They’ve done their time. Now, they’ll have the mic. Three out of the four keynote speakers at Deakin University’s Reintegration Puzzle Conference are ex-prisoners. Held in Sydney 21-23 June 2017, it is fittingly themed, Changing Systems from the Inside Out. Professor Joe ...
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In a world first study, Deakin University researchers have showed markers can distinguish ghostwritten assignments from genuine ones. Their hit rate for identifying ghostwritten papers, however, was only 62 per cent. Seven academics each blind-marked 20 psychology papers, six of ...
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Just glance at the news headlines and you will know that cyber warfare is here, and it's huge. It potentially cost Hillary Clinton the US election, and almost foiled Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential plans. Now, the Australian government is investing ...
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There's a strong chance that carers, overseers and educators at preschool facilities need a refresher course, or maybe even an introduction, into first aid treatment for burns and scalds of youngsters. That's the key takeout from a revelatory study conducted ...
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Supawit Mahaguna, aged 21, was born in Thailand. Now a Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) student at Curtin University, he has stumbled on greater success with, literally, the click of an email. "I received an email about [the opportunity]. At the ...
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Excitement is building at the University of the Sunshine Coast! USC's joint venture netball team with the Melbourne Storm NRL franchise, the Sunshine Coast Lightning is playing Giants Netball, a Sydney-based VII affiliated with the GWS Giants of the AFL, in ...
More »Uni attrition rate stats provoke HESPy reaction
It’s spotlight time for the lengthily-named higher education regulators and advisors, TESQA (Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency) and HESP (Higher Education Standards Panel). First, TEQSA released first-year university attrition statistics. Now, HESP is commenting on them, as well as ...
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China’s largest consumer humanoid robotics company, UBTECH, has partnered with the University of Sydney to establish the UBTECH Sydney Artificial Intelligence Centre. Based at the university’s Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, the centre is dedicated to research into intelligent ...
More »Plain Jane no more: Monash Uni reanimates Austen
Jane Austen would surely feel pride, not prejudice, at the opening of a new exhibit in her honour, marking 200 years since her death. Jane Austen, By a Lady is a collaboration between Monash emeritus professor of medicine Chris Browne ...
More »Education specificity and security pervade Brother’s new office solutions
Brother has released a new range of printers and multifunction devices targeted at the education sector. “Brother is committed to be 'at your side' today, tomorrow, and for many more years to come," Brother Australia marketing specialist Stefanie Dixon. "The ...
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