2024
Articles
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.
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.