Education
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Australia would be a better nation if its children learned more than one language: Ken Wyatt
The Hasluck MP also told a crowd of linguistics lovers and Liberal Party members in Fremantle last month that political…
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Rise of the cycologists
BERLIN — Germany is making way for cyclists — not just on its streets, but in its universities. Antonia Zimmermann…
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Never insulted Erdogan? You’re eligible to stay in a Turkish student dormitory
Under the amendment, students who have been convicted for a prison term of more than six months — or for…
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After losing their son, these parents are backing a water safety campaign that reaches migrant communities
At 15 years old, Riing Doar was school captain and wanted to one day be a scientist. Biwa Kwan &…
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1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree.
A series of government policy reforms over recent decades aimed to increase the proportion of Australian workers with university degrees.…
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Politicians need expert help to change culture of sexual violence and impunity. We don’t need yet another review to tell us that
University campus culture was similarly in the spotlight following the release of damning reports in 2017. Andrea Durbach The Conversation…
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After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for the joy of real books
More surprising, perhaps, is the impact these lockdowns have had on children’s and young people’s self-reported enjoyment of books and…
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Australia’s education system must move away from its colonial world view
Nothing is more important for the future of society than our jarjums (children). Nathan Towney for IndigenousX The Guardian Their…
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Omissa Spe*
Academics used to have privileges not enjoyed by the majority of the workforce: job security, flexible hours, access to great…
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Book review: Open Minds explores how academic freedom and the public university are at risk
Yet the concept is rarely examined or critiqued in detail. Peter Tregear The Conversation That has not stopped it becoming…
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No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber women 3 to 1
Of 37 public university chancellors, just 10 are women (27%) and 27 (73%) are men. Marcia Devlin The Conversation It’s…
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First Sikh school hopes to create future leaders
Sikh Grammar School in Rouse Hill will welcome students of all backgrounds and denominations, but expects to attract mostly children…
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Speaking up about free speech
So is the University of Adelaide committed to free speech, or is its the latest university to dictate its version…
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COVID killed the on-campus lecture, but will unis raise it from the dead?
And most Australian universities won’t be offering on-campus lectures in 2021. Authors The Conversation The Australasian Council on Open, Distance…
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How to protect children online without using tough rules and reprimands
With much of the world in some form of lockdown, this year’s Safer Internet Day will be different. Tom Harrison…
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Don’t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids.
Australia is a multicultural society. Authors The Conversation There are different traditions, cultures, accents and languages all over … Don’t…
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