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  1. Towards environmentally sustainable universities

    Posted 27 July 2008 by (Vic Division)

    Australia's universities are high energy users and producers of waste, but are also important environmental researchers and key leaders in developing solutions to reduce greenhouse emissions.As the ...

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  2. What happened to the clever country?

    Posted 26 July 2008 by (Vic Division)

    Uniquely within the OECD, Australia is the only country where expenditure on tertiary education as a share of GDP has fallen since 1995. As a consequence Australia now spends less on tertiary ...

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  3. Finding a balance between work and home

    Posted 26 July 2008 by (Vic Division)

    As a result of NTEU's negotiations in the last €˜round' of collective bargaining, university staff now enjoy Australia's leading standard on paid maternity leave. However, returning to work is often ...

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