On Wednesday, Dancing Queen Theresa May urged her party to unite despite divergent views on Brexit. Glasweigan Professor Graham Galbraith has a similarly broad, communal message for Australian universities: think big, together. In Perth to deliver the 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Oration at Edith Cowan ...
More »What Scott Morrison doesn’t get about most of the voting public
When now-Prime Minster Scott Morrison brought a lump of coal into parliament in 2017, pleading "don’t be afraid, don’t be scared, it won’t hurt you," he made a critical error. That is, assuming he wants the Coalition to retain power at ...
More »Ten years post-GFC, grads still struggling: Grattan report
Don't get entranced by dazzling headlines: overall, Australian university graduates are still limping towards meaningful employment. "New graduates are still less likely to get a full-time job than a decade ago..." a new Grattan report provides. Mapping Australian higher education ...
More »Curtin, boosting employment for teens with autism, seeks collaborators
Despite Hollywood's (increasing) portrayal of brilliantly successful autistic savants - from Rain Man to The Good Doctor - the reality of employment for those with autism is the opposite. ABS data suggests just 40 per cent of people with autism work, compared to 83 ...
More »How the other third live: experiences of Chinese women studying in Australia
I never got to know Angel*. She would appear in my journalism class sporadically, and when she did, always sat by herself. She never spoke in class, unless spoken to by the lecturer. Then, she would reply in broken English, ...
More »The Aussie academic who monitors Timor-Leste’s elections, and why they matter for us
Yesterday, Xanana Gusmão's Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP) – an opposition coalition – clinched election victory in Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Gusmão, Timor-Leste's first and fourth Prime Minister, is commonly viewed as a national hero, due to his resistance ...
More »Futurist uses big data to predict young people’s destinies
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 ...
More »How to intern like a boss, from a podcast
Hamish began his editorial internship at The Herald Sun "very tired" on a New Year's Day. His first task? To approach strangers on the street and ask them if they had already broken their New Year's resolutions. Surprisingly to some, ...
More »‘Toxic’ supervisors and isolation sapping students’ mental health
A study of 3,659 PhD students in Flanders, Belgium found that over a third - well above the proportion in comparison groups - were at a high risk of having or developing a psychiatric disorder, especially depression. Competing work/life demands, job demands and ...
More »VET sector failing disadvantaged students
NSW VET isn't doing right by Aboriginal students, and those experiencing disabilities, mental health issues and homelessness. Youth Action, Uniting and Mission Australia came to this conclusion after surveying disadvantaged young people, as well as 50 individuals from organisations that assist them. Their ...
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