Indigenous knowledges should be better embedded into astronomy degrees to advance science and give us a better understanding of the universe, an astrophysicist says. According to QUT's Dr Michael Cowley, there is a willingness to bring Indigenous knowledges into our ...
More »Arts degree was ‘probably the best thing that ever happened’ to me: reforms may turn Indigenous Australians off university
The government’s contentious job-ready graduate reforms are likely to disadvantage Indigenous students, a Wiradjuri man said last week. According to recent data, social science degrees (which are considered humanities courses and will attract the fee hikes of 113 per cent ...
More »Report finds relocating Indigenous students ‘off country’ has failed
A controversial strategy that involved moving Indigenous Australian students off country and relocating them at boarding schools to improve their educational opportunities has failed, a new report concludes. The report was led by Dr Marnie O’Bryan and Dr William Fogarty ...
More »Voice of First Nations must be heard through dialogue and education: opinion
In recognising the constitutional role of First Nation peoples in Australian affairs, as imagined in the Uluru Statement, there is an opportunity to give full expression to our philosophical and cultural identity through the processes that govern the entire nation: ...
More »Indigenous communities and scholars come together to address language maintenance and revival
Why languages become endangered and what can be done to arrest it are the driving questions behind an international conference being held at the University of Sydney between December 14 and 16. The 2019 conference – Saving the world’s endangered languages ...
More »Learning both ways: why Australia needs to embrace the knowledge and history of its Indigenous people
This past August, I found myself again at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land for the 20th anniversary Garma Festival run by the Yothu Yindi Foundation on the lands of the Gumatj clans of the Yolngu. Charles Darwin University’s engagement with this ...
More »$10 million booster for Indigenous health
Philanthropist couple provide gift to help close gap in life expectancy. By Antonia Maiolo. Businessman Greg Poche and his wife, Kay, have given a $10 million gift to the University of Melbourne to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health ...
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