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Teaching in higher education – there isn't enough evidence to tell us what works and why

  • Written by: Angela Carbone, Director Education Excellence, Monash University
imageThere isn't enough robust data around what teaching style are effective in higher education. from www.shutterstock.com

Do I deliver this unit online or face to face? How should I arrange my lesson? Do I incorporate pre-class and post-class activities? What methods should I use to engage my students: problem-based learning, active learning...

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Bacchus Marsh baby deaths: Australia should learn from the UK and publish clinician performance data

  • Written by: Andrew Street, Professor, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
imageWhose interests are being protected when hospital data isn't released?from shutterstock.com

The United Kingdom has been where the Victorian government is now. After a review confirmed 11 newborn and stillborn deaths at Victoria’s Bacchus Marsh hospital were potentially avoidable, the state is set to overhaul its health services.

It also took...

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Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
imageChildren's access to education in Nauru has declined following the acknowledgement of their refugee status.ABC/Four Corners

Australia’s mandatory detention of young people offshore, as part of its asylum-seeker policies, has been frequently cited as evidence of a failure to ensure children’s rights.

However, two new reports, from the ABC...

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Catching the waves: it's time for Australia to embrace ocean renewable energy

  • Written by: Mark Hemer, Senior Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
imageAustralia has some of the world's best ocean energy resources. Wave image from www.shutterstock.com

Wind and solar may be currently leading the way in Australia’s renewable energy race, but there’s another contender lurking in the nation’s oceans.

Australia arguably possesses the world’s largest wave energy resource, around...

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  10. There is one way to put a stop to BHP's tax avoidance
  11. Family First's Bob Day quits Senate following business collapse
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  13. Full response, Jane McAdam
  14. FactCheck Q A: what are the real numbers on refugees and other migrants coming to Australia?
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  16. How the housing boom is remaking Australia’s social class structure
  17. Why auctions are a better way to resolve business splits
  18. Breast self-examination: should you really 'pledge to check'?
  19. Social media and crime: the good, the bad and the ugly
  20. Brain stimulation is getting popular with gamers – is it time to regulate it?
  21. We need to rethink recruitment for men in primary schools
  22. Not really Hollywood: the media’s misleading framing of Islamic State videos
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  25. Dystopian Donald: the horror and the hope in Trump's presidential campaign
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  35. Forcing insurers to reveal rejected claims a win for consumers
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  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's trouble with marriage equality
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  45. From Tampa to now: how reporting on asylum seekers has been a triumph of spin over substance
  46. War crime deliberations in Iraq and Syria must be mindful of violence against women
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