[LINK] Rapidly advancing chemistry

2020-10-25 Thread Stephen Loosley
Scientists make digital breakthrough in chemistry that could revolutionize the drug industry PUBLISHED SAT, OCT 24 2020 By Charlie Wood https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/24/how-a-digital-breakthrough-could-revolutionize-drug-industry.html Key Points * At the Cronin Lab at the University of Glasgow

[LINK] All of South Australia's power from solar panels

2020-10-25 Thread Stephen Loosley
All of South Australia's power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction By Richard Davies Posted Yesterday at 9:35am https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/all-sa-power-from-solar-for-first-time/12810366 South Australia's renewable energy boom has achieved a global

[LINK] onlinepoliticaltransparencyproject.org "AdObserver"

2020-10-25 Thread Stephen Loosley
“Facebook demands academics disable tool showing who is being targeted by political ads” Published: Oct. 24, 2020 Associated Press Researchers say the tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used as conduit for disinformation and manipulation

Re: [LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-25 Thread David Lochrin
On 2020-10-26 09:24, Roger Clarke wrote: > One concern is that the degree is a "collaboration", and "verified by AWS > Educate" - although, the students, after paying for the degree, may have to > pay more to AWS afterwards, because "students in the degree won’t > automatically receive

Re: [LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-25 Thread jwhit
Keep in mind Swinburne's history. It wasn't always a "university". Providing company specific training (which as we know is a subset type of education) is fine, as long as it's not 'sold' as a Bachelor of Science degree because it would not be that. More like a certificate. Nothing wrong with

Re: [LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-25 Thread Roger Clarke
> On 21/10/20 1:36 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: >> [ It's remarkable how long the concept lasted of a university being >> independent in respect of content development, content projection, and >> degree-granting. ... On 26/10/20 8:45 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > Australian universities were

Re: [LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-25 Thread Tom Worthington
On 21/10/20 1:36 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: [ It's remarkable how long the concept lasted of a university being independent in respect of content development, content projection, and degree-granting. ... Australian universities were established to provide trained professionals and useful