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The Macquarie Dictionary recently announced its winners of word (or phrase) of last year. Those chosen by the selection committee and the general public to represent the zeitgeist reflected a similar theme. The committee’s choice was phantom vibration syndrome, or ...

Colloquial words that come from nowhere can be redeployed and radically redesigned in different times and places. Dinkum is one such, which probably originated in C19 Northern English dialects, though in Australia it's sometimes thought to consist of two Chinese ...

The recent death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has given rise to a spate of articles about the Iron Lady’s legacy. This famous nickname was first given to her by the Soviet army magazine Red Star in 1976. ...

The word self-image is usually understood as someone’s mental construction of themself, which may or may not correspond with their looks and social behaviour.  Compare the newly-coined selfie, which is definitely a physical image of oneself, taken by oneself on ...

The practice of astroturfing involves an interested party creating the illusion of public support, to push a particular agenda. For example, the Alliance of Australian Retailers was set up in 2010 as a front for tobacco companies to campaign against ...

No charges will be laid against any person involved in the nepotism scandal at the University of Queensland, following an investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC). The CMC conducted an independent examination of a complaint made over the ...

Deakin University has joined the global movement of education providers offering free online courses to students with the launch of its first massive open online course or ‘MOOC’. By Antonia Maiolo The inaugural 12-week course on humanitarian emergencies will be ...

  The National Tertiary Education Union will stump up $1 million to back the Greens in the next election. By Antonia Maiolo The union supporting university staff and academics will put up $1 million of its members’ money to back ...

  Internal collaboration is the key to successfully implementing an internationalised vision. By Phil Honeywood Internationalisation in education has many dimensions. At its best it embraces student mobility, transnational education, internationalisation of the curriculum, academic exchange and extensive collaborative research ...

Australia’s unique higher education student profile has driven demand for new models of student accommodation in our capital cities. By Sarah Buckeridge and Geoff Hanmer In Australia every year, there are about 200,000 international students looking for places to live. ...