There is usually a historical reason why schools teach certain languages. But as new economies emerge, such languages may no longer be the best ones to learn.
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My School data does not show the quality of teaching, and school comparisons and rankings can be misleading.
The classroom setting is better for early teenagers, while self-guided language learning is better for adults.
Several of the newly-discovered exoplanets orbiting a small star appear to be locked in an intricate dance that hints at how such planetary systems can form.
Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.
2017 is looking to be a spectacular year for meteor showers. So here’s what to look out for in both the northern and southern skies.
Rather than leaping to conclusions about a failing education system, we need to look at what the data tells us about student performance at a state level to help us make more informed decisions.
Understanding how the billions of stars in our galaxy formed and evolved is the subject of a huge galactic archaeology project.
Young farmers are more open to outside investment and ownership of the family farm, than older farmers, new research shows.
Spending lots of time on the internet might be good for getting what you want in the short term but it might not work in the long term.
Australians send about 4 million tonnes of food waste to landfill each year – but what if we could use it for other purposes?
Astronomers have found an Earth-like planet orbiting our nearest neighbour, the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. So any chance that planet may be habitable?
The red hue of the moon during a total lunar eclipse gives astronomers at cue on how to find out more about the planets being discovered around other stars.
More than three thousand planets have been found orbiting other stars in our galaxy. The challenge now is to find out more about these planets.
Until recently data was largely retrospective, telling a story of the past. Real-time feeds are revolutionary.
Business Briefing: Hanson, NXT and The Nationals, bad for business?
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The newly elected Senate crossbenchers and a stronger Nationals representation could mean bad news for trade deals but good news for local industry.
Barracuda is the latest of Christos Tsiolkas’ novels to come to the small screen. As his characters grapple with anger and isolation, Tsiolkas celebrates community and the power of literature.
A look at some of the more obscure methods astronomers use to detect planets around other stars, in the second of a two-part series on finding world’s elsewhere in the universe.
Astronomers have discovered more than 3,000 planets around other stars, so far. In the first of a two-part series we look at how they find world’s elsewhere in the universe.
Many of the new planets found in other star systems have some extraordinary orbital behavior. So what’s going on?
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Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer of criminology, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Communication and Media, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Pathways, University of Southern Queensland
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Adjunct industry fellow, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor (Food Science), University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor (Adjunct), School of Education., University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland
