It’s a question that’s likely to be on many people’s minds: can my employer make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of my employment? For many, particularly anti-vaxxers, this question has become more urgent now, as the first Pfizer vaccinations were ...

CampusReview · Swearing and Australia's national culture |Dr Amanda Laugesen Australians are known for their colourful language; indeed, it’s been called part of our national identity. But why, generally, are we considered a nation that loves swear words and where ...

“Some units that I have taken in the past seemed to be useless to my course." This is a statement provided by an undergraduate student when prompted to reflect on their studies during a trial of a new curriculum mapping ...

A recent paper commissioned by the NSW Department of Education sheds light on the importance of critical thinking skills in the future, strategies to teach critical thinking and the kinds of programs that do and don’t work. It should come ...

Australia’s transport culture is one which consists primarily of single-occupancy commutes. We are very much a car-loving nation, but this is causing headaches for universities around the country. Growth in student numbers and scarce parking facilities, mixed with our existing ...

I have been worried for some time about the concept of equity and how it is usually understood in relation to schooling. It seems to me to be very strange that family income, as one indicator, can determine how children ...

We hear about their extreme highs and lows, but we don’t often hear the everyday thoughts of migrant and refugee young people in Australia. Not every one is a Duckie Thot or the victim of an unprovoked attack. There are Muhammads, ...

Futurist Phil Ruthven thinks the kids are more than alright. The founder of global economic and social market research firm IBISWorld and the newly formed Ruthven Institute has nearly 50 years of experience, as well as access to volumes of big ...

Australia has a mixed report card when it comes to its achievements in international education Brazil recently played host to a meeting of international education associations from around the globe to debate challenges currently impacting on the international education sector. In ...

A year ago, a National Union of Students/Headspace survey of 2,600 university students revealed some troubling insights. A majority (66 per cent) reported high psychological distress over the past year, while 70 per cent rated their mental health 'poor' or 'fair'. Now, the sources of their ...