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Robson to chair WUN

UWA vice-chancellor Professor Alan Robson has been appointed chair of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) board. WUN is a partnership of 16 research-focused universities in Europe, North America, China, New Zealand and Australia. Robson is also chair of the Group ...

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New appointments for ACU

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University (ACU) has appointed health academics for its Brisbane and Melbourne campuses. Professor Sally Borbasi has been appointed associate dean of health sciences (learning and teaching) at the Brisbane campus. She joins ...

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New appointments to Flinders

The Flinders Law School has recently made several appointments. Professor Susan Breau has taught at leading universities in the UK as an expert in the legality of international humanitarian interventions; Professor Willem deLint is a Canadian researcher in criminology, criminal ...

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American exceptionalism?

With the world’s eyes on South Africa, Toby Miller finds that the world game is being denounced as “un-American”. It’s finally the summer break here. In most of the US, that starts in early to mid-May, but the University of ...

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Picture this

AARNet’s new venture will throw open videoconferencing and collaboration to all comers, writes Beverley Head. Come the end of this year, Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) plans to launch a free videoconferencing service for students, researchers and academics in ...

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Digital is dead: synaptic technologies rule

Universities need to give digital technology the finger. By Graeme Harper. Statement one: universities sometimes lag behind developments in society. Some might even say, wryly, this statement is a truism. Statement two: universities sometimes are way ahead of the lay ...

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Among the best, but that’s not saying much

It’s the face of health care that most people are most familiar with, but it’s the least well-researched. Jeremy Gilling reports Australia leads much of the world in primary health care research. We, along with Britain and New Zealand, produce ...

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Doing it for themselves

It meets the same rigorous standards as its mainstream academic counterparts, but its by students, for students. By Jeremy Gilling. The Australian Medical Student Journal is a standout in a crowded field. It’s Australia’s first peer-reviewed medical journal, and one ...

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