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The University of Melbourne and Monash University have received multimillion dollar grants from a US government intelligence agency to conduct research aimed at improving human reasoning. UniMelb has been allocated $24.9 million from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), ...
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Professor Steve Clarke from Charles Sturt University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences is a philosopher specialising in issues related to conscientious objection. He recently co-authored a paper on the obligations of parents who object on religious, moral or philosophical ...
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While Newcastle electrical engineer Ken Morley and his family were touring Hangzhou, China, in 1980, they met 15-year-old Jack Ma. Morely became his friend and mentor. He challenged many of Ma’s views and helped him develop a global perspective in ...
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The Mitchell Institute’s Peter Noonan has warned that VET needs to stop being conflated with apprenticeships as it could cause overinvestment in declining industries. Noonan said that falling apprenticeship numbers aren’t the main problem in VET, as this is partly ...
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Despite the travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries by US President Donald Trump being overturned by a federal court decision, and the decision being upheld against an appeal by the White House, there remains the real possibility that Trump will ...
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Trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown that education brought in $21.8 billion to Australia last year. This means that education export income grew by 17 per cent from 2015, the strongest annual growth since 2010. Federal ...
More »UQ grad develops program to help kids stay in school
At school, Nick Tepper was a smart kid who behaved badly in class but he stayed in school because he wanted to go to university. Fast forward a few years and Tepper is a 24-year-old University of Queensland graduate who ...
More »Buzzwords out, personality in: expert resume advice from a specialised expert
The experienced Shiva Kumar is an expert in a strategic position at LinkedIn Australia and New Zealand, where he is focused on providing specialised leadership in communication, whilst being passionate about the successful use of creative expression in excellent job applications. Unlike ...
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