At least 11 auto manufacturers, including Toyota, Audi and Tesla, are putting driverless car plans in motion. With soon-to-be robot drivers comes the need to program ethics in them. Think, a situation like the trolley dilemma, where a driver must choose ...
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It began – as the cliché goes – with a list on a napkin. Associate Professor Inger Mewburn, director of research training at ANU and founder of blog The Thesis Whisperer, was lunching with a colleague when the discussion turned to ...
More »What comes after the lucky country
Citizens of the lucky country can no longer rely on good fortune for prosperity – they must rely on capabilities. This is the premise of a new Mitchell Institute report. "Today the question is not if we should seek to teach young ...
More »Luther King joins Gandhi and Mandela at UNSW
What do the White House and UNSW have in common? The presence of a certain social justice hero, Dr Martin Luther King Jr., in bust form. A bronze recreation of the late Reverend and Nobel Peace Prize Winner now graces ...
More »‘Self-care first’: Scientist prioritises wellbeing in lab policy
"Your mental and physical health are by far the most important consideration in all that you do while in our lab. Moreover, success should not come at the cost of maintaining your interests/hobbies or healthy relationships in your life." This ...
More »Attitudes towards plagiarism culturally relative: study
Though all cultures perceive contract cheating as wrong, nearly half of ESL students see plagiarism – a subtler form of cheating – as less problematic. They think universities make ‘too much of a fuss of people cheating’ in this manner. A fifth of ...
More »Fare thee well, campus? Not for these universities
The world's oldest universities weren't just sites of learning. They were also civic, religious and social institutions. Without Oxford, Bologna and Al-Karueein we wouldn't have modern-day ethics, or defences against bygone empires or the omniscient power of the medieval church. Universities were ...
More »International students like Canada more than us: survey
International students think Canada – formerly of maple syrup and Justin Trudeau fame – tops for education. Despite the fact that most – mainly Indians – had chosen to study in Australia, they rated Canada higher on affordability, quality of ...
More »‘Many…cannot afford to eat’: Poverty-stricken postgrads plea for concessions
Eniola David Ibraheem, the second of four children, hails from Nigeria. He initially studied international law and diplomacy, and worked as a mediator in his home country. Now, as a Masters in Social Work student at Monash University, he could ...
More »Relationship between international student fees and rankings ‘getting stronger’
Would you pay to study law at the University of Melbourne if it cost only a third more at Harvard? In Australia, this financial gap is set to decrease, if trends continue. Study Move has identified that international student fees ...
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