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Here's how to support quality teaching, with the evidence to back it

  • Written by: Jenny Gore, Laureate Professor of Education, University of Newcastle
Here's how to support quality teaching, with the evidence to back itHow can we build on the skills of our 300,000 teachers? Expensive courses aren't always the answer.Dan Peled/AAP Image

Increasing the quality of teaching in Australia is a political hot issue. Popular solutions include restricting entry to teaching courses to the “best and brightest” and reforming teacher education.

The spotlight is...

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Let the light shine on super-fast wireless connections

  • Written by: Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Director - Networked Society Institute and Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
Let the light shine on super-fast wireless connectionsLight can be used as a high-speed form of wireless communication.Shutterstock/ra2studio

We live in a world of wireless communications, from the early days of radio to new digital television, Wi-Fi and the latest 4G (soon to be 5G) connected smart devices.

But there are limits to this wireless world. With the prediction of 12 billion mobile-connected...

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How craft is good for our health

  • Written by: Susan Luckman, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of South Australia
How craft is good for our healthCraft can be done solitary or with other people, and its up to you to decide.rawpixel unsplash

At a time when many of us feel overwhelmed by the 24/7 demands of the digital world, craft practices, alongside other activities such as colouring books for grown-ups and the up-surge of interest in cooking from scratch and productive home gardens, are...

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Emma Husar allegations show a need for clearer rules about what MPs can - and cannot

  • Written by: Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Emma Husar allegations show a need for clearer rules about what MPs can - and cannotLabor MP Emma Husar has taken personal leave while the party investigates claims against her.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Labor MP Emma Husar is facing pressure to resign, following revelations that she tasked her electorate office staff with childminding and picking up dog poo. Her staffers have also alleged that she engaged in workplace harassment and bullying...

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  4. inflation misses again, so where does the RBA go next?
  5. Albanese is race-ready if byelection voters fire starting gun
  6. #NineFairfax deal end of an era for Australia's media titans
  7. Opting out of My Health Records? Here's what you get with the status quo
  8. Paul Keating unleashes vitriolic attack on Nine's takeover of Fairfax
  9. How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet
  10. It's a savage summer in the Northern Hemisphere – and climate change is slashing the odds of more heatwaves
  11. Don't assume online students are more likely to cheat. The evidence is murky
  12. Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality media
  13. Dennis Atkins on the Longman byelection
  14. Why shareholder value drives income inequality
  15. we asked catfish why they trick people online
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  17. how Romanticism rebelled against cold-hearted rationality
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  22. The 2016 Great Barrier Reef heatwave caused widespread changes to fish populations
  23. a huge liquid water lake beneath the southern pole of Mars
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  28. why China is 're-educating' Muslims in mass detention camps
  29. How to ask someone you're worried about if they're thinking of suicide
  30. Women are dominating employment growth, but what sort of jobs are we talking about?
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  34. How Australian media are changing the way they report violence against women
  35. How to turn the waste crisis into a design opportunity
  36. Labor MP Emma Husar takes personal leave as party investigates conduct towards staff
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  42. Gardening improves the health of social housing residents and provides a sense of purpose
  43. UN delivers strong rebuke to Australian government on women's rights
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