Universities Australia and The Hunting Ground Australia Project have launched a sector-wide campaign to prevent sexual violence. The Hunting Ground Australia project is a philanthropic effort to end sexual assault and harassment in Australia’s universities. It takes its name from critically ...
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Eureka! Einstein’s gravitational waves found
Scientists said they had, for the first time, detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by physicist Albert Einstein a century ago. The landmark discovery opens a new window for studying the cosmos. Researchers said on Thursday they detected gravitational ...
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Rhetoric around youth unemployment must change, an expert has argued. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures rest youth unemployment at 12.44 per cent, although it declined in the last quarter. Debate on the issue has centred on the notion of a skills gap – education ...
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A University of New South Wales student has used the toilet seat to marry two of his passions in a master's of philosophy thesis – architecture and altruism. Nick Papas partnered with the Sago Network to research how to rollout low-cost, eco-friendly toilets ...
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UoW donor calls gifts path to immortality
The donor of a $1.3 million grant to the University of Wollongong argues funding education is the single best investment one can make for future generations and useful in ensuring “a bit of immortality”. Emeritus professor Ken McKinnon, former UoW ...
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The federal government is directing the Higher Education Standards Panel to examine university entrance requirements to improve transparency. This follows long-running commentary about ATAR and recent comments from professor Ian Jacobs, University of New South Wales vice-chancellor, calling for the system ...
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USYD’s Nadim tears into federal deradicalisation plan
A University of Sydney expert has launched a scathing attack on a federal government schools deradicalisation program that seeks to follow New South Wales' example. In a joint announcement, federal education minister Simon Birmingham and federal justice minister Michael Keenan, explained this ...
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