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The daughter of Sydney academic Feng Chongyi, who has been barred from returning to Australia by Chinese authorities, speaks of her family's growing anxiety over his legal situation.
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| UpdatedA global medical supplier is facing closure after Monash University decided to evict it from the building it has leased for almost three decades.
Topics: university-and-further-education, research, medical-research, melbourne-3000, vic
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A man who has taught about 2,000 students about horsemanship is showing no signs of slowing down.
Topics: rural, livestock, university-and-further-education, longreach-4730
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| UpdatedHas Monash University melted in the face of the "Snowflake Generation" or is it just looking after its students' wellbeing?
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The head of the Australian Maritime College in Launceston fears it has been "caught in the crossfire" of politics after plans are revealed for a another facility in South Australia.
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A lawyer for University of Technology Sydney Professor Chongyi Feng believes the Australian permanent residency holder will likely not be able to leave China and return to Sydney "in the short term".
Topics: university-and-further-education, education, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, university-of-technology-sydney-2007
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Young people who are the first in their families to attend university make up half of all tertiary students in Australia, but they are more likely to drop out than their classmates, an expert says.
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Professor Phil Brown says there are opportunities for sweet potato growers in PNG to make money from the crop
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| UpdatedAn Australian agronomist is helping farmers in Papua New Guinea transition from growing sweet potato to feed their families, to growing food to feed the nation.
Topics: rural, university-and-further-education, research, international-aid-and-trade, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, quarantine, pest-management, crop-harvesting, community-development, vegetables, agribusiness, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedTopics: refugees, adult-education, university-and-further-education, multiculturalism, regional, rockhampton-4700
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Passengers will be able to take driverless shuttles from the Adelaide Airport terminal to a car park, and a university campus will also test out no-driver shuttles for both people and cargo.
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| UpdatedA $3 billion "integrated resort" casino development on the Gold Coast Spit could pose a significant threat to local businesses if not properly managed, a Macau-based casino business analyst warns.
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A fitness program at a north Queensland university aims to improve health outcomes for older Australians, while encouraging interaction between young and old.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, university-and-further-education, older-people, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedNational Heritage-listed dinosaur footprints at the site recently chosen for a new Broome marina could upset plans that have taken decades to negotiate, according to a stakeholder group.
Topics: dinosaurs, university-and-further-education, science-and-technology, community-and-society, broome-6725, university-of-queensland-4072
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Recruitment is changing fast. Specific tertiary degrees are becoming less relevant, and the buzzword is diversity. That's got employers thinking more laterally about who they need.
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| UpdatedSheep need at least 20 per cent more space than current Australian standards to improve their welfare when being shipped overseas, a study finds.
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| UpdatedA beauty college run by a National Party donor that had its computer systems "maliciously" hacked the day it went out of business is still, months later, unable to help its students gain access to their academic records.
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| UpdatedAirbnb and the rising popularity of Hobart as a study destination as reasons international students such as Celine Yao are having to find alternative accommodation — in share a room at a backpacker hostel.
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