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Breaking bad on faking fad

Plagiarism is crystal meth to academia; and with fraud once again in the national headlines, it’s timely to take a look at its real causes, and the role academics can play in limiting it.  The doctor changed my medication. I ...

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Abuse of principals is on the rise

The number of parents threatening principals with violence and abuse is on the rise, an Australia-wide survey has revealed. The Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey Report, produced by the Australian Catholic University and the Teachers Health Fund, revealed the percentage of ...

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Modern love

Photo credit: Peter Bennetts

University environments today are increasingly designed to allow students to inhabit them in their own special ways.   We might often think of universities as large, prestigious institutions steeped in tradition – menacing monolithic sandstone architecture projecting the authority they ...

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Women of influence

Three academics recently listed amongst the nation’s most influential women give their perspectives on how the gender gap still affects the higher education sector.  Most Australians would probably not be overly familiar with former Irish president Mary Robinson. Born Mary ...

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Looking local for regional teachers

Greater regional planning is needed to foster sustainable, locally sourced teaching workforces in rural and remote communities, a Charles Sturt University official has argued. The comments, from CSU education faculty executive dean professor Toni Downes, came in response to calls from ...

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Young: funding needs major overhaul

The Go8 has urged Australian senators to support federal government moves to deregulate university fees as part of a greater plan to diversify and strengthen the nation’s higher education sector. Speaking at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Go8 chair ...

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Uni-flavoured Commonwealth Games

Such was the dominance of Griffith University students and alumni at the Commonwealth Games that at one stage of competition the institution was able to brag that if it were its own country, it would be fourth in the medal ...

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Graduates struggling to find work

A historic low in the rate of full-time employment for new university graduates is cause for concern but not panic, the University of Newcastle stated. Data has found the rate at which Australia’s new bachelor's degree holders find full-time employment within four months ...

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