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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong Learning is no longer in production.

Transcripts of each series are still available online. Links to the various series are to the right.

Some series were the result of the creative partnership between Open Learning Australia and the ABC, some were produced by Radio Australia's Education Unit. They were produced with the support of subject specialists from Australia and overseas.

Series presented in partnership with Open Learning Australia were linked directly with courses offered through OLA, and listeners can enrol in these courses.

Go here to find out more about enrolling.

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Open Learning AustraliaA number of Lifelong Learning series have been produced with the support of Open Learning Australia. For information about study periods visit the OLA website.

the series

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From S to M: Small to Medium Business in Australia

Explores doing business in the contemporary economy. New technology, complex legalisation, ongoing training, global markets and the rise of government as customer are all part of this modern marketplace.

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Cultures of Journalism

A thirteen-part exploration of what makes journalism tick; a journey through ethics, economics, society, history, culture and politics. The theories and practices of journalism from the newsroom to the battlefield.

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Distant Mirrors, Dimly Lit

A six-part radio series developed and presented by Australian born classicist Peter Toohey.

It examines how the lives of the ancients relate to ours, through the exploration of six contemporary themes: Anger, Privacy, Leisure, Depression, Family and Memory.

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Corridors of Power

Profiles the work of pioneers like Sir Arthur Tange and H.C. (Nugget) Coombs and delves into the messy world of policy formation - how it really gets done. And we hear candid conversations with high-ranking officials, including the highest of them all - Max Moore Wilton.

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Carving Out: The Pacific Island Region

Geography, indigenous culture and colonial legacies have all played a role in creating the Pacific island region of today. And the question now is, where to tomorrow?

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Sharing Power: The Ties That Bind

in this seven part series we explore whether some experiments in power-sharing in the Asia-Pacific region are strengthening the fabric of nationhood or threatening to tear it apart.

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Lines of Communication

Beginning with the premise that communication is fundamental to the human condition, Lines of Communication surveys the broad-scale theories and practices which have come to define the burgeoning discipline.

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Time to Talk

A 13 part series on politics, society and governance in the Pacific. Many Pacific island nations have more than one functioning system of law as they try to integrate customary laws with Western legal systems. How well do introduced systems of law and justice serve Pacific communities?

 
 


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