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A gap in health sector regulation is leaving Australian care workers unprotected from gendered violence
Gendered violence is widespread in the Australian healthcare system, according to new ANU research. The findings reveal that there are currently no regulatory guidelines designed specifically to protect practitioners from patients. This has left one in four Victorian healthcare workers unprotected…
What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?
Written by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Pop Culture Studies), Australian National UniversityWhere do clowns come from? In popular culture, they may come from alien worlds, such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space, peer out from drains like Pennywise from Stephen King…
Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction
Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia’s largest survey of young people. The study found non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life…
Government undermines census in bid to avoid division
By Liz Allen, POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research.After the Australian government’s unprecedented intervention into the national census, the Australian statistical office will need to do significant work rebuilding the nation’s trust.After about two years of consultation, the…
Drawing Prize Winner Announced
Congratulations to Lisa Stevenson, the Winner of the 2024 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize! The Winner was announced at the public reception on Wednesday 28 August by guest judge Dr Emma Kindred, Ag Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.Lisa Stevenson is currently…
The government will cap new international students at 270,000 in 2025. But this number may not be reached
By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, ANU.After months of speculation, the federal government has announced what the cap will be for international students in Australia.In 2025, the number of international students starting a course will be set at 270,000. This…
Picture book aims to teach kids how to stay safe around bushfire smoke
By Kyle Mackey-LawsResearchers from The Australian National University (ANU) are behind new children’s books aimed at raising greater awareness and understanding for children around bushfire smoke. As the east coast of Australia became engulfed in fires and smoke during the 2019-20 “Black…