2020

20 August 2020

Teaching the joy of learning

As she describes it, Associate Professor Marian Vidal-Fernandez is not your typical academic. Her career in academia was not by design, but one she fell into.

20 August 2020

Drilled Alaska: experts comment on Trump's oil and gas plan

The US Department of the Interior has approved oil and gas drilling in Alaska's pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. University of Sydney experts comment on the possible impact on the environment, Native Peoples and animal populations.

18 August 2020

Education grad at work: Light bulb moments in Primary teaching

A targeted graduate, Corrina has worked full-time as a classroom teacher at Annandale Public School since completing a BEd (Primary). She considers teaching K-2 students her “greatest pleasure”. Here, she explains why.

17 August 2020

The two worlds of the Wiradjuri people

On her first night in Wiradjuri country in 1981, Gaynor Macdonald sat by a fire on Erambie reserve near the town of Cowra in central New South Wales. Monk, a musician and activist, played his guitar while others quizzed the young anthropologist on why she was there and asked if she had links to ASIO.

14 August 2020

Philosophy curriculum responds to COVID 19

We are learning from COVID-19 that building solid medical knowledge is not easy. In Semester 2 ‘Philosophy of Medicine' will focus on medical theories of knowledge to ask what constitutes good and bad medical evidence.

14 August 2020

COVID-19 and the Social Contract

Lockdowns and the need for government interventions have brought the issue of the social contract to the fore during the COVID-19 crisis. Given the social contract is a philosophical idea, perhaps philosophers have something to say about this situation.

13 August 2020

Arts grad at work: Living in Singapore, working at Facebook

Two weeks after graduating, Anastasia Pavlovic moved to Singapore to begin a graduate role at Facebook. Although she may have arrived at university unsure which path to take, choosing Indonesian Studies became “the best decision” Anastasia ever made.

11 August 2020

Feeling glum? 10 positive stories you may have missed

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still some good happening in the world. Here are ten of the University of Sydney's most promising and positive stories that you may have missed.

11 August 2020

Education grad at work: On being a young high school teacher

Following an internship, Jason was offered a full-time role and now teaches History, English and Geography. Here, he shares insights into how his degree supports his work in the classroom and the quality of his tutors at Sydney.

07 August 2020

Virgin Australia on life support

The private equity takeover of Virgin offers a lifeline to the struggling airline, but is unlikely to amount to more than that, writes Associate Professor of Economics, Mark Melatos, for The Conversation.