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It’s safe to say that Day 4 of the 2025 National Union of Students Education Conference didn’t go quietly. In fact, it ended with a bang, a pow and a flourish – courtesy of one of the more contentious plenaries of the week. Stephen Donnelly, founder of the Dunn
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Another two plenaries eclipsed Day 3 of the Education Conference. The first was on Diversity in Education by the Women’s Officer Ellie Venning – whose motivation was to highlight the segregation of university courses through a panel which included Jade Poulton (ANU Women’s Officer), Libby Austin (NX General Executive,
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First Plenary: What’s wrong with our universities and what can we do about it? Day 2 of the Education Conference opened on a calmer note than the day before. Maybe it was Canberra’s icy night air, helping clear heads. Maybe it was because former student and long-time activist
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A summary of events from the first plenary: Introduction to EdCon. More to come! The chaos that erupted in the first plenary of Day One at the 2025 National Union of Students’ Education Conference (EdCon) was, perhaps, not surprising. However lacking in information regarding the development of the EdCon events,
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Megan Guy, WUSA Education Officer, member of Students for Palestine Students for Palestine have called protests around the country to fight the normalisation of Trump’s America by the Albanese government. As part of this, there will be a protest in Crown st Mall at 2pm on May 24th. #1
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Election year budgets are usually packed with goodies to entice voters, and this year was no exception. GP visits might not break the bank,and PBS medications are going to be capped at twenty-five dollars per script. The government’s biggest bombshell came in the form of another tax cut
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Media Centre for Education Research Australia says that kids in school aren’t telling their parents about their experiences around bullying. Recent data as part of News Corp's 2025 Great Australian Parent Survey says that 50% of parents report that their child has suffered due to bullying before
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On the 4th of September 2024, UOW students held the university’s first Student General Meeting for Palestine liberation. In preparation for this historic event, students posted videos, handed out flyers and put up banners to spread the news of the SGM. At 2:30pm, around 150 students, too many
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MERRIGONGX Theatre Company presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen from the 8th to 10th of August at the IPAC. See the end of the article for information on tickets. Singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Joshua Hinton retells stories, passed down through generations and around the globe whilst cooking a loved
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After the very intense plenary, we had three separate workshops which we could choose from. I attended the ‘We got ‘Paid’ placements, no what?’ workshop. The speaker started by giving us a recap of what has been going on with paid placements. She stated that there have been shortages since
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On Day 2 of Edcon, we started with the plenary from the welfare office where we discussed issues such as the food insecurity among students, accommodation and student life on campuses more broadly. The first question posed to the panel was, ‘how can our councils support students to address food
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Every year, students from different universities around Australia, members of the National Union of Students (NUS), get together at a conference for several days to discuss, debate and learn about student politics and the direction of student life. The Education Conference this year is taking place at Curtin University in