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Dealing with capacity and the law
‘What should the duty nurse do when a relative arrives unannounced in the ward with a bunch of papers for…
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The artist as academic
Artist-academics face difficult choices in reconciling their diverse roles and fulfilling the university’s research expectations, reports Jeremy Gilling. The creative…
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Alliance to speak with one voice
Four pharmacy schools will form a unified voice. Four of Australia’s six original pharmacy schools have formed an alliance to…
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Indian students should do their homework, festival told
Many Indian students arrive in Australia knowing little about the country, an Indian student says. Indian students should make more…
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Different models for different contexts
Do employers value a specialist BA over a generalist one? A spin-off research project aims to find out. Just how…
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Two-way communication to deliver better indigenous health outcomes
The often very different life experiences of health professionals and indigenous people means they don’t always know how to talk…
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Moulding a new urban architecture
Architecture schools feature prominently among the short-listed entries for the Vienna architecture biennale Australian universities have made a big impact…
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COAG targets closer than official count
Two of the ambitious VET targets the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has set may be much closer to fulfilment…
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Teaching Fidel about collaboration
Online intro: The Cuban leader’s eldest son was blown away by six Australian universities’ cooperative scientific venture. Fidel Castro was…
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Residency program could attract more men into dance
A new dance residency program at UNSW could help enhance practice-led scholarship and research in the creative arts – and…
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It’s the commencements, stupid
Non-completion in a recession can be disastrous for the apprentice, but the main issue for governments should be falling commencements.…
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Three steps forward, one step back
The latest medical labour force report shows doctor numbers rising nearly 20 per cent between 2003 and 2007. But regional…
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Dollars, discernment – and diplomacy
We’re repeatedly told international education is vitally important to Australia’s economy and balance of payments. We know too that the…
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Legitimate concerns behind media distortions: Indian journalist
Janaki Bahadur thinks Australia ought to have seen the warning signs earlier. India’s media hysteria over attacks on Indian students…
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A lofty ambition, and some generous plaudits
When the Think: education group was founded, it set itself a lofty ambition: “to create a new category in Australian…
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Recession a fizzer? Not if you’re a teenager
The proportion of disengaged teenagers has risen sharply, reversing four years of steady improvement, with the global financial crisis wreaking…
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It’s not just skills – it’s how you use them
Skills Australia has called for a new approach to workforce development that restricts planning to occupations at high risk of…
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Levelling the AQF in the post-Bradley era
The overhaul of Australia’s pathbreaking but ageing qualifications framework has moved into its second phase with the release of a…
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Insearch negotiated change process well: AUQA
As the preferred pathway provider to the University of Technology, Sydney, Insearch is the first of the eight university-affiliated higher…
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Pure gold: journey to the Olympics
Getting high achievers to the Olympics is never easy and increasingly science is the key to getting athletes onto the…
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Science illiteracy baffles the public
Peter Junk tells a story of a time when he worked at a regional university and a local company had…
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Trades commencements take a tumble
VET apprentice and trainee commencements in the March quarter were down nearly 8 per cent on the corresponding period in…
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Academics conflicted in attitudes to role in uni marketing
In a study that could be instructive for Australian universities, Israeli academics are torn by conflicting attitudes towards the marketing…
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SCD an enduring federation: AUQA
It sounds a bit like the former Yugoslavia: one audit, one provider, nine colleges across seven religions (plus one interdenominational),…
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Lessons in skills development
While Australia is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its approaches to workforce skills development, Scotland holds some salient clues to dealing…
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