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  1. Rafy

    another random: are you allowed to thread

    Calculators are only allowed into certain exams and where they are allowed the memory must be cleared before entering the exam.
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    Senate election declared invalid

    Anybody know what happened? Dear Student, I write in connection with the elections for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Fellow of Senate which were conducted recently. I advise that over the past week I have received complaints from a number of students in connection with both...
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    iPhone 4S

    oh great. ios5 has bricked my phone. I'm not the only one. Seems there are widespread problems. Advise waiting a while before updating.
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    To memorise or not to memorise

    If you look through the Marking notes of past years exams it is clear that they do not regard prepared responses well. Such responses never fully engage with the question and will result in lower marks. It's fairly obvious to a marker when a response has been memorised. It's not worth it. The...
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    iPhone 4S

    Finally.
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    Carbon Tax

    Re: Labor fights back on carbon pricing Bills have passed the House 74-72.
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    High Court rejects Malaysian Solution

    Sophie Mirabella has been suspended from the house for 24 hours. Terrible timing. Speculation the government will bring forward the vote on the migration amendments to tomorrow.
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    $250 Student Fee introduced

    The student services and amenities fee is in addition to the normal student contribution. It will be a maximum $263 per year (Indexed to the CPI).
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    iPhone 4S

    ios 5 out tomorrow
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    iPhone 4S

    Looks like Siri works as well as claimed. MKRwV3DTVLo
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    Carbon Tax

    Re: Labor fights back on carbon pricing Second reading vote on the carbon tax bills passed 74-73.
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    $250 Student Fee introduced

    Full time is anything higher than a 0.75 EFTSL
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    $250 Student Fee introduced

    I've never understood the left's position on VSU/CSU. They constantly complain about the size of HECS debts and student poverty, yet it's apparently okay to increase that debt through compulsory fees. I would have expected them to argue that the government should directly fund these services.
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    $250 Student Fee introduced

    There is no exception in the Act preventing this and it'll be up to universities as to whom the fee is levied on. This gives you some idea of their thinking though:
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    $250 Student Fee introduced

    The Gillard government has today slapped a $263 fee on students. The Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 passed the Senate today. The bill essentially overturns Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU), a policy of the Howard government which gave choice...
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    iPhone 4S

    Impressive. I hope it works as well as that in practice. L4D4kRbEdJw
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    which marks do we receive first?

    HSC Mark. (The average of the assessment mark and exam mark)
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    iPhone 4S

    Damn, apparently Virgin aren't going to do pre-orders.
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