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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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  2. Executive's short-term outlooks the real killer of Australian innovation
  3. Why has Trump succeeded where others would have failed?
  4. How investigative journalists are using social media to uncover the truth
  5. Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish
  6. Man Up: inspired genius or half-baked celebrity expertise?
  7. If Google Assistant or Siri aren't smart enough for you, you can build your own AI
  8. Politics podcast: Tanya Plibersek on marriage equality and education funding
  9. Health Check: what determines whether we're night owls or morning larks?
  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
  12. 12 deadly Indigenous Australian social media users to follow
  13. Full response, Jane McAdam
  14. FactCheck Q A: what are the real numbers on refugees and other migrants coming to Australia?
  15. Slow start to new standards requirements for financial advisers
  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
  23. More tropical cyclones likely for Australia this year: here’s why
  24. The risks in Australia's housing market shouldn't be downplayed
  25. Dystopian Donald: the horror and the hope in Trump's presidential campaign
  26. Government targets ALP's Kitching over union past
  27. Labor wins ACT election decisively
  28. The great policy void
  29. WhatsApp is secure and OK for politicians to use, provided simple steps are followed
  30. His Bobness gets a much deserved gong
  31. Sparks fly at inquiry into battle between first and second law officers
  32. Research Check: can drinking coffee reduce your dementia risk?
  33. Genetic testing isn't a crystal ball for your health
  34. Can travellers transform a beggar’s life with a generous gift?
  35. Forcing insurers to reveal rejected claims a win for consumers
  36. Explainer: are Bob Dylan’s songs 'Literature'?
  37. Thailand's controversial king-to-be faces a challenge to gain the people's respect
  38. 'It can’t happen here?' Fascism is now on the ballot
  39. How to praise your child: why simply saying 'well done' is not helpful
  40. Raging bull: Trump versus the media, and this time it's personal
  41. In honouring Dylan, the Nobel Prize judges have made a category error
  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's trouble with marriage equality
  43. Why Victoria’s dingo and ‘wild dog’ bounty is doomed to miss its target
  44. Blocking kids from social media won't solve the problem of cyberbullying
  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
  47. Unhappy workplaces look a lot like unhappy marriages, new research shows
  48. How astronomy paved the way for _terra nullius_, and helped to get rid of it too
  49. Friday essay: war crimes and the many threats to cultural heritage
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