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Medicine and health

The thing about masks ...

As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so, too, does the importance of wearing masks – but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so, too, does the importance of wearing masks – but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease.

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Monash Lens brings you expert commentary and stories by leading Monash University academics and researchers who are helping to change the world.

Creating 'pandemic-resilient' schools

The COVID-19 crisis highlights educational systems’ ethical responsibility in providing more than just grades signifying curricular mastery.

Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh Lecturer, Educational Assessment and Ethics, Faculty of Education

The COVID-19 crisis highlights educational systems’ ethical responsibility in providing more than just grades signifying curricular mastery.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Lessons from lockdown one

The emotional pressures working parents face will ramp up as another phase of remote learning looms.

Claire Tanner Lecturer, Sociology

The emotional pressures working parents face will ramp up as another phase of remote learning looms.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Connection, or curse?

For the chronically ill, digital technologies enable comforting social interactions – but they come with their dangers.

Alan Petersen Professor of Sociology

For the chronically ill, digital technologies enable comforting social interactions – but they come with their dangers.

Better Governance And Policy

Better Governance And Policy

Recreating the energy market

Energy is an essential service, but is it accessible, equitable and affordable for consumers?

Ron Ben-David Professorial Fellow, Business and Economics Faculty Office

Energy is an essential service, but is it accessible, equitable and affordable for consumers?

Podcast: Masculinity

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Masculinity

Episode 21: Who's a Good Boy

On this episode, we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Brittany Ralph PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences.

On this episode, we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Singing the same tune

The Australian government can’t afford to neglect music and arts as an important tool in the classroom.

Renee Crawford Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education

The Australian government can’t afford to neglect music and arts as an important tool in the classroom.

The latest commentary and opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic from Monash University's leading academics. How the coronavirus is developing, the geopolitical implications, impact on society, how mobile technology is helping track COVID-19 and the impact to supply chains plus more. Read more on Monash Lens.

Watch ... and learn

The recent international shift to remote learning has resulted in greater reliance on instructional videos, but it's important these are integrated with learning activities.

Matthew Fyfield PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education

The recent international shift to remote learning has resulted in greater reliance on instructional videos, but it's important these are integrated with learning activities.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

COVID-19 lockdown life

It's time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restriction may just be a part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

It's time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restriction may just be a part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Holy JobKeeper! Is that allowed?

Priests receiving payments under the federal government's wage subsidy scheme is almost certainly unconstitutional – but unlikely to be challenged.

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Priests receiving payments under the federal government's wage subsidy scheme is almost certainly unconstitutional – but unlikely to be challenged.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Changing the conversation

Young adults talk about food as good and bad, but health professionals should move away from the focus on shame, guilt and fear around food and nutrition.

Annika Molenaar Research Officer, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food

Young adults talk about food as good and bad, but health professionals should move away from the focus on shame, guilt and fear around food and nutrition.

Politics and society

The latest insights, research and commentary on politics and society across the globe by Monash University academics and industry experts.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Remembering Morricone

As long as Cat Hope has thought about music, she's been listening to the work of Ennio Morricone, who's died aged 91.

Cat Hope Professor of Music, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

As long as Cat Hope has thought about music, she's been listening to the work of Ennio Morricone, who's died aged 91.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Tuning into COVID-19

Screen time: What we’re watching, what we’re creating, and the iconography that's coming to define the COVID-19 pandemic.

Julia Vassilieva Senior Lecturer, Film and Screen Studies

Screen time: What we’re watching, what we’re creating, and the iconography that's coming to define the COVID-19 pandemic.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

The millennial bug?

Depicted as selfish and reckless, people in their 20s and 30s have been blamed for spreading COVID-19, but perpetuating negative stereotypes of a selfish generation is wrong and disingenuous.

Steven Roberts Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences

Depicted as selfish and reckless, people in their 20s and 30s have been blamed for spreading COVID-19, but perpetuating negative stereotypes of a selfish generation is wrong and disingenuous.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Connection, or curse?

For the chronically ill, digital technologies enable comforting social interactions – but they come with their dangers.

Alan Petersen Professor of Sociology

For the chronically ill, digital technologies enable comforting social interactions – but they come with their dangers.

What Happens Next? podcast

What Happens Next?, a new podcast from Monash University, explores the biggest challenges facing the world today. Academic, commentator Dr Susan Carland dives deep into vital issues including modern slavery, the global waste crisis and the rise of online right-wing extremism. Learn from experts, listen to the people making a difference.

What Happens Next? podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? podcast

#WHNPodcast

A new podcast hosted by Dr Susan Carland.

Susan Carland Director, Bachelor of Global Studies

A new podcast hosted by Dr Susan Carland.

Podcast: Masculinity

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Masculinity

Episode 21: Who's a Good Boy

On this episode, we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Brittany Ralph PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences.

On this episode, we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Podcast: Masculinity

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Masculinity

Episode 20: Nice Guise

On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Steven Roberts Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences

On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective – how masculinity is changing, and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour.

