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To smiley face or not: the complexity of email etiquette

  • Written by: Ken Tann, Lecturer in Communication Management, The University of Queensland
imageExperts over time continue to disagree on what is the best email etiquette.www.shutterstock.comimageThe Conversation, CC BY-SA

Emails are ubiquitous in a modern, globalised workforce. However, a well-crafted email can make the sender appear approachable and competent, while a poorly constructed one is less persuasive, and leaves recipients less willing...

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The dark side of mondegreens: how a simple mishearing can lead to wrongful conviction

  • Written by: Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
imageThe perceptual process that creates funny mondegreens has the potential to cause wrongful convictions.shutterstock

We are all familiar with mondegreens. Even if you don’t know the word, you’ll have had the experience. Mondegreens are funny mishearings — famously of song lyrics (think: “there’s a bad moon on the...

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Vale Anthony Foster – a man of deep courage and quiet determination

  • Written by: Kathleen McPhillips, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle

Kathleen McPhillips first met Anthony and Chrissie Foster at one of the first child sex abuse royal commission hearings in 2014. She was attending in her capacity as a social scientist undertaking field work for her research project The Catholic Church at the Royal Commission. Over the years she had many conversations with the Fosters, sharing...

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Our 'sporting nation' is a myth, so how do we get youngsters back on the field?

  • Written by: Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Professor, Associate Head of School, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
imageNeglected and sub-par facilities are one of many barriers to youth participation in sport.tup wanders, CC BY

Sport is seen as a key part of Australia’s identity. Yet woefully rundown facilities and outdated sport offerings are creating significant barriers to youth participation.

In partnership with the Cooks River Sporting Alliance,...

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