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How meta skills improve your knowledge, and why universities ignore them
John Alexander Adam | October 27, 2020Meta skills are general and reusable abilities which apply broadly to a wide set of problems, or help people acquire more specific skills, but universities still shy from teaching students how to learn.
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What’s different about technology monopolies?
Richard Holden | October 26, 2020Google mops up around 92% of search-engine traffic and uses that data to target adverts at consumers. However, just because a tech company has a big share of the market doesn’t mean it has the power to keep it.
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The ethics of infecting healthy people
Amanda Berry | October 26, 2020There are more than 200 COVID-19 vaccine candidates being considered at the moment, but human challenge studies are still needed to allow scientists to assess which are most worthy of further development.
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A sailor with the sea in his soul
Anthony Bergin | October 26, 2020Sam Bateman, one of Australia’s and the region’s finest maritime and strategic thinkers and leaders. died last week at the age of 82.
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When is the ‘right’ time to invest in women and STEM?
Open Forum | October 25, 2020The federal government’s plan to reduce the cost of a university STEM course and provide more related job opportunities will have little impact on girls and women if they don’t identify with STEM subjects.
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America’s Indo-Pacific strategy is about to change
Walter Lohman | October 25, 2020Washington’s approach to the Indo-Pacific will change over the next four years, regardless of the outcome of the November election. The only questions are how and how much.
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Digital inclusion report warns of COVID impact
Open Forum | October 25, 2020The 2020 Australian Digital Inclusion Index shows that a high level of digital inequality persists in Australia with many groups continuing to miss out on the benefits of being online.
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Arvanitakis on American Politics: The third debate and 12 days to the election
James Arvanitakis | October 24, 2020The US election is already underway, as 40 million have already voted by mail, and the clock towards the most contentious election result in living memory is already ticking.
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Domestic violence programs are failing women
Lillian Andrews | October 24, 2020However well-intentioned, violence prevention efforts are often entirely ineffective, failing to protect the victims they are designed to help.
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The USA v Google
Katharine Kemp | October 24, 2020The US Department of Justice claims Google is illegally monopolising the markets for online search and search advertising in the biggest monopoly case since the 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft, but the legal action may take several years to reach any conclusion.
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Tackling gender inequality early in Asia and the Pacific
Cathy Vaughan | October 23, 2020A major study across 40 countries in Asia and the Pacific reveals the stark gender inequalities faced by adolescents, providing a roadmap for effective action.
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Resilient supply chains can inoculate against vaccine nationalism
John Denton | October 23, 2020As governments focus on making supply chains more resilient, they would be wise to neither overstate the problem nor understate the private sector’s response. Critically, they must ensure a global, fair and functional vaccine supply chain.