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Response to ISIS requires ‘soft’ approach, too: expert
Hard counter-terrorism responses to the Paris bombing risk neglecting de-radicalisation programs, which schools play a key role in, an expert has said. Hard responses include military action, increased securitisation, toughened legislative measures and clamping down with law enforcement. Nationals MP ...
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Major trial of ketamine as antidepressant in works
The University of New South Wales is set to lead the largest clinical trial into ketamine as a treatment for depression. Doctors and veterinarians use ketamine as an anesthetic. The drug is also used illicitly as a hallucinogen. A $2.1 million grant ...
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Website helps unis do precise searches for casual academics
A new website may change the way universities source their casual academic staff. Federal Department of Education statistics show that in 2013, there were 69,331 casual academic staff – both acting casual and full-time equivalent – in Australian universities. Of this ...
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Half of public datasets provided with scientific papers are incomplete, making a lot of data useless. A study by Australian National University of 100 leading journals in ecology and evolution found more than 50 per cent of their studies' datasets are incomplete, ...
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New VET research centre aims to get young people into jobs
Getting young people into education and employment is the main focus of a new VET research centre. The Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, within University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, will bring together researchers to work with government ...
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