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CSU names Dentistry, Health Sciences chief

Professor Boyen Huang is the new head of the School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Huang joins CSU from James Cook University, where he held the position of dentistry director of international affairs and associate professor of ...

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Re-branding regional unis

In an extended interview education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke to Dan Ratner, branding expert and managing director of uberbrand about how universities must think about better telling their story to stand out. Ratner who has worked with higher education institutions ...

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Four health research centres world leaders

Four Australian health centres rank amongst the world’s best at using medical research to improve patient care, following assessment by an international panel of experts. The minister for health, Sussan Ley, yesterday announced all four as the first ever National ...

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Hipster beards as evolutionary trend

The popularity of Ned Kelly beards, and tattoos, within the hipster community may simply be down to the evolution of primates towards ornamental and even aggressive displays of flamboyance, a University of Western Australia researcher reports. A paper by Dr Cyril Grueter, ...

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Outdoors is optimal for learning, new research finds

Learning outside the classroom has the educational and emotional benefits conducive for optimal learning, new La Trobe research shows. Professor Margaret Robertson, lead editor of the new book Experiencing the Outdoors: Enhancing Strategies for Wellbeing, said the findings showed students ...

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Expand Medicare for abuse victims: academic

Redress funds for abuse survivors should be used to expand Medicare, a royal commission has been told. Louise Roufeil, executive manager of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), said an overhauled Medicare system was essential to properly help thousands of people ...

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