Will India’s higher education surge exclude foreign universities? India’s massive financial commitment to higher education (CR, 27.01.09) should be good news for other countries, including Australia, who are interested in expanding their presence in India. But, as The Parliament, may ...
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Dragonfly flying skills guide design of tiny aircraft The extraordinary flying skills of the dragonfly, which have interested the US army for some time, may now be the key for the design of micro-aircraft, according to ANU researchers. Dr Richard ...
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UQ’s Centre for Education Innovation and Technology is forging a new road in e-learning and research, writes Beverley Head. The University of Queensland opened its Centre for Education Innovation and Technology late last year, in a move that that could ...
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White (playing up the board) to move and draw. Black can easily promote his pawn and just as easily catch White’s pawn before it is promoted. So how can he fail to win? Solution next week.
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Strictly speaking with the insight that people can be helped psychologically by reading books relevant to their situation. Bibliotherapy is thus the "use of books to address emotional or behavioural issues", as defined at www.best-childrens-book.com It has been used to ...
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The future of Australia’s international education industry is hard to call – just like the global economy itself. But reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, writes John Ross. Australia’s international education industry is about to boom or bust, depending ...
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Groundwater centre will help with drought, climate change clinical placements in rural or remote communities during their degrees. Research suggests that health students who have a positive placement in a rural area are more likely to return to work in ...
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17 October 1973 – 10 December 2008 Queensland's water research community last month mourned the death of promising young water scientist Dr Christy Fellows. Fellows passed away in hospital aged 35 as a result of a short illness. Based at ...
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Haywood heads to SCU
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A large part – perhaps close to 10 per cent – of the $US825 billion in new public spending and tax breaks over two years that is proposed to stimulate the flagging US economy will go to higher education, according ...
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