Established in 1850, the University of Sydney was Australia’s first tertiary education institution. It is committed to maximising the potential of its students, teachers and researchers for the benefit of Australia and the wider world.
Framing freedom of speech and cultural sensitivity as competing goals makes us miss opportunities to develop cross-cultural competency.
There’s lots going on in the lives of four-year-old boys, including how to regulate their emotions. Let’s not blame their hormones.
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High grades might be awarded to papers that show the structural features of highly persuasive writing – papers that follow the “persuasion script”, so to speak.
There are a few drugs that can end life, and how we want to die should be considered.
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There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
Most people assume heart disease is a lifestyle illness that only affects adults.
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Awal tahun ini sempat ada berita mengejutkan tentang kapal-kapal perang Inggris dan Belanda berukuran besar yang hilang dari dasar Laut Jawa. Bagaimana benda sebesar itu bisa hilang tanpa diketahui?
PwC now has more than 3,500 lawyers in 90 countries on its payroll.
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The Big Four accounting firms are headhunting senior lawyers by the score. Could this be a way to assert legal professional privilege over tax advice for their multinational clients?
Sergei Rachmaninoff fled the Russian revolution 100 years ago. Spending the remainder of his life in the US, he composed what is perhaps his greatest work in 1940, the Symphonic Dances.
The Australia Telescope Compact Array in Narrabri, NSW.
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Setting targets is one way to attain more female MPs, but it must be accompanied by cultural change.
The Living Space development in Cockburn, Western Australia, has won praise as an innovative mixed-use social housing project.
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Archaeologists have a long tradition of taking artists along on their expeditions. A new exhibition in Cyprus aims to revive the practice.
Petani Bali dengan latar Gunung Agung. Wilayah dengan aktivitas vulkanik yang tinggi adalah wilayah dengan lahan pertanian yang paling subur.
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Abu vulkanik menciptakan gangguan bagi petani, karena dapat mengubur lahan pertanian dan merusak tanaman. Namun, dalam jangka panjang, abu akan menciptakan tanah yang paling subur di dunia.
Balinese farmers with Mount Agung in the background. Areas with high volcanic activity also have some of the world’s most fertile farmlands.
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Volcanic ash can cause a nuisance to farmers, burying agricultural lands and damaging crops. But in the long term, this ash will create highly productive soil that can support huge populations.