By Cara Swit, Associate professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury
Aaron Hapuku, Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury
Helena Cook, Lecturer, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Jennifer Smith, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Canterbury
The phone ban was meant to improve learning by reducing distractions. But students report feeling left out of decisions, and some have found ways around the rules.
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By Ksenia Kosheleva, Doctoral candidate, Marketing, Hanken School of Economics
Julia Fehrer, Associate Professor, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Kaj Storbacka, Professor, Marketing, Hanken School of Economics
Arts and culture are neither luxuries nor commodities, but integral parts of a thriving society. Balancing profitability with artistic integrity demands new ways of thinking.
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By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
The Liberal leader goes into this election presenting a particularly bleak worldview. Whether voters are in step with that view remains to be seen.
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By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
Now that the election has been called for May 3, parliament has been dissolved and the caretaker government period has commenced. During this period, the caretaker conventions require the government to exercise self-restraint. It must stick to routine government business and not embark on major new commitments.
There are commonly claims in the media that various actions by the government breach the caretaker conventions. Before the accusations start flying, here are the basics to help…
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By Sugumar Mariappanadar, Senior Academic Researcher - Human Resource Management and Management, Australian Catholic University
Gen Z have not invented the career break. But the trend of ‘micro-retirement’ isn’t necessarily the same thing as a sabbatical.
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By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
Herb Marsh, Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology, Australian Catholic University
Theresa Dicke, Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
In a new survey, one principal reported how a major source of distress is parents behaving in an ‘unreasonable manner’.
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By Danny Kingsley, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: “An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good”.
This was the first definition of open access and referred to harnessing the internet to make scientific research openly available, without a subscription. It was a “statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement…
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By Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane 2032 was supposed to be the first ‘climate-positive’ Olympic Games. But a quiet change to the host contract puts the commitment in doubt.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Labor’s regaining of polling momentum has continued into the first week of the formal election campaign. A national Newspoll, conducted March 27–29 from a sample of 1,249, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. This is Labor’s first Newspoll…
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By Rahat Zaidi, Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
By establishing holidays for different celebrations from around the world, Canadian schools can foster learning environments that are inclusive of students from various cultures.
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