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come out of the water, researchers are using various tools. In the US, scientists from the Pennsylvania State University discovered that the best way to convince frogs to come out is to use a glow stick. In Australia, national frog counters are high-tech, using the FrogID mobile phone app to count the croaking creature Down Under, Narooma News reported. To kickstart the country’s first national frog count, the app was launched to help record and catalog frog calls. Glow sticks in funnel traps The PSU

Youth Suicide Introduction Suicide is a tragic event. It has a profound personal effect on all associated with the person who died. Families, friends and society as a whole are affected. There is a particular poignancy when the suicide is that of a young person at the threshold of life. Australia has the fifth highest suicide rate per 100 000 persons in the world. While suicide is highest among males, suicide attempts are higher among females and youth suicide

The “Stolen Generation” was a reeducation program that has root to as far back as 1814 and lasted till 1969. The goal of the “Stolen Generation” was to give the Aboriginal children a western view and to give what they called the “infidels”. They Australian Government did not see them as humans at the time show they taught that to mix the Aboriginal with white people till the Aboriginal where just white like the English people and that they reject their culture. In doing so the Aboriginal children

Current proposed cuts to university funding will damage Australia’s education system The Australian education system provides primary, secondary and tertiary education. School education is primary and secondary while tertiary education includes both higher education (including universities) and vocational education and training (VET) (Elcom 2013). Australian qualification framework (AQF) is a national policy, government-authorized and nationally accredited, covering tertiary education sector. The

The Australian education system offers primary, secondary and tertiary education. School education is primary and secondary while tertiary education comprises both vocational education and training (VET) and higher education, including universities (Elcom 2013). Australian qualification framework (AQF) is a government-authorized and nationally accredited policy that covers the tertiary education sector. The AQF has 10 levels and links school, vocational and university education qualifications into

community/communication needs. Nursing practitioners with the skills to diagnose, treat, prescribe, has the ability to incorporate change to rural communities. With support from professional organisations, the need to increase the NP workforce have created university pathways to empower NP to advance their skills, access advanced technology such as telehealth, access to educational opportunities and share with communities, and individuals. The goal of NP graduates will be to demonstrate advanced knowledge of

Students’ engagement in first-year university. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(5), 493-505. Retrieved August 13, 2010 This article was written by two authors: Kerri-lee Krause and Hamish Coates. The article is directed to the Australian students during their experience in the first year of learning. The authors have made use of data that was collected from a national study. This data represented seven dimensions of engagement with the university study and the environment, and the

Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating Student Name: Elliot Pavy Paul Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996. Early Life Paul John Keating was born in Sydney on the 18th of January 1944. His parents are Matthew and Minnie Keating. He attended school at De La Salle College in Bankstown, where in his last year of 1958, he was awarded the Intermediate Certificate. Keating left school at the age of 15 to join the Australian Labor Party, beginning the next faze of his

The study consisted of 395 students from the Australian National University studying a first-year psychology course of which 247 were female, 143 male, 4 as other gender, and 1 one was missing. The age of the participants ranged from 17 to 56 years of age (µ=19.7, σ=4.6). Participants were recruited through participation in a lab activity, however, all participation was voluntary without the use of incentives. Data was collected with the awareness and informed consent of the participants. This study

Terra Nullius was once apparent in Australian society, but has now been nullified with the turn of the century and the changes of societal attitudes. With the political changes in our society, and the apology to Indigenous Australians, society is now witnessing an increase in aboriginals gaining a voice in today’s society. Kevin Rudd’s apology as described by Pat Dodson (2006) as a seminal moment in Australia’s history, expressed the true spirit of reconciliation opening a new chapter in the history