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Melbourne TAFE’s Lilydale aims for security of diversified revenue
“It’s going to be fun.” That’s Box Hill Institute chief executive Norman Gray’s description of revitalising a mothballed Melbourne TAFE campus that's set to reopen next month. Lilydale was shut down three years ago after the former Victorian government cut ...
More »Job hunting with disabilities a bigger challenge
Job hunting is notoriously frustrating, and the findings of a recent survey show it’s worse for graduates with a disability. The preliminary findings of Graduate Careers Australia’s 2015 Australian Graduate Survey reveal 43.8 per cent of graduates with a disability ...
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A blessing from the sky for Curtin researchers
Curtin University researchers got a late Christmas present from the heavens, recovering a meteorite from outback South Australia on New Year’s Eve. Planetary geologist professor Phil Bland had to dig the meteorite out of a 42cm-deep hole in the salt bed of Lake Eyre ...
More »For mosquitoes, love hertz
James Cook University researchers have discovered that sex sells – even for mosquitoes. Brian Johnson, senior research officer at JCU’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and JCU professor Scott Ritchie, dengue fever expert, have set out to make a cheap ...
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UNSW flight school takes off with CASA approval
Pilot education is beginning the year on a high at the University of New South Wales, which became the first university to be an accredited flight training operator. UNSW has received the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s tick of approval to teach ...
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