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Many of us are now adapting to studying online from home. For those of us with families, there are extra challenges that might lead to a few ripping-our-hair-out moments. Save yourself the stress – and the bald patches – by applying some of
- Author: Hannah Gray
- Date: 16 April 2020
- Study Area: Society and Culture
People all over the world are engaging in self-isolation. This means adapting to operating from home. Don’t panic! We have some tips that can keep you crushing it during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Author: Hannah Gray
- Date: 3 April 2020
- College: College of Healthcare Sciences
Boring. Indecipherable. Irrelevant. Three words that secondary and tertiary educators the world over battle as soon as they set their stage in fair Verona and get halfway through the name of the world’s most famous playwright and poet.
- Date: 15 August 2019
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences
- College: College of Arts, Society and Education
With his journey from stage to school to study and back paved with dramatic theatre, JCU Honours Student Todd Barty is taking a creative look at Australian Gothic and Magical Realism in theatre.
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 8 March 2022
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences; Society and Culture
Senior tourism lecturer Dr Denis Tolkach tells us more about what ‘Flights to Nowhere’ are, why some people do stupid things when on holiday and how difficult it is to produce travel research videos for YouTube.
- Author: Bianca de Loryn
- Date: 5 July 2022
- Study Area: Tourism; Tourism Management
The move to online education for many school students around the country has presented a number of equity and logistical challenges for teachers, parents, and children. For International Literacy Day, JCU Associate Professor of Education Jennifer
- Author: Stephanie Schierhuber
- Date: 8 September 2020
- Study Area: Teaching and Education
Hip-hop and Shakespeare. The comparisons have been made before, but the connection goes deeper than you might realise.
- Date: 5 August 2019
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences
- College: College of Arts, Society and Education
Dr Jessica Oliva, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at JCU, tells us how cat and dog owners have weathered the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, and how pets coped when their owners could suddenly go out again after the lockdowns eased.
- Author: Bianca de Loryn
- Date: 18 October 2022
- Study Area: Psychology
In Papua New Guinea, the most linguistically diverse area of the world, only a few of its approximately 900 languages are likely to survive into the next century.
- Author: Bethany Keats
- Date: 9 March 2018
- Study Area: Society and Culture; Arts and Social Sciences
This World Teachers’ Day on 29 October we celebrate and thank our teachers for the difference they make in students’ lives. Courtney Hawkins, who studied a Bachelor of Education (Primary) at JCU and is now a Year Six teacher at Pimpama State
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 28 October 2021
- Study Area: Teaching and Education
Every year on 12 July, we celebrate Malala Day in recognition of the fight to make education accessible to all. But Malala, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize says that “Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every
- Author: Tianna Killoran
- Date: 12 July 2021
- Study Area: Teaching and Education
The cancellation of travel plans and the introduction of restrictions due to COVID-19 has left the tourism and hospitality industry grappling with rapidly changing circumstances.
- Author: Stephanie Schierhuber
- Date: 25 September 2020
- Study Area: Tourism
Ten years ago, James Cook