
University of Southern California. The USC Annenberg School's Center for...
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11 December 2014 -
ABC [Far North]
The National Gallery of Australia's new James Turrell exhibition is so intense that art
lovers will be asked to sign a
Art lovers asked to sign a waiver before viewing work The National
Gallery of Australia's new James Turrell exhibition is so intense that art...
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11 December 2014 -
Attorney General for Australia
Today I announce five new appointments to the councils of the Australian National Maritime
Museum, National Museum of
...South Wales Parliament over 22 years and held senior positions in
government and opposition, including Minister for the Arts, Treasurer, and...
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11 December 2014 -
WA Today
The new show from the Perth theatremakers the Last Great Hunt started with a dreamer's
leap into the unknown, says one of
Falling Through Clouds catches a dream at Sydney
Festival 2015 The new show from the Perth theatremakers the Last Great Hunt started with a dreamer's...
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11 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
Zoom in on this story.
Explore all there is to know. Winner of the 2014 National Fine
Music Network Young Virtuoso Award, Stephanie Jones says being a top class classical...
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11 December 2014 -
ABC [Adelaide]
Photo: Tim Flannery, a scientist, says he is excited about the work being done at the new
labs at Flinders University.
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11 December 2014 -
Attorney General for Australia
I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Rosalind Croucher as President
of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC).
...Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission 1999-2007 Professor and Dean of
Law, Macquarie University 1995-1999 Associate Professor of Law; Acting Dean...
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11 December 2014 -
The Guardian
Itinerant novelist Ceridwen Dovey's imagined stories of animals living with humans join
a diverse fiction shortlist for the next
...Premier's Literary Awards. In one of the first major
arts announcement by the new Victorian Labor government, with Creative Industry Minister...
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11 December 2014 -
ArchitectureAU
The new home to University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
has officially opened.
Melbourne School of
Design unveiled The new home to University of Melbourne s Faculty of
Architecture, Building and Planning has officially opened.
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11 December 2014 -
The University of Western Australia
BERNDT MUSEUM & LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY - 7 FEBRUARY - 11 APRIL 2015 Yirrkala Drawings
is a stunning visual articulation
aesthetics, daily living, and relationships to land, family, and
religion. In an exhibition brimming with stories through the artwork, Yirrkala Drawings...
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