The State Library of WA provides study space and resources for Year 11 and 12 students as they prepare for year-end exams.
The University of Western Australia will adopt the Bologna model for its degree programs: five 3-year bachelor degrees will replace the current 70-odd courses and a range of professional postgrad degrees will provide specialised and vocational training. The undergrad degrees cover a slightly different range of disciplines from those at Melbourne University, which implemented the Bologna model this year. UWA will also offer a four-year undergraduate degree, the research-intensive BPhil.
Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig wants to change the US political system. In this 1-hour lecture he discusses political corruption, the negative influence of private interest groups, the influence of money on academia and the systemic factors that prevent moral and fact-based decision-making in Washington DC.
How to make corporate web sites more accessible: practical advice for web staff. You might be stuck with Vignette, you may never get 100 per cent valid code and your colleagues might insist on using Microsoft Word to create their content — but you can make a positive difference with a few relatively simple strategies.
Via Michael Geist, we learn that Senator Kim Carr is advocating Open Access:
“We are and will remain a net importer of knowledge, so it is in our interest to promote the freest possible flow of information domestically and globally. The arguments for stepping out first on open access are the same as the arguments for stepping out first on emissions trading – the more willing we are to show leadership on this, we more chance we have of persuading other countries to reciprocate. And if we want the rest of the world to act, we have to do our bit at home.”
What a pity he chose to adopt the unfortunate term “Venturous Australia” to describe the desired outcome of investment in innovation. Is he too young to remember the painful years of “Incentivation“?
Here’s one for the designers among us: test your color hue perception with this drag’n'drop chart. I scored 29 (lower is better).
Your staff directory is an important part of your web site or intranet. Make it even more useful by linking staff data from other parts of the organisation.
