Internationalising Peer Review in Teaching and Learning

Excerpt: In 2004 I decided to apply for promotion from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor. Mine is an Australian research intensive university. Having reviewed the promotion literature, I decided to seek promotion based on an ‘outstanding’ contribution to teaching and learning. At the time the university was expending far greater efforts to improve teaching and learning after rating very poorly on a national student survey. Having made a contribution to the furthering of teaching and learning, the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) and the head of the recently established teaching and learning unit were quick to offer their support to my application. Indeed the Pro-Vice Chancellor volunteered to be one of my referees

Jim Crow downunder? African American encounters with white Australia, 1942-1945

Between 1941 and 1945, as the U.S. military machine sent millions of Americans--and American culture--around the world, several thousand African Americans spent time in Australia. Armed with little knowledge of Australian racial values and practices, black Americans encoutered a nation whose long-standing commitment to the principle of "White Australia" appeared to rest comfortably with the segregative policies commonly associated with the American South. Nonetheless, while African American

Asymmetric and symmetric stem-cell divisions in development and cancer

Much has been made of the idea that asymmetric cell division is a defining characteristic of stem cells that enables them to simultaneously perpetuate themselves (self-renew) and generate differentiated progeny. Yet many stem cells can divide symmetrically, particularly when they are expanding in number during development or after injury. Thus, asymmetric division is not necessary for stem-cell identity but rather is a tool that stem cells can use to maintain appropriate numbers of progeny. The facultative use of symmetric or asymmetric divisions by stem cells may be a key adaptation that is crucial for adult regenerative capacity.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62868/1/nature04956.pd

'A comfortable and relaxed past' : John Howard and the 'Battle of History' : the first phase - February 1992 to March 1996

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'Terrorists Beware! Rugby Player on Board': 11 September and Naturalising American Rugby

This paper explores a trend toward the 'naturalisation' of rugby football in the United States after the events of 11 September 2001. Prior to the tragic events of this day, rugby when known at all by the American public, was perceived as a violent game played by foreigners. During the events of 11 September, rugby figured prominently and the negatives previously associated with the game came to be seen as positives as America re-masculinised for the War on Terror. In the early twenty-first century a new icon has appeared on the American sporting horizon: the 'rugby mom'

Da Heer Evatt : the O'Keefe case and Dutch perceptions of Australian foreign policy

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'Our lifesavers' : the Royal Lifesaving Society and the origins of surf life saving in federation Sydney

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Beach beyond : a history of the Palm Beach Surf Club 1921-1996

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Beating the odds : thirty years of the Totalizator Agency Board of New South Wales

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