2024

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.

17 September 2024

How well is the Australian government regulating social media?

Dr Rob Nicholls from the Discipline of Media and Communications evaluates the federal government's regulation of social media companies, in light of the recent proposal to enforce age verification for social media and ban children from accessing a range of digital apps.

13 September 2024

James Curran launches new podcast series 'An Australian World'

Professor James Curran teaches political and diplomatic history at the University of Sydney and is the International Editor at The Australian Financial Review. His new podcast explores Australia’s relations with the world.

10 September 2024

FASS students experience the history and culture of Mumbai

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students travel to India to experience Mumbai’s culture and past with Historian Cindy McCreery and in-country experts.

02 September 2024

Zeus comes in many forms on screen - just as he did in the original myths

Craig Barker, Head of Public Engagement at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, reviews the many portrayals of the mythical god Zeus in film and television, including the new Netflix series KAOS.