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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandris Zeivots, Lecturer in Educational Development, University of Sydney Shutterstock University course readings are pivotal to advance student knowledge and prepare them for class discussions. Despite this, only 20-30% of students read the assigned materials. Drawing on research findings that help explain this alarmingly low rate, this ... <a title="Up to 80% of uni students don’t read their assigned readings. Here are 6 helpful tips for teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/up-to-80-of-uni-students-dont-read-their-assigned-readings-here-are-6-helpful-tips-for-teachers-165952/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 80% of uni students don’t read their assigned readings. Here are 6 helpful tips for teachers">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Potter, Associate Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast The Family Law: made by a foreign-owned production company. Matchbox Pictures/SBS Long running Australian television dramas like Packed to the Rafters, All Saints, McLeod’s Daughters and Blue Heelers are no longer being made. Blue Heelers racked up 510 ... <a title="Fewer episodes, more foreign owners: the incredible shrinking of Australian TV drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/fewer-episodes-more-foreign-owners-the-incredible-shrinking-of-australian-tv-drama-166274/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer episodes, more foreign owners: the incredible shrinking of Australian TV drama">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s road out of the pandemic has descended into political acrimony and confusion, as Scott Morrison pushes back against the reluctance of some states to accept they will have to live with COVID in their populations. Morrison on Monday again ... <a title="Morrison battles to get hardline premiers to accept the inevitable spread of COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/morrison-battles-to-get-hardline-premiers-to-accept-the-inevitable-spread-of-covid-166603/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison battles to get hardline premiers to accept the inevitable spread of COVID">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milo Barham, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Milo Barham, Author provided Frozen northeast Greenland seems an unlikely place to gain insight into our ever-warming world. Between 50 million and 60 million years ago, however, the region was a different place. Back then Greenland had a subtropical climate befitting ... <a title="When Greenland was green: rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/when-greenland-was-green-rapid-global-warming-55-million-years-ago-shows-us-what-the-future-may-hold-166342/" aria-label="Read more about When Greenland was green: rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma McBryde, Professor of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology, James Cook University Shutterstock People aged 16 and above will soon be able to get a COVID vaccine in Australia, but this begs the question: what about children in younger age groups? Currently, only 12-15 year olds with underlying ... <a title="High priority: why we must vaccinate children aged 12 and over now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/high-priority-why-we-must-vaccinate-children-aged-12-and-over-now-166425/" aria-label="Read more about High priority: why we must vaccinate children aged 12 and over now">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Moore, Lecturer, School of Education, Charles Sturt University Queensland school students have reportedly been bullied after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and have struggled to return to school as a result. The Queensland Department of Education stated it hasn’t heard of any bullying related to the COVID-19 ... <a title="School students who had COVID-19 report stigma and bullying. How can we stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/school-students-who-had-covid-19-report-stigma-and-bullying-how-can-we-stop-it-166507/" aria-label="Read more about School students who had COVID-19 report stigma and bullying. How can we stop it?">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angelina Hurley, PhD candidate, Griffith University This article contains mentions of the Stolen Generations. The golden rule when organising an arts event with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is to never hold it at the same time as a sports event. If there is a choice ... <a title="‘Art is our voice’: why the government needs to support Indigenous arts, not just sport, in the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/art-is-our-voice-why-the-government-needs-to-support-indigenous-arts-not-just-sport-in-the-pandemic-163810/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Art is our voice’: why the government needs to support Indigenous arts, not just sport, in the pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joakim Goldhahn, Rock Art Australia Ian Potter Kimberley Chair, The University of Western Australia Adventurer Francis Birtles in his car with a man identified as Indigenous artist Nayombolmi. National Library of Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of ... <a title="Aboriginal art on a car? How an Indigenous artist and an adventurer met in the 1930 wet season in Kakadu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/aboriginal-art-on-a-car-how-an-indigenous-artist-and-an-adventurer-met-in-the-1930-wet-season-in-kakadu-164552/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal art on a car? How an Indigenous artist and an adventurer met in the 1930 wet season in Kakadu">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists are reluctant to endorse the use of either cash incentives or lotteries to boost vaccination rates. A survey of 60 leading Australian economists selected by the Economic Society has instead overwhelmingly endorsed ... <a title="Top economists in no rush to offer cash incentives for vaccination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/top-economists-in-no-rush-to-offer-cash-incentives-for-vaccination-166560/" aria-label="Read more about Top economists in no rush to offer cash incentives for vaccination">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Kaye Parker, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock If you think your manager treats you unfairly, the thought might have crossed your mind that replacing said boss with an unbiased machine that rewards performance based on objective data is a path to workplace happiness. ... <a title="3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/3-ways-algorithmic-management-makes-work-more-stressful-and-less-satisfying-166030/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea Vogl, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney When the federal government first announced Australia’s COVID vaccination program in January, the eligibility criteria indicated refugees and asylum seekers, as well as certain other non-citizens, would not be able to access free vaccines. Days later, Health Minister Greg ... <a title="How many people in immigration detention have been vaccinated? Home Affairs won’t tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/how-many-people-in-immigration-detention-have-been-vaccinated-home-affairs-wont-tell-us-166101/" aria-label="Read more about How many people in immigration detention have been vaccinated? Home Affairs won’t tell us">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea Vogl, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney When the federal government first announced Australia’s COVID vaccination program in January, the eligibility criteria indicated refugees and asylum seekers, as well as certain other non-citizens, would not be able to access free vaccines. Days later, Health Minister Greg ... <a title="How many refugees in immigration detention have been vaccinated? Home Affairs won’t tell us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/23/how-many-refugees-in-immigration-detention-have-been-vaccinated-home-affairs-wont-tell-us-166101/" aria-label="Read more about How many refugees in immigration detention have been vaccinated? Home Affairs won’t tell us">Read more</a>
