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June 16, 2004
A student who admits downloading material from the internet for his degree plans to sue his university for negligence.
Michael Gunn claims his university should have warned him his actions were against the regulations.
When investigating what action to take against the university faculty, the test to use is “What would Bluto do?”. Launching a ridiculous [...]
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June 10, 2004
It’s all everybody else’s fault:
EMPLOYERS are sick and tired of graduates who cannot function in the workplace, and university funding should be linked to ensuring students complete a graduate skills test, Education Minister Brendan Nelson has warned.
In an interview with The Australian, Dr Nelson has flagged plans to force universities to publish the results of [...]
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May 5, 2004
UCLA paper the “Daily Bruin” reveals a shocking trend: The outlawing of affirmative action has led to a decrease in student activism!
The end of affirmative action saw many more Asian American students admitted to UCLA, while the number of students from underrepresented minority groups ? blacks, American Indians, Chicanos and Latinos ? has steadily declined. [...]
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May 3, 2004
Of the many complaints I had during my schooling, this wasn’t one of them:
STUDENTS at a Northern Territory high school claim a riot could erupt if disciplinary action is not enforced.
Nightcliff High School pupils have said they are not being adequately disciplined and that the students have the upper hand over teachers.
Inappropriate behaviour at [...]
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May 3, 2004
A frightening tale of the state of the US education system, from respected commentator Jesse Davis.
I had several teachers like this myself. My year 10 maths teacher started crying when I pointed out to her that she had marked all our tests incorrectly (due to her not understanding how to find the volume of a [...]
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April 5, 2004
The latest in the “righteous indication from some idiot who just found out something that everyone with a brain already knows” news department is this revealing article on the stunning findings of Dr Sarah Lantz. Doctor of “Sociology”. You can stop reading there if you like, because you know what’s coming, but just for the [...]
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February 12, 2004
This is what your student guild money pays for:
MURDOCH University students stole alcohol and vandalised expensive furniture after staff allowed them to protest in the university’s senate building last year.
Murdoch was been left with an $11,000 bill by the students, who initially took over the building after a senate meeting in October to protest against [...]
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February 3, 2004
It’s not just Australia where school children get left-wing viewpoints rammed down their throat in class. Anywhere there’s education, there’s a sufficiently “socially just” teacher with a well-worn copy of Silent Spring and an unused razor. US schoolgirl Cecile Dubois learns what it’s like to be a conservative in a place where it’s forbidden.
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November 10, 2003
Exams begin tomorrow for me, and finish on Friday. 4 in 4 days. Lucky im so studious and am already on top of everything waaay ahead of time!
And by that, I mean…Any accountants out there with big eyebrows who might be in Perth this week, send me an email - I need a favour!
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October 8, 2003
Here’s a useful tip that I have worked out, for any of you who may be studying subjects that allow you to submit work via E-Mail.
The way these kind of things usually work, is that they have an automated e-mailbox that tags any emails that arrive before the deadline. Submit after that and your work [...]
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