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-Neil Selwyn, Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University As many families and schools look forward to returning to face-to-face teaching, we need to take stock and prepare ourselves for the possibility of further bouts of remote home schooling. The gradual reopening of schools and resumption of face-to-face teaching is giving us a glimmer of hope [...]
Geoff Plimmer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Diep Nguyen, Edith Cowan University; Esme Franken, Edith Cowan University, and Stephen Teo, Edith Cowan University Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to COVID-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office. Many will have enjoyed [...]
The significance of Men’s Health Week is now well-established. There's a growing awareness of men’s unequal propensity towards elevated rates of particular illnesses and diseases. Indeed, we've seen in recent months that men are more likely to die after contracting COVID-19, and scientists are doing important work to explore the implication of androgens in COVID‐19 [...]
Dr Wonsun Shin Since COVID-19 restrictions came into force across Australia, many families have been adapting to a whole new way of life. Even now, several months in with some restrictions easing, most of us are spending unprecedented amounts of time in our homes. Our social lives have contracted, and our ability to enjoy time [...]
John O'Rourke, Edith Cowan University Research has found people who have clarity around what provides meaning in their lives tend to be happier, healthier, more satisfied with life and resilient in the face of adversity. Given the dramatic growth in mental health issues, particularly in young people, researchers have recently tried to more deeply understand [...]
Amy Peacock, UNSW and Rachel Sutherland, UNSW There’s no question COVID-19 has changed many aspects of our lives. As drug researchers, we are interested in how the pandemic has affected illicit drug use in Australia. Our two new surveys of Australians who regularly use illicit drugs show people most commonly reported no change or a [...]
David Browning and Dr Christopher T. McCaw After a remarkable success in flattening the COVID-19 curve, Australia’s States and Territories are now charting the course back towards school-based learning. The shift to remote and online learning presented immense challenges for students, parents and teachers, and the digital divide means that existing educational inequalities are only [...]
- Philip Feinstein, Music for Refugees Lots of people are now stuck inside their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretty miserable hey . . . Especially if you are a kid (or a fun adult) who wants to get out and play. Children are bored and stressed - they want something to do . [...]
Leticia Anderson, Southern Cross University; Kathomi Gatwiri, Southern Cross University; Lynette Riley, University of Sydney, and Marcelle Townsend-Cross, Southern Cross University As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism, and talk to our students and children in ways that can facilitate change. Education is [...]
Andrew Fuller, Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychologist, My Learning Strengths How not to get PTSD in trying times Everyone seems to be either shrinking away in fear of one another or heaving a sigh of relief and pretending everything is hunky dory. I’m not sure we are clear anymore about where the news stories end and [...]
