From today, a new international agreement will make it easier for Australian higher education qualifications to be recognised in the Asia-Pacific. The Tokyo Convention was signed by Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and New Zealand, and supports the mobility of ...
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The Great British Bake Off, or simply 'Bake Off', as it's known to fans, is more than a televised amateur baking competition. It's a cultural phenomenon. From its humble origins in the bucolic English countryside, it has captivated much of ...
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Interesting to see how the findings from a Nature study mapped onto my previous research into academics' use of social media https://t.co/BWKhJ6b6Kx — Deborah Lupton (@DALupton) January 29, 2018 Lupton's Inception-like tweet of another academic's tweet about social media is ...
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The University of South Australia has undertaken a two-way investment opportunity to become the first Australian university to have a technology transfer office in China’s Suzhou Industrial Park. UniSA Ventures opened its doors yesterday, and will act as a platform ...
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It's already in play at Deakin, ANU and Charles Darwin University. Now, USYD students will also be taught to obtain an "enthusiastic yes" before engaging in any sexual conduct, lest they commit assault. This is part of Consent Matters: Boundaries, Respect ...
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Data storage, preschool education and courier services are forecast to experience the most employment growth of all industries in the next five years, new figures show. The data comes from market research company IBISWorld, which has estimated that growing wages ...
More »Curtin signs agreement with Telethon Kids Institute
Curtin University has entered into an agreement with Telethon Kids Institute, to improve children's health and medical research in Western Australia. WA's largest university and the state's only child health research institute signed an affiliation agreement last week that will ...
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Genetics research led by the University of the Sunshine Coast may have found the origins of sarcoptic mange, a disease that threatens Australia's wombat and koala populations. PhD student Tamieka Fraser, who is also enrolled at the University of Tasmania, ...
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Melania Trump may be shunning Davos this week, but the world’s top universities are making their presence felt. At a Times Higher Education (THE) event that coincided with the World Economic Forum, it was revealed that 27 universities collectively have ...
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Since 'complicit' was Dictionary.com's 2017 word of the year, 'foreign interference' could have been its top phrase. Special Counsel for the Department of Justice Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections is largely responsible for the ...
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