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Robotic model struts her stufft crunch, and the use of language contributes to this process. The oxymoronic phrase toxic asset has been much in the news of late, with the Obama administration's announcement of a plan to encourage investors to ...

Graduates from Group of Eight universities earn no more upon graduation than their peers from lower status institutions, new research has found. The finding goes against assumptions that there are quality differences - and therefore outcomes - between Australian institutions. ...

Canada doubles international students in 10 years The Canadian government has said that last year’s intake of 80,0000 international students represented an almost doubling of the figures for a decade earlier. Embassy* magazine reported that international student recruitment numbers jumped ...

Green tea, mushrooms cut breast cancer risk Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea significantly cut their risk of breast cancer and the severity of the cancer in those who did develop it. Min Zhang, from the University ...

The federal government says bonus payments under its stimulus package will now be available to all students following negotiations with the Greens. Treasurer Wayne Swan told Greens leader Senator Bob Brown that the package would include a “mechanism to ensure ...

EIF to provide economic stimulus The second round of the Education Investment Fund opened last week, with barely a fortnight allowed for eligible higher education and VET providers and research institutions to submit applications, which are due by 2 March. ...

Creative industries receive major boost A $17 million Creative Industries Innovation Centre to be located at UTS will provide free assistance to businesses in the creative sector to boost productivity. It is one of six innovation centres funded under the ...

The chair of IDP Education Australia Professor Ian Young has written to all Australian Universities advising them that its successful Peace Scholarship program has been terminated. Since it was established in 2004, more than 300 students from 13 countries came ...

Full-time research students take longer to complete their degrees than their part-time peers, despite assumptions to the contrary. And despite their evident commitment, large numbers of part-time research students feel effectively “invisible” to university administrators.re kept up to date with ...

Sector saddened by losses The higher education sector was saddened last week with news of the death of former AVCC CEO John Mullarvey. Tributes poured in from many who had worked with him over the years, among them Group of ...