Education must learn to get better at getting better, an expert has said. In a guest lecture at the University of Technology, Sydney, professor Tony Bryk, president of the US-based Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, said education fails ...
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Australia divided on climate change causes
A majority of Australians agree climate change is happening, but their reason seems to depend on the political party they support. A five-year survey of almost 17,500 Australians by the CSIRO found that 78 per cent believed the earth's climate ...
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Australian students need Asian studies: expert
Studying the languages and cultures of Australia’s neighbours must become an education priority, an expert has said. Dr Jane Orton, from the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education said Australian students – throughout the whole spectrum of education – ...
More »Academics at country unis report more bullying: study
A study has found bullying of academic staff occurs at higher rates in regional universities than at metropolitan ones. Self-reported Harassment and Bullying in Australian Universities: explaining differences between regional, metropolitan and elite institutions surveyed 22,000 academic staff at 19 different universities, ...
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Cancer affects memory: research
Cancer sufferers are three times more likely to have memory loss than people without the disease, a new study has found. The impairment in cognitive function - memory, concentration and multi-tasking - for those with bowel cancer was the same ...
More »Expert warns NSW deradicalisation plan won’t work
The NSW Government's multimillion-dollar program to prevent radicalisation will backfire, a University of Sydney expert has warned. The Baird Government announced this week it plans to spend $47 million on combating extremism in schools. The program features training teachers and staff ...
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Freeze VET funding to ‘risky’ providers: TDA
TAFE Directors Australia has called on the government to urgently freeze funding to "high risk" vocational training providers and ban others amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the VET FEE-HELP scheme. In a statement issued on Monday morning, TDA chief executive Martin ...
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