By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer — Writing, Editing, Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
In her new memoir Hope, Rosie Batty reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women and children from gendered violence – and the personal toll of becoming an unlikely campaigner.
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By Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor
Neither Ozempic nor Wegovy are listed on the PBS to treat obesity. When Wegovy becomes available, users will need to pay the full price. Or should the government subsidise it?
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By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney
Jason Dutton, Professor of Chemistry, La Trobe University
The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like “what do you do for a crust?”
“I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go on to say they either hated or did terribly in chemistry at school.
Or, depending on what’s been in the news lately, they might start talking about parabens in shampoo, or BPA in plastic poisoning…
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By Hannah Lewi, Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne
Andrew Saniga, Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne
Australian universities have long been a site of protest. Today’s students join this legacy of activists who helped shape higher education and the Australian cultural landscape.
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By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
April has been a bad month for the Australian environment. The Great Barrier Reef was hit, yet again, by intense coral bleaching. And Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek delayed most of her Nature Positive Plan reforms.
True, Plibersek did…
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By Roberta Lexier, Associate Professor, Departments of General Education and Humanities, Mount Royal University
Even if you disagree with their concerns or their tactics, students should not be penalized for thinking critically about world events and trying to bring about positive social change.
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By Helen Pinsent, PhD Candidate, American Literature, Dalhousie University
To understand how ‘Furiosa’ and other new films challenge car culture’s male-centric conventions, it’s useful to look closely at how car culture has favoured a certain kind of male hero.
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By Victor Peskin, Associate professor of politics and global studies, Arizona State University
Prosecuting leaders indicted for war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers a potential playbook.
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By Nicola Power, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
Like many parents, the music I find myself listening to has drastically changed since having children. My young children are fans of Andy and the Odd Socks, the band featured in the CBBC show Andy and the Band, and, it turns out, so am I.
I won’t deny that I’ve been found singing along to their songs while driving – with empty car seats in the back. When the Odd Socks announced that they were going…
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By Zoe Harris, Senior Lecturer, Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey
Vertical farming - growing plants without soil in huge controlled environments - has huge potential to support traditional agriculture but won’t ever replace it.
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