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Uni Students Foot The Bill For Budget Cuts With the 2014-15 federal budget being announced in less than two weeks, many universities are already planning how to manage severe government cuts. Jeannie Rea of the National Tertiary Education Union says students may be asked to front the bill. “The debate about how to pay for this has quickly shifted away any assumption that this should be a government responsibility,” she said. The focus is narrowing to how to make students pay for the deficit in government funding.” The Kemp Norton review into higher education released earlier this month suggests student…
Competitors from over 24 countries made their way to Warilla Bowls Club today, for the second day of the 2014 Bowls World Cup. Warilla is the proud host of the Bowls World Cup for the ninth consecutive year. After defeating Singapore and New Zealand in yesterday’s opening matches, Australia will go on to play against China, Scotland, Canada and others over the course of the competition. Norfolk Island is currently holding the lead. World Bowls Chief Executive Gary Smith said they chose Warilla Bowls Club as the venue because of the experience they have had with international events. “I have,…
“…the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal.” With International Happiness day just one sleep away, the University of Wollongong’s own Wellbeing Centre is taking over the McKinnon Lawn tomorrow from 11.30am. We talked to Cameron Faricy from the UOW Wellbeing Centre about what we can expect to see. We also talked to nursing students Angela Nenadic and Joy Thompson about their own pursuit of happiness, and Creative Arts Honours student Teagan Russell about her ideas on mindfulness and the importance of attitude. Join the UOW Wellbeing Centre Thursday 20th March at 11:30AM on the McKinnon Lawn for a…
In celebration of the International Day of Happiness tomorrow, #100HappyDays is encouraging people to submit a picture of something that made them happy that day. Everyday. For one hundred days straight. Think you’re up to the challenge? #100HappyDays has said that 71% of people who have taken part in the social media experiment so far failed to complete the challenge. Seeing as so many of us are already active social media users, why not start posting for our own good? #100HappyDays claims completing the challenge is pretty good for your mental health and outlook on life. All you have to do is…