2024

08 October 2024

Experts helping to shape the future of early childhood education

September 2nd 2024, the RD Watt Building played host to a gathering of early childhood education and care (ECEC) stakeholders to share insights. The intention was clear: to influence the next generation of policy reforms within the sector.

04 October 2024

New Australian opera Gilgamesh powerfully reimagines ancient legend

Dr Louise Pryke from the Department of Classics and Ancient History reviews the visceral retelling of Gilgamesh, a production composed by Sydney Chamber Opera Artistic Director and PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jack Symonds.

04 October 2024

Moulin Rouge celebrates 135 years of scandal and success

Dr Will Visconti from Art History explores the enduring relevance of Parisian icon and home of the cancan, the Moulin Rouge. Surviving scandal, an inferno, fallen sails and heavy rain, the French institution can still argue its status as the pinnacle of live entertainment 135 years on.

01 October 2024

Is praising our kids good or bad?

Parents, teachers and relatives say 'good girl' and 'good boy' to praise children all the time. Dr Amanda Niland from the Sydney School of Education and Social Work suggests why you should say something else to celebrate kids' success or positive behaviour.

27 September 2024

How Google could better fund journalism

Dr Rob Nicholls, Professor Terry Flew (Discipline of Media and Communications), Cameron McTernan (UniSA) and Associate Professor Scott Fitzgerald (Curtin) propose alternative approaches for major tech players in Australia's concentrated media economy to invest in public interest journalism.

26 September 2024

Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship 2024 recipients announced

Sydney College of the Arts graduates Leigh Rigozzi and Szymon Dorabialski have been awarded a combined total of $40,000 as recipients of the 2024 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship, a prize that supports mid-career and emerging artists to develop their practice through travel.

20 September 2024

Is expensive house advertising affecting the property market?

Dr James Graham from the School of Economics explores the advertising landscape of real estate - do home owners get value for what they pay on advertising fees, and what could the impact of high fees be on the housing market more broadly?

20 September 2024

Storytelling promoting new ways forward in research and social impact

Access All Areas: Abortion in Australia, a Research Impact Accelerator project, is harnessing storytelling for research impact, embracing interdisciplinary collaboration, and building capacity via student mentoring

19 September 2024

Early dingoes are related to dogs from New Guinea and East Asia

The findings challenge previous claims that dingoes derived from pariah dogs from India or Thailand.

18 September 2024

What is Australia looking for in its inaugural poet laureate?

Peter Kirkpatrick in the Discipline of English and Writing asks what an Australian poet laureate will be expected to do or achieve ahead of the position's official appointment in 2025.