Long-term youth unemployment triples in six years: study
By Kylar Loussikian, The Conversation
More than 50,000 young people have been unemployed for more than a year, with the average length of unemployment almost...
Keeping kids in school is not as simple as carrots and sticks
By Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology and Marianne Fenech
The OECD’s 2009 Jobs for Youth report, released on the heels of the global...
Rejuvinating stem cells could repair muscle in diseases like muscular dystrophyRejuvinating stem cells could...
By Michael Rudnicki, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Skeletal muscle is the tissue that makes our bodies move in a voluntary way, so we can walk,...
From ancient China to an Italian chick flick: the story behind Venice’s love lock...
By Catherine Kovesi, University of Melbourne
“If you love somebody, set them free” sang Sting in 1985. Few would argue with that sentiment. Yet for...
It’s not fair! How the human equality condition can hold some people back
By John McGowan, Canterbury Christ Church University
When you have more than one child, the importance of fairness seems to trump all other considerations, including...
Literature is way too snobby, so say goodbye to Guilty Pleasures
By Claire McGowan, City University London
Our Guilty Pleasures series featured literature academics writing about their guilty summer reads. Claire McGowan rounds it off by...
You wouldn’t want an unqualified doctor or lawyer … so why are untrained teachers...
By Jacqueline Baxter, The Open University
In many ways it’s incredible that in 2014 there is still a debate about whether teachers should be qualified...
126,000 reasons why the Emma Watson hoax isn’t all bad news
By Evita March, Federation University Australia
In less than a week since actor Emma Watson’s stirring United Nations speech on gender inequality, two big things...
