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Science speak: Helping uncover commercial or business opportunities

Science speak: Helping uncover commercial or business opportunities

Teaching scientists to see the value of their work - and learn how to explain it - is helping create some new career pathways, writes Sue White.

  • by Sue White

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Digital learning on course for growth
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Digital learning on course for growth

When Australian universities began offering online courses nearly 20 years ago, there was more than a degree of trepidation.

  • by Ruth Callaghan
Wall Street's new rule for the #MeToo era: Avoid women at all cost
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Wall Street's new rule for the #MeToo era: Avoid women at all cost

No more dinners with female colleagues. Avoid one-on-one meetings. Men are adopting controversial #MeToo strategies and making life even harder for women.

  • by Gillian Tan & Katia Porzecanski
The 2018 end-of-year party survival guide
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The 2018 end-of-year party survival guide

It's back, one of the greatest traditions in the history of written communication, the Annual Benign to Five End-Of-Year Party Survival Guide.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Helping women overcome self-doubt during birth

Helping women overcome self-doubt during birth

Birth doula Amanda Bernstein, owner of birth services company Essential Me, says there is always more to learn in her profession.

  • by Joshua Jennings
Superstar of STEM, Ronika Power, makes a living by looking into death

Superstar of STEM, Ronika Power, makes a living by looking into death

The end of life is at the centre of this educator’s body of work, writes Kristie Kellahan.

  • by Kristie Kellahan
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Woolworths in push for staff to work on Christmas Day

Woolworths in push for staff to work on Christmas Day

Woolworths wants staff to pack shelves on Christmas Day, sparking a row with the union representing retail, fast-food and warehouse workers.

  • by Anna Patty
When the Grinch steals the Christmas party
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When the Grinch steals the Christmas party

Cancelling the office Christmas party is a decision that would make Ebenezer Scrooge proud - but it may represent a greater risk than staging the event itself.

  • by Gary Martin
'Survival job': Steep lift in young people hunting more hours at work
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'Survival job': Steep lift in young people hunting more hours at work

Declan Myers has been looking for full-time work since he finished school half way through year 11 last year.

  • by Anna Patty
Doctor goes from medicine to leading award-winning technology company
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Doctor goes from medicine to leading award-winning technology company

Radiation oncology specialist Raghav Murali-Ganesh helps patients manage cancer with mobile phone apps, writes Joshua Jennings.

  • by Josh Jennings
Uber offers free accident insurance for drivers
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Uber offers free accident insurance for drivers

Uber will provide free accident insurance cover to its drivers as part of a multimillion-dollar initiative amid debate over the lack of security for workers in the gig economy.

  • by Anna Patty