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Education

Marilyn Fleer Professor (Research), Early Years Education

A grand Plan for inclusive education

A collaborative project in Vietnam is benefiting children – particularly girls – of the Bahnar ethnic group.

A collaborative project in Vietnam is benefiting children – particularly girls – of the Bahnar ethnic group.

Preserving Indigenous languages

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

Business

Business

Music production platform a game-changer

From Duran Duran music videos to corporate films, two Monash marketing graduates have revolutionised the global video production business.

From Duran Duran music videos to corporate films, two Monash marketing graduates have revolutionised the global video production business.

Leader of the pharmaceutical pack

Thomas Ko is spearheading innovative technology that takes injectable medicines and transforms them into pills.

Thomas Ko is spearheading innovative technology that takes injectable medicines and transforms them into pills.

Met at Monash

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships continue to be forged at Monash.

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships continue to be forged at Monash.

A reckoning with history

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

A sculptured life

A career in the arts can be a gamble. James Parrett reveals what does it take to be a full-time sculptor.

A career in the arts can be a gamble. James Parrett reveals what does it take to be a full-time sculptor.

Faith Gordon Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Youth justice shame

The Australian government has been criticised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for its youth justice failures and the rise of children with mental health issues.

The Australian government has been criticised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for its youth justice failures and the rise of children with mental health issues.

Ben Eltham Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies

A high point for arts funding?

More money is being invested in the arts, but per-person funding is down, and the federal government's contribution is exposed, according to cultural think tank A New Approach.

More money is being invested in the arts, but per-person funding is down, and the federal government's contribution is exposed, according to cultural think tank A New Approach.

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Rhonda Garad Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation

Where are all the female leaders?

They account for more than 50 per cent of medical graduates, but women still face stiff opposition rising to the top of their profession.

They account for more than 50 per cent of medical graduates, but women still face stiff opposition rising to the top of their profession.

Bill Birnbauer Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism

Democracy's detectives

Despite its high cost, many newsrooms have retained their investigative teams while cutting editors, photographers, artists and general reporting staff.

Despite its high cost, many newsrooms have retained their investigative teams while cutting editors, photographers, artists and general reporting staff.

Education

Ruth Jeanes Associate Professor, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education

eSports in schools: Let the games begin

Interest is growing in the possible teaching and learning applications of eSports across all areas of the curriculum.

Interest is growing in the possible teaching and learning applications of eSports across all areas of the curriculum.

Ben Wellings Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Arts

Who's in charge of Britain?

Is there still such a thing as “the British people” in the singular? The deep divisions on Brexit highlight a case of the revolution eating itself.

Is there still such a thing as “the British people” in the singular? The deep divisions on Brexit highlight a case of the revolution eating itself.

Environment

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Environment

What lies beneath

The fires in the Amazon are already a major threat to the environment, and a potentially bigger disaster awaits below the ground. Could we reach the tipping point for climate change?

Paul Read Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

The fires in the Amazon are already a major threat to the environment, and a potentially bigger disaster awaits below the ground. Could we reach the tipping point for climate change?

Rod Glover Interim Director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI)

Reinventing how the public service works

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Paul Grabowsky Executive Director of the Monash Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA)

Art and soul

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Performance art gives voice to our sense of what it means to belong; our identity and cultural evolution.

Leanne Weber Associate Professor of Criminology

The crimes of obedience

What conditions give rise to so many people effectively consenting to large-scale harm within a democracy?

What conditions give rise to so many people effectively consenting to large-scale harm within a democracy?

Christina Twomey Professor of History, and Head of School for the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies.

PTSD: The battle after the war

The recognition of post-traumatic stress disorder has played a part in the resurgence in the popularity of Anzac Day, But, even now, returned soldiers don't receive enough support.

The recognition of post-traumatic stress disorder has played a part in the resurgence in the popularity of Anzac Day, But, even now, returned soldiers don't receive enough support.