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Bookshelfmplished”) and Chengguan a word from Chinese for a type of city administrator. Given that the internet is the main conduit for communication around the world, it’s natural that terms relating to the medium, like Web 2.0, should feature heavily. ...

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Shedding new light on physics

Australia’s young scientist of the year is setting new standards for women in her discipline, reports Jeremy Gilling. Tanya Monro has already carved a path as Adelaide University’s first female physics professor in its 135-year history. Last week, one of ...

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Reforming the teaching of biology

A five-year experiment in professional development for biology lecturers in the US is starting to have a significant impact on teaching, particularly in large introductory classes. It’s an experiment that could well make a difference in Australia as well. In ...

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Calls for Senate inquiry get louder

The Dali Lama was an unexpected voice in the furore around international student violence last week, telling the Indian media an entire country could not be labelled racist on the basis of a few incidents. “The attacks on Indian students ...

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Education ministers show united front

A telephone hotline, another taskforce and targeted audits of education providers are among immediate measures the government will take to protect the interests of international students. Under increased pressure to safeguard the welfare of international students – and the lucrative ...

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UWS suspends EBA negotiations

Enterprise bargaining negotiations at the University of Western Sydney were temporarily suspended last week after the university sought to get a commitment from the academic union that it would not use a damaging report to promote its agenda. The report, ...

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Plagiarism with a difference

How can a professor of medicine claim 800 authored or co-authored peer-reviewed articles in his career when most research academics struggle to write five a year? This is the question posed by Sergio Sismondo in a recent issue of the ...

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Women outnumber and out-perform men

The feminisation of higher education is an international phenomenon. In almost every country in the OECD, more women than men attend universities. Now a new report from the UK has dug deeper, finding that women participate on an equal footing ...

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