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Deep concerns were raised last week by the Australian Academy of the Humanities regarding the government’s proposed changes to university course fees, which will privilege a range of in-demand subjects (including nursing and teaching) and discourage students from embarking on ...
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Australia’s peak body for the independent tertiary education sector is urging the government to retain the JobKeeper initiative, saying it has played a critical role in securing the sector. The Independent Tertiary Council of Australia (ITECA) said the initiative has ...
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It’s low-cost and widely available and yet dexamethasone is the drug that has researchers' tongues wagging after a UK trial showed it reduced deaths among COVID-19 patients. In trial results that scientists called a “major breakthrough”, a low dose of ...
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Charles Sturt University will slash around 13 per cent of its current slate of subjects, bringing its 2019 offering of 4751 subjects down by 600. The news came on the back of a projected 2020 budget deficit for the university ...
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It’s long been known that healthy levels of physical activity benefit one’s entire body and has a positive effect on mood. But new research has now found that there is a link between school students’ levels of exercise and their ...
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Following on from the Chinese Education Bureau recently warning Chinese students about racist incidents occurring at Australian universities, the world’s most populous country is now set on expanding its own university sector. This comes after Australian universities have increased their ...
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