Deakin University was established in 1974 and combines a university’s traditional focus on excellent teaching and research with a desire to seek new ways of developing and delivering courses.
Privileging the randomised controlled trial in education suggests a preoccupation with scientific measurement over research that privileges participants’ voices, especially in a feminised profession.
The switch to online delivery further disadvantaged students from migrant and refugee backgrounds. But a new study also finds many students and staff developed closer and more caring relationships.
A koala joey was found drenched and trembling near the edge of the Brisbane River. It was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from the severe floodwaters.
WWF Australia
While COVID forced a shift online, that doesn’t mean universities should roll back all the changes. A hybrid model of teaching and learning is now the best way to prepare students for a digital world.
PM Scott Morrison after a National Security Committee meeting on March 1. Morrison later tested positive for COVID.
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Imagine if the PM had caught COVID two years ago? We knew so little about COVID with certainty back then, and what we did know was truly frightening. Here’s what’s changed since then.
Unlike with petrol prices, Australian gas consumers are largely insulated from international volatility.
The first three winners of the Stella Prize, at the 2015 ceremony. Left to right: Clare Wright (2014, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka), inaugural winner Carrie Tiffany (2013, Mateship with Birds) and Emily Bitto (2015, The Strays).
The Stella Prize, Connor Tomas O'Brien
As conversations about literary representation evolve, so does the Stella Prize. Five of the 12 authors on the tenth Stella Prize longlist are Indigenous, one is non-binary, and genre is in the mix.
Fiercely oppositional, deeply religious, Les Murray was both a cultural warrior and a fine, passionate, inventive poet. His final poems, published posthumously, express his many sides.
What’s the point of international law if Russia can still invade Ukraine? Where is the enforcement? Three experts explain why holding Russia to account is so difficult.
Petrol prices Wednesday morning.
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Stretching back to the second world war, the term was used to encompass the well-being and safety of Australians, rather than the crude, vague threat from outsiders it implies today.
Catatan tentara Belanda sendiri – terutama foto-foto amatir, ribuan di antaranya bertahan – telah lama berisi bukti yang mereka ketahui tentang kekejaman.
A Dutch soldier hands out clothes to Indonesian because of a textile shortage two years after Indonesia’s Independence.
Compassionate conservationists believe all animals have a right to be here, even introduced species like wild horses. Their vocal critics are avoiding vital ethical questions around conservation.
By pushing the timing of approval back to April, likely just before the election, the government has put itself in a position to use the curriculum to score political points.