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Greg Dickson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Evan Kidd receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Josh Clothier receives an Australian Government Research Training ...

Australia’s English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) sector has reported a 4% drop in numbers for the 2011 calendar year. The number of enrolments fell to 134,440 from 140,102 ...

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