Library Blog - July 2024
News
This month there's plenty of policy and research news, as different stakeholders present their views on inequality and it's intersections.
Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?
Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?
The cost of care
Coming to the parity
Our road to destructive inequality
Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?
Cost of living: if you can’t afford as much fresh produce, are canned veggies or frozen fruit just as good?
Our quality of life under threat from the meanness of politicians
Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered
‘Everybody has not won’: trickle-down economics was an idiotic idea. How do we fix the inequality it causes?
Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets
Coming to the parity
Our road to destructive inequality
Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?
Cost of living: if you can’t afford as much fresh produce, are canned veggies or frozen fruit just as good?
Our quality of life under threat from the meanness of politicians
Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered
‘Everybody has not won’: trickle-down economics was an idiotic idea. How do we fix the inequality it causes?
Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets
Journals
Academic journals provide a platform for research articles by specialists (academics or practicing professionals) within a discipline to present, scrutinise and discuss research. Recent Journal issues from some of the major publishers are provided below, as an opportunity to inform colleagues about new content.
This month there are new issues of:
This month there are new issues of:
Australian Journal of Social Issues
UNSW Law Journal
Evaluation Review
Journal of Social Inclusion Studies
Information Visualization
Sociological Research Online
The Leadership Quarterly
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Global Studies of Childhood
UNSW Law Journal
Evaluation Review
Journal of Social Inclusion Studies
Information Visualization
Sociological Research Online
The Leadership Quarterly
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Global Studies of Childhood
Podcasts
This month check out Per Capita's regular podcast series Burning Platforms An expose into the power of big tech and AI, and what it means for us.
Also this month, Emerging Minds has a podcast on Nurturing the Wellbeing of Aboriginal Youth.
And the 2024 Hugh Stretton Oration is now avaliable to view.
Events
Tuesday 13 August - Wednesday 14 August 2024, Adelaide Convention Centre
NFP pricing $1000
VET National Teaching & Learning Conference
Thursday 15th and Friday 16th of August 2024, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
VET National Teaching & Learning Conference
Thursday 15th and Friday 16th of August 2024, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
$660