Professor Zlatko Skrbis, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Innovation) and Professor of Sociology at Australian Catholic University, is the chief principal investigator of an Australian Research Council-funded social futures project entitled, Our Lives. With the support of various experts and research assistants, the project ...
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Education editor Wade Zaglas here, focusing on the top stories of the week. You can either listen to the podcast or read the summary below. One story that struck me as particularly impressive was Australia being ranked fifth in the ...
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A new study led by Dr Jon Brodie from the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University is deeply concerned that harmful insecticides, including Imidacloprid, are damaging some of Australia's most pristine and biodiverse waterways. ...
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