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Can eSports find a role in schools?
Neil Selwyn | September 21, 2019Given the massive youth appeal of eSports, schools and colleges are understandably beginning to explore possible connections between eSports and education.
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Lessons from abroad on affordable housing
Bingqin Li | September 21, 2019Sydney’s housing, savings and public transport systems fail to offer its residents a competitive package of affordable housing, but lessons can be learned from Singapore and Hong Kong to create a better solution.
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Welcome to the GAP summit
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | September 20, 2019Catherine Fritz-Kalish, the head of Global Access Partners, stressed the importance of education to her family, her institute and the nation in welcoming guests to GAP’s 10th Annual Economic Summit at NSW Parliament House in Sydney.
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The Saudi oil strike shows the new way of war
Malcolm Davis | September 20, 2019Australia’s defence planners must learn the lessons the attack on Abqaiq teach us about the risks of sticking with traditional mindsets and maintaining old paradigms in the face of rapid changes in warfare.
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Wildlife needs wilderness
Open Forum | September 20, 2019The global conservation community has been urged to adopt a specific target to protect the world’s remaining wilderness areas to prevent the large scale loss of endangered species.
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School-leavers need better career education to make good choices
Open Forum | September 19, 2019The latest report from Global Access Partners (GAP) says universities should be encouraged to offer credit to school-leavers who achieve high results in relevant senior secondary courses, as well as develop new courses for specialist career educators.
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The challenge of the contemporary university
James Arvanitakis | September 19, 2019Professor James Arvanitakis argues that universities must consciously train graduates to be active, engaged, empowered and committed citizens, as well as pursuing traditional scholarship, if the world’s ‘wicked problems’ are to be addressed in time.
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Treading softly in power diplomacy
Natalia Grincheva | September 19, 2019Museums have emerged as new and effective actors of cultural soft power, including institutions in countries like China and Russia whose interests and actions seem diametrically opposed to the West.
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Lifelong learning for Australia’s future
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | September 18, 2019The upcoming GAP Annual Economic Summit will consider ways to prepare new generations of Australians for a future characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
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What President Trump needs to hear from Prime Minister Morrison
James Curran | September 18, 2019Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s state visit to Washington later this week is a rare honour, and he should make the most of it by telling Mr Trump a few home truths.
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Australia should retain more international students
Jihyun Lee | September 18, 2019Australia’s university sector is one of the most attractive for international students. So why not try to keep them when they graduate rather than lose the talent we’ve helped train and educate?
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Why are the rain forests burning?
Trent Penman | September 17, 2019Forests around the world – from the Amazon to South-East Asia and Australia – are on fire, largely due to the direct and indirect actions of man.
