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Bookshelfon't know where to turn for help. My Kid Is Back offers hope and encouragement for parents in fighting this eating disorder. Based on the Maudsley approach, a successful family-based treatment, this book gives parents techniques for taking charge of ...
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Mental health nursing requires specialist training
Mental health nursing requires specialist training 11 May 09 | Print this story | Send this story to a friend Academics and mental health nurses are pushing for specialist postgraduate training as the norm for nurses practising in this demanding area, reports Jeremy Gilling. ...
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The launch last month of the World Digital Library brings a dazzling collection of cultural treasures within everyone’s reach. These range from San rock paintings in South Africa dating back perhaps 6000 years to a photograph of Richard Nixon meeting ...
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Bonus extended to postgraduates A one-off $950 Training and Learning Bonus payment will be extended to most postgraduate students. Under existing criteria [[Story code:15-230209]], many postgraduates were deemed ineligible because their taxable income, excluding their Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs), was ...
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Is it possible for training providers to craft effective strategies amid the current economic turbulence, asks John Mitchell. Chief executives of training providers broadly agree that this is the most tumultuous period VET has ever experienced. Typically they point out ...
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Applications open for VET infrastructure grants Applications from public sector and large community VET providers for funding under the $200 million Training Infrastructure Investment for Tomorrow (TIIT) program are now open. While consortia of industry and community bodies can be ...
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Failing universities should be allowed to do precisely that – fail – or be taken over by the private sector, a UK think tank has argued. Policy Exchange argues that government has been too swift to redeem failing institutions by ...
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Women language academics standing still English and foreign language departments in the US promote male associate professors to full professors on average at least a year more speedily than they promote women, according to a new study by the Modern ...
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