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Commentary
Are universities beacons of hope, optimism or innovation? Opinion
The start of year three of a global pandemic, with a new variant and all of its ramifications, is heightening…
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Industry & Research
The brain, multimovement therapy, neuroscience, pedagogy and education: part 4
The following covers the treatment, using Multimovement Therapy (MMT), of former world champion boxer John Famechon who had an acquired…
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News
Bridging the ‘valley of death’: Positive response to research commercialisation fund
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement yesterday of a $2bn research commercialisation fund has been met with widespread positivity by the…
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Policy & Reform
HEDx podcast – Universities in 2022: a beacon of hope? Episode 43
Professor Jan Thomas – vice chancellor for the last five years at Massey University and Chair of Universities New Zealand…
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Industry & Research
The brain, multimovement therapy, neuroscience, pedagogy and education: part 3
The following covers the treatment, using Multimovement Therapy (MMT), of former world champion boxer John Famechon who had an acquired…
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On the Move
On the move | December
CHEERIO TO CHICHARO Professor Joe Chicharo OM has announced his retirement after nearly four decades at the University of Wollongong.…
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Commentary
The skills we need for the future we want: Part 1 – Opinion
The future we want will not fall from the sky. Like any period of great challenge that we have had…
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Industry & Research
The brain, multimovement therapy, neuroscience, pedagogy and education: part 2
I was unequivocally, at so many levels, in the presence of greatness. The body and the brain had been broken,…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking | Glitch
The social media app TikTok is responsible for countless trends that involve people doing, or saying, or showing things in…
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News
UniMelb research may help predict epilepsy
Findings from an international genetic study involving the University of Melbourne mean it may now be possible to predict which…
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News
Big data farming puts farmers at ‘centre of innovation’
Expanding the existing global network of farmers and researchers who connect using on-farm experimentation (OFE) could help transform the agricultural…
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Top Stories
Will Omicron devastate Australian vocational education and training in 2022? Opinion
Now is the time to start planning for re-engagement of vulnerable and disadvantaged VET learners; both our economy and our…
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Top Stories
Journey of discovery: challenges of the pandemic reignite VC’s desire to lead
Harlene Hayne has a unique perspective on the effects of the pandemic on higher education. After guiding The University of…
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Industry & Research
The solution is salty – new quantum chemical research: opinion
Different salts, minerals and electrolytes all have different purposes. For instance, fluoride (a key ingredient in toothpaste) can increase the…
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Policy & Reform
Universities will be the beacon of information, values and bridging of ideas: opinion
Almost everything that has saved the world from the pandemic has been the product of a university – from vaccines…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly Speaking | Crispr foods
At first sight this could be a slogan for crunchier fish and chips from the deep freeze, something which food…
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Commentary
Socratic ‘I Know Nothing’ v Socrates as expert in the Crito and Phaedo: Commemorating World Philosophy Day 2021 – opinion
World Philosophy Day 2021 falls on 18 November. Commemorated since 2005 world-wide, it is quite close to the birthdays of…
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On the Move
On the move | October
Professor Christopher Lawrence has been appointed the first Dean of Indigenous Engagement at Curtin University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering.…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly Speaking | Skinship
Words and phrases are quite often borrowed from other languages to express a concept for which there is no existing…
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News
On the move | September
VILLE HARVARD-BOUND University of Wollongong Senior Professor Simon Ville will take up the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University for…
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Commentary
The higher education experience is changing for good: opinion
Steve Jobs once said: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards.” Looking back,…
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Industry & Research
Global Innovation Index 2021: Strong performance in a number of countries
The recently released Global Innovation Index 2021 covering 132 countries highlights that innovation and research continue to grow in spite…
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Commentary
If humans did not exist would there be arithmetic, the ‘Big Bang’ or dinosaurs? Opinion
June 2021 was the 41st anniversary to the month of the publication of the article ‘Extraterrestrial cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary…
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On the Move
On the move | August
YOUNG INNOVATOR AT USC Professor Ross Young has joined USC as its new deputy vice-chancellor (Research and Innovation).Young was previously…
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Strictly speaking
Strictly speaking | Genericide
The - cide suffix provides us with homicide, the most general word for killing another person, as well as specific…
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