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In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at the history and effect of White Ribbon Day, discuss the University of Sydney's expansion in China and explore Torrens University's new ...
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This is Campus Review's Profile series, in which we visit with an academic or researcher to learn more about them and their work. Federation University Australia's Marcia Devlin is an Irish-Australian focused on using education to impart equity for socially disadvantaged ...
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The lives of non-traditional students underscore the societal benefits, and necessity, of open pathways to higher education. Who succeeds in higher education? Not me, aged 20. That year, my second at Otago University, was at once memorable and forgettable, because ...
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More »‘Talking Eds’, episode 17: PPL double dipping, handing abuse claims, maintaining independence, US election
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