green nomad noun: a person whose travels within Australia are motivated by a concern for the environment. In the Bournda Environmental Education Centre’s 42nd World Environment Day Dinner, held in Tathra, New South Wales, a suggestion was made to the key speaker: … a re-branding of grey nomads to ‘green nomads’, [thereby] encouraging older travellers […]
Read moregold coin donation noun: a one- or two-dollar coin given as an entry fee or donation when attending a charitable, community, or not-for-profit event. In the mid-1980s, a short newspaper advertisement appeared on a page promoting various forthcoming events: ‘Performism. Special Experimental Music Event. Plus Film Performance… Gold Coin Donation.’ (Canberra Times, 15 September 1984) […]
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Christine Utber reflects on the difference a maths teacher made to her career, dispels the myth of the ‘maths person’, and discusses why she hates when students say “I don’t get it!” Where do you work and what is your role? I am a mathematics teacher at an all girls independent school on the Mornington […]
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Oxford resources have been resources shortlisted in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary categories of the Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Organised by the Australian Publishers Association and sponsored by the Copyright Agency, the prestigious EPAAs recognise excellence and innovation within the educational publishing industry. We congratulate all who were involved in publishing the shortlisted resources across the […]
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An excerpt from Spending Time – The Most Valuable Resource by Daniel Hamermesh. Daniel will be appearing at the UNSW Bookshop at 2pm today. Kvetch, a Yiddish word now widely used in English, means “to complain or gripe habitually.” And a favorite complaint is that someone is stressed for time. One definition of stress is […]
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