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Banking royal commission: action on criminality must be swift

There needs to be a swift determination of the criminality of banks and senior individuals in the wake of the royal commission.

Liz Campbell Francine McNiff Chair in Criminal Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law

There needs to be a swift determination of the criminality of banks and senior individuals in the wake of the royal commission.

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January 26: Reimagining Australia Day

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

Brian Martin Associate Dean (Indigenous), MADA

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

A Different Lens

Australian identity: What does it mean to you?

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Education

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Education

The future of EdTech in schools? Just look at what they're doing in China

We should move beyond Western media reports about the country's "creepy" AI education technologies and look closer to home.

Neil Selwyn Professor, Faculty of Education

We should move beyond Western media reports about the country's "creepy" AI education technologies and look closer to home.

Politics and society

Liam Brady

Politics and society

An outdoor gallery that began in the Ice Age

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Liam Brady Senior Lecturer, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

A Different Lens

Youthquake - A Different Lens (Generation Series)

Is there a new 'youthquake' generation on the rise. They’re politically active, socially aware and determined to achieve a better, fairer society. But is it just a digital media-fed illusion? Are those new tools really working for them to understand and change the altruistic, consumer-driven world around them?

Brady Robards Senior Lecturer, Sociology

Is there a new 'youthquake' generation on the rise. They’re politically active, socially aware and determined to achieve a better, fairer society. But is it just a digital media-fed illusion? Are those new tools really working for them to understand and change the altruistic, consumer-driven world around them?

A Different Lens

The future of work - A Different Lens (Generation Series)

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

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Educating the digital generation - A Different Lens (Generation Series)

What does the tech effect mean for education? We take a deeper look at the way digital natives are impacting change in the learning environment. A Different Lens investigates.

Susan Elliot Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education)

What does the tech effect mean for education? We take a deeper look at the way digital natives are impacting change in the learning environment. A Different Lens investigates.

Global Leaders' Week

Environment

Global Leaders' Week

A commitment to a sustainable future

Monash is playing a leading role in the push to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Monash University

Monash is playing a leading role in the push to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Global Leaders' Week

Understanding AI: it’s speed and algorithms, not magic

The challenge is to integrate AI into our society just like we’ve done with other valuable but dangerous technologies in the past, like electricity and cars.

Jon Whittle Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Faculty of Information Technology

The challenge is to integrate AI into our society just like we’ve done with other valuable but dangerous technologies in the past, like electricity and cars.

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Generation entrepreneur - A Different Lens (Generation Series)

A Different Lens Generation Series looks at the new wave of young entrepreneurs and how this may change our workplaces forever?

Ian Smith Professor, Vice-Provost (Res & Res Infrastructure)

A Different Lens Generation Series looks at the new wave of young entrepreneurs and how this may change our workplaces forever?

A Different Lens

Beating the superbugs - Episode 10: A Different Lens

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode

Jeremy Barr Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode

Medicine and health

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Medicine and health

Antibiotic resistant superbugs - the endless quest

Associate Professor Boyce is part of an international team about to begin a new five-year investigation into the superbug, its antibiotic resistance mechanisms and also novel (new) treatments for infection.

John Boyce Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

Associate Professor Boyce is part of an international team about to begin a new five-year investigation into the superbug, its antibiotic resistance mechanisms and also novel (new) treatments for infection.