Stott Despoja returns to Adelaide Uni
RETIRING Democrats senator Natasha Stott Despoja will become a visiting research fellow at her alma mater, the University of Adelaide.
Jill Rowbotham
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Model gives surgeons 3D vision of spine
SURGEONS treating the common spinal deformity scoliosis will be able to make a detailed plan of the operation required to correct.
Shared history, in anyone’s language
TODAY Laura Kostanski will be among the crowd in Melbourne’s Federation Square watching Kevin Rudd on a big screen as he delivers an apology – which she heartily endorses – to indigenous Australians.
Boom in the hard sciences
ENGINEERING and science have experienced a growth surge while overall university applications are down.
Poor information boosts culture shock
KHUSHNAM Kasad remembers the culture shock of seeing half-naked people on the beach but she knows this was a small problem compared with the ones that other international students have to grapple with.
Catholic hits Islamic chair
A CATHOLIC scholar of Islam has attacked the new chair of Islamic studies at the Australian Catholic University’s Melbourne campus.
Genes only part of key to reading
A LITERACY expert calls for a constructive attitude to research confirming that nature trumps nurture when it comes to reading ability.
Make religion ‘the fourth R’
RELIGION is here to stay so Australian society needs to become “religiate” in the same way it is literate and numerate, according to Phillip Aspinall, the head of the country’s 3.7 million Anglicans.
Anglicans to change ‘or risk anarchy’
TRIBALISTIC tendencies are preventing the Anglican Church of Australia from presenting a united front to the nation and only a comprehensive “makeover” will render it a viable force.
Still sisters run deep
SILENCE, work and prayer are the ingredients of life in a Benedictine order.
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