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ItemThe Adaptation of Tertiary Admissions Practices to Growth and Diversity(La Trobe University, 2016)The expansion of higher education places adaptive pressure on institutional and policy frameworks that were originally designed at times of lower levels of participation. This adaptive pressure is evident in changes to admission and selection practices, and has become more acute with the introduction of demand driven funding for undergraduate Commonwealth supported places. Universities seeking to optimise their market share in line with their values and strategic objectives are increasingly utilising direct admissions rather than historically dominant state centralised admissions processes. Direct entry pathways are also being utilised by some institutions as a means of increasing their share of disadvantaged students in particular. Both centralised and direct admissions pathways are also drawing on contextual data – such as the geo-demographic background of the applicant, school attended, perceived academic potential, or volunteer and community service – in the assessment process (Harvey 2014). The growth and complexity of university admissions practices raises two key questions. First, what impact is rising complexity in admissions practices having on student decision-making, with particular emphasis on students from disadvantaged backgrounds? And, second, how are universities and state-based tertiary admissions centres (TACs) responding to the challenges associated with rising student participation, diversity and mobility, as well as complexity in admissions practice?
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ItemNo Preview AvailableConservation Report, University of Melbourne Wilson Hall Bas-Reliefs( 2022)This report is a follow-up to the 2019 Lovell Chen Condition Assessment and Recommendations report on the Wilson Hall Bas-Reliefs from 2019 (LC2019). That report focused on identifying ‘any failures in the reinforced concrete, with a particular emphasis on identification of potential spalling, evidence of carbonation, weathering and cracking’ with the view to defining what conservation treaments could be undertaken before the sculptures face severe loss or degradation. This supplementary survey was aimed at assessing the current condition of the bas-reliefs as of December 2021.
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ItemAttainable and Sustainable: Skills Gap in Conservation in Australia. Produced by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) for the Collections Management and Conservation Working Party of the Heritage Collections Council (HCC). 2000(Commonwealth of Australia 2000 on behalf of the Heritage Collections Council, 2000-01-01)The National Conservation and Preservation Strategy for Australia's Heritage Collections recognises skills development as one of the major areas requiring strategic support. Key Strategy SD3 aims to: Facilitate the development of a range of conservation and preservation education opportunities and support the development of professional codes of practice, codes of ethics, accreditation and standards for conservators and collection managers. The action required, which forms the basis for this survey, was: Audit gaps in skills and match of trained conservators in certain fields eg. conservation and preservation of textiles, natural history collections, photography and furniture. In order to better assess this need, and in order to identify individuals who are recognised by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) as being accredited conservators, the Collections Management and Conservation Working Party of the Heritage Collections Council (HCC) commissioned the AICCM to undertake a skills gap audit of specialist conservators in Australia. This document goes some way to identifying the issues relating to the auditing of conservation skills in materials conservation in Australia.
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ItemTesting incentive-based drivers for importer compliance(CEBRA, 2019)This report provides an analysis of the field trials that took place on the peat and selected vegetable seeds for sowing import pathways. It describes: 1. field trial design and implementation, including implementation issues that arose during the trial and affected outcomes; 2. the qualitative analysis of two rounds of interviews with customs brokers and importers on both pathways, assessing implementation, behaviour change potential and compliance costs associated with inspection activities; 3. insights from interviews with DAWR biosecurity operations staff, which focused largely on information and communication issues; and 4. the quantitative analysis of departmental administrative data, focused around evidence of behaviour change by stakeholders.
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ItemDeath and the Internet: Consumer issues for planning and managing digital legacies (2nd edition)(Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, 2017-12-01)
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ItemNo Preview Available3D Printing Rights & Responsibilities: consumer perceptions & realities(Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, 2016)
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ItemBertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI) 2016 — Laos Country Report(Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2016)
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Item"Peaceful and Secure": Reading Nazi Germany through Reason and Emotion(ADR Institute, 2011-12-01)
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ItemComentarios sobre El Dios de los filósofos existencialistas, de David Nichols', in: Estudios sobre la filosofía de Karl Jaspers, comentarios Enlaces a esta entrada(ESTUDIOS SOBRE LA FILOSOFÍA DE KARL JASPERS, 2014)El artículo ofrece una reflexión crítica sobre el tratamiento del Dios de los existencialistas por parte de David Nichols y toma como su punto de partida el pronunciamiento de Jaspers de que en la raíz del existencialismo se encuentra el misterio del Ser -el Dios ausente-, que es más profundo que nuestras categorías convencionales del teísmo, el ateísmo o el agnosticismo. La discusión gira hacia la preocupación de Heidegger acerca de si la trascendencia es comprensible sin ninguna referencia específica a Dios. Lo que podría significarse por "trascendencia" es la persecución ilimitada de la pregunta por el Ser y la búsqueda de la libertad y la autenticidad del siendo. Y se desarrolla el argumento de que esta exclusión aún deja espacio para la reflexión filosófica sobre lo religioso, una noción de divinidad sin Ser Trascendental, totalmente dada en la experiencia de los seres "en tanto seres" y en la "fe proposicional." La afirmación de Nichols es congruente con el intento del existencialismo de encontrar un fundamento dentro del ser humano como totalidad contextual a través del cual el mundo aparece. Esta afirmación resulta contrastada con la visión radicalmente contraria de Sartre sobre la vacuidad de todo ser.
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ItemBertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 — Laos Country Report(Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2014)