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The first open source and open access textbook on Australian politics, Australian Politics and Policy provides a unique, holistic coverage of politics and public topics for use in university courses.

This interactive, open-access textbook provides a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing our oceans, with a strong Australian focus and global relevance. It integrates ocean science, sustainability, policy and community perspectives to build ocean literacy and support the development of a sustainable Blue Economy. Drawing on contemporary research, international and national frameworks (including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Decade of Ocean Science and Australian marine strategies), the textbook examines key themes such as climate change and ocean solutions, food security, biodiversity conservation, cleaner oceans, coastal resilience, ocean equity and Indigenous empowerment. Rich multimedia content, including interactive activities, videos and podcasts, are embedded throughout to support active learning and real-world application. Designed for students, educators, practitioners and the broader community, this resource bridges science, policy and practice to inform decision-making and foster collective stewardship of Australia’s marine environment.

To align the teaching and learning of building measurement with current industry practices and standards in Australia, it is essential to update traditional teaching materials. Existing textbooks predominantly focus on manual measurement methods and provide limited coverage of computer-based techniques that are now widely adopted in professional practice. This handbook addresses this gap by integrating digital measurement tools, particularly RIB CostX software, which reflects contemporary industry workflows. The approach adopted in this book aligns with the principles of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Methods of Measurement (ANZSMM) and supports alignment with industry expectations. This handbook covers key trades, namely groundworks, concrete, formwork, reinforcement, and masonry, which are covered in building measurement and estimating units such as SRE272-Building Measurement, SRE302- Building Measurement and Estimating, and SRQ774-Construction Measurement and Estimating.

Design plays a crucial role in our daily lives, influencing our perceptions of products and how we interact with them. A well-designed product can enhance its functionality, usability, and appeal, making it more desirable to consumers. Design-related industries contribute AU$ 67.5 billion per annum to the Australian economy. In a global economy, success in many industries depends on controlling the intangible aspects of products. In the legal context, a design is defined as the visual appearance of a product, including its shape, configuration, pattern, and ornamentation. Designs law seeks to protect the originality and uniqueness of designs, preventing others from copying or reproducing them without permission. Overall, designs law in Australia aims to encourage and protect originality and design innovation while also balancing the interests of designers, businesses, and consumers.

Throughout the book, the reader is provided with practical guidance and illustrative examples to help readers navigate the complex world of designs law. With its comprehensive coverage and clear, accessible writing style, Designs Law in Australia is an essential resource for legal practitioners, students, and anyone interested in this vital area of intellectual property law.

As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, the legal profession finds itself at a crossroads. Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer: Climate and the Australian Legal System provides an original, innovative and accessible analysis of the impact of climate change on legal doctrines and principles. It offers an overview of cutting-edge developments and how the transition to a low-carbon society is reshaping a wide range of laws, from corporate to criminal law, and beyond. This valuable new resource supports legal professionals, law students, and legal educators to understand current legal challenges – providing the know-how to strategically navigate, and positively influence, the development of law to respond to a climate changed world. The book delivers a transformative approach to legal education: equipping law students to become climate-conscious professionals with the confidence and competency to deliver legal solutions to a diverse range of clients, and promote climate justice across diverse communities.

This book is designed to prepare postgraduate students for advanced research at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. It advises and guides students on the research skills needed to carry out independent academic research projects for the first time. Students will be guided through key stages of research: Formulating a research question, scoping search, comprehensive searching of the literature, evaluating information sources, and reference management. Practical and informative in style, the book does not cover writing and research methods. The book focuses on the skills a University Library teaches and supports. While written for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington students, using our own examples, links and references, the core text is generic in nature, to allow for other New Zealand Universities to adapt the book for their own situations and cohorts.

A guide to the UWA approach to answering clinical questions; an Evidence Based Practice approach. ACQ teaches Evidence Based Practice principles such as to individualise information for your patient’s situation, integrate the best available information with clinical expertise, patient values, and the health care environment, and to challenge dogma and avoid uncritical acceptance of ‘usual practice’. Developed to support students in the Doctor of Medicine degree.

This is a collection of resources to complement ENGL128 Essentials of Communication, an introduction to the fundamentals of effective speaking and writing, exploring a variety of contexts in which language is used.

Tens of thousands of iconic fossils are housed in the collections of the Geology Museum at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago, in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand. Used for teaching and research for over a century, here we offer a close look at some of the most special fossil treasures in the collections.

This edited collection, published in partnership between The University of Waikato and The University of Newcastle, explores inclusion and accessibility in Higher Education, with international authors sharing best practice in the face-to-face, blended, and online classroom. The collection draws on the 2023 partnership between The University of Waikato and The University of Newcastle in hosting the Te Puna Aurei/LearnFest symposium ‘Education Without Boundaries’. This is a biannual teaching and learning symposium hosted by Te Puna Ako – Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | The University of Waikato in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. Authors expand on their experiences in creating and facilitating inclusive and accessible learning experiences through teaching, course and curriculum design, and other aspects of teaching and learning to explore innovative teaching practices and pedagogies around inclusion. Key topics include the student experience, focussing on retention, support, experience or empowerment; equitable access, opportunities, and diversity; flexible modes of delivery; assessment design; physical and virtual learning spaces; and generative AI in higher education. The collection brings together a diverse range of experiences across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and beyond to provide opportunities for inclusive equitable, and accessible teaching and learning in higher education – and thus creating opportunities for education without boundaries.