Podcast: Masculinity

What Happens Next? Podcast

What Happens Next? Podcast

Podcast: Masculinity

Episode 19: It's a Man's World

We’re tackling a new topic on this episode of Monash podcast, What Happens Next?, looking at masculinity, and how its negative forms can be as damaging to men as women.

Susan Carland Director, Bachelor of Global Studies

We’re tackling a new topic on this episode of Monash podcast, What Happens Next?, looking at masculinity, and how its negative forms can be as damaging to men as women.

Medicine and health

The latest medicine and health insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

Protecting transplant patients

Combating a virus that can cause disease and life-threatening transplant complications is the focus of Eureka Prize-winning research.

Mariapia Degli-Esposti Professor (Research), Microbiology

Combating a virus that can cause disease and life-threatening transplant complications is the focus of Eureka Prize-winning research.

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

The thing about masks ...

As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so, too, does the importance of wearing masks – but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

As rates of COVID-19 community transmission in Victoria increase, so, too, does the importance of wearing masks – but they're not the silver bullet in the fight against the disease.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

COVID-19 lockdown life

It's time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restriction may just be a part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

It's time to accept that moving in and out of various levels of restriction may just be a part of life as we know it in 2020, and likely 2021.

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

Striking the balance

We need to look at the issue from a patient perspective. What can we be doing to support patients and safely manage their pain with opioids post-surgery.

Tim Tran Pharmacist, Austin Hospital; PhD Candidate, Monash Centre for Medicine Use and Safety

We need to look at the issue from a patient perspective. What can we be doing to support patients and safely manage their pain with opioids post-surgery.

The latest views, commentary and research on education across the globe.

Creating 'pandemic-resilient' schools

The COVID-19 crisis highlights educational systems’ ethical responsibility in providing more than just grades signifying curricular mastery.

Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh Lecturer, Educational Assessment and Ethics, Faculty of Education

The COVID-19 crisis highlights educational systems’ ethical responsibility in providing more than just grades signifying curricular mastery.

Singing the same tune

The Australian government can’t afford to neglect music and arts as an important tool in the classroom.

Renee Crawford Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education

The Australian government can’t afford to neglect music and arts as an important tool in the classroom.

Watch ... and learn

The recent international shift to remote learning has resulted in greater reliance on instructional videos, but it's important these are integrated with learning activities.

Matthew Fyfield PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education

The recent international shift to remote learning has resulted in greater reliance on instructional videos, but it's important these are integrated with learning activities.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Funding rejig 'unfortunate and misplaced'

The federal government’s changes to university funding, making some arts and humanities courses more than twice as expensive, is misguided.

Sharon Pickering Professor of Criminology, Dean of Arts

The federal government’s changes to university funding, making some arts and humanities courses more than twice as expensive, is misguided.

Expert commentary and insights from Monash University academics and researchers on the latest science research and discoveries.

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

Meet the ancestors

A breakthrough discovery in a South African cave proves three species of human ancestors lived in the same place at the same time.

Justin Adams Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Developmental Biology, BDI

A breakthrough discovery in a South African cave proves three species of human ancestors lived in the same place at the same time.

Finding order among the chaos

The COVID-19 crisis has provided an opportunity to test investment tools devised to take into account the long-term impact of climate change on markets.

Hasan Fallahgoul Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics

The COVID-19 crisis has provided an opportunity to test investment tools devised to take into account the long-term impact of climate change on markets.

Fuel for thought

Sustainably-produced ammonia may eventually replace fossil fuels for most of our energy needs.

Doug MacFarlane Professor of Chemistry

Sustainably-produced ammonia may eventually replace fossil fuels for most of our energy needs.

Universal truths

Most people don't realise that the stars are the reason for our existence, and we're learning more about them all the time.

Simon Campbell ARC Future Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy

Most people don't realise that the stars are the reason for our existence, and we're learning more about them all the time.

Business and economy

The latest business and economy views, commentary and research told by Monash academics and thought-leaders.

Business and economy

Business And Economy

Business And Economy

Business and economy

The struggles for small business

Without policies to address the core needs of small business, Victoria's second wave of COVID-19 restrictions will be a killer blow.

John Vaz Senior Lecturer, Banking and Finance

Without policies to address the core needs of small business, Victoria's second wave of COVID-19 restrictions will be a killer blow.

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

The flaws in sexual harassment laws

Unlike workplace safety laws, there's nothing in place that requires employers to take action to identify the risk of sexual harassment.

Dominique Allen Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School

Unlike workplace safety laws, there's nothing in place that requires employers to take action to identify the risk of sexual harassment.

Business And Economy

Business And Economy

The pink-tinged recession

The mental health of young women is far more sensitive to unemployment than the mental health of young men.

Angela Jackson PhD Candidate, Centre for Health Economics

The mental health of young women is far more sensitive to unemployment than the mental health of young men.

Finding order among the chaos

The COVID-19 crisis has provided an opportunity to test investment tools devised to take into account the long-term impact of climate change on markets.

Hasan Fallahgoul Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics

The COVID-19 crisis has provided an opportunity to test investment tools devised to take into account the long-term impact of climate change on markets.

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