Results released from a major Victorian study on student learning show high achieving children’s performance in tests is “flat-lining”. The study, by Professor Patrick Griffin, followed 36,000 students…
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The “prison-like” immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island are not appropriate for asylum seekers, and there has been a rise in the demand for mental health services at the facility, according…
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Ocean Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer of law, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, The University of Melbourne
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Faculty of Arts Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Indigenous and Settler Relations Collaboration, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing, School of Culture & Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Clinical Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, History of Ideas, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
