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Failing a subject isn't just the student's fault. Universities can and should help

  • Written by: Rola Ajjawi, Associate Professor, Deakin University
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As Australian students start university, failure is probably the last thing they want to think about. But university failure is depressingly common.

Our study in a large Australian university found up to 52% of students in education, civil engineering, nursing and commerce failed at least one unit during their degree.

Failure...

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Performing Beethoven - what it feels like to embody a master on today's stage

  • Written by: Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University

In a series marking the 250th year of his birth, we analyse the brilliance of Ludwig van Beethoven.

When Beethoven died in 1827, thousands of pages of highly notated music were bequeathed to posterity. Yet unlike arts such as painting and sculpture, which communicate directly from the artist to the observer, these otherwise silent pages demand...

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Smart city or not? Now you can see how yours compares

  • Written by: Tan Yigitcanlar, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology
Smart city or not? Now you can see how yours comparesf11photo/Shutterstock

The highest-ranked areas in an Australia-wide assessment of smart city performance are all in metropolitan regions with higher population densities. “Australia’s 60 top-performing local government areas house more than quarter of the nation’s population,” we note in the newly released Smart Cities Down...

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Darwin's 'smart city' project is about surveillance and control

  • Written by: Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University
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Darwin City Council installed a network of hundreds of new devices across the centre of the city last year. This web of “smart” lights, environmental sensors and video cameras is designed to give the council more power to monitor and manage urban places – and the people who occupy them.

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  2. Year 12 can be stressful, but setting strong and healthy goals can help you thrive
  3. Adam Bandt will be a tougher leader, but the challenge will be in broadening the Greens' appeal
  4. Scott Morrison's gas transition plan is a dangerous road to nowhere
  5. We need to see Gaetjens' report on McKenzie – not least for Gaetjens' sake
  6. How big money influenced the 2019 federal election – and what we can do to fix the system
  7. The 'sports rorts' affair shows the need for a proper federal ICAC – with teeth
  8. Thinking about taking a break from alcohol? Here's how to cut back or quit
  9. To Scott Morrison's relief, Michael McCormack holds his job as Nationals' leader
  10. Adam Bandt elected unopposed as new Greens leader
  11. Lots of people want to help nature after the bushfires – we must seize the moment
  12. what is the 'palace letters' case and what will the High Court consider?
  13. Did they see it coming? How fortune-telling took hold in Australia
  14. How does the Wuhan coronavirus cause severe illness?
  15. The evidence suggests Reserve Bank rate cuts don't hurt confidence
  16. how e-scooters challenge outdated assumptions
  17. Barnaby Joyce challenges McCormack with pitch to make Nationals more assertive
  18. why Ash Barty's success could lead to a boom in women's tennis in Australia
  19. How do I know if my child is developing normally?
  20. grey seals clap underwater to communicate
  21. Ahead of his time, Beethoven still inspires
  22. Richard Di Natale quits Greens leadership, as Barnaby Joyce seeks a tilt at Michael McCormack
  23. US and EU laws show Australia's Right to Repair moment is well overdue
  24. Think superannuation comes from employers' pockets? It comes from yours
  25. How script supervisors keep film continuity - and coffee cups and cigarettes
  26. Housing crisis? What crisis? How politicians talk about housing and why it matters
  27. Bridget McKenzie falls – but for the lesser of her political sins
  28. why the McKenzie scandal might not count for a hill of beans
  29. Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here's how schools can help
  30. how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
  31. Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help them adapt
  32. Yes, there's merit in quarantining people on Christmas Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus
  33. To address the ecological crisis, Aboriginal peoples must be restored as custodians of Country
  34. How hard is it to scramble Rubik’s Cube?
  35. With four days remaining, Sanders leads narrowly in Iowa, but Biden leads nationally
  36. Proposed Queensland laws silencing charities risk breaching the Constitution
  37. 'Futuring' can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You're a futurist too
  38. Heat kills. We need consistency in the way we measure these deaths
  39. Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous
  40. We have the vaccine for climate disinformation – let's use it
  41. How does bushfire smoke affect our health? 6 things you need to know
  42. Friday essay: Beethoven - an icon at risk of overexposure?
  43. we've observed a spinning star that drags the very fabric of space and time
  44. Want to send your child to a school outside your zone? This system could give you the choice
  45. As cities grow, the Internet of Things can help us get on top of the waste crisis
  46. how do voices come out of our mouths?
  47. The uncomfortable truth about super: there's no ‘one-size-fits-all’ contribution
  48. Coronavirus adds to Scott Morrison's many woes
  49. The 'sports rorts' affair shows the government misunderstands the role of the public service
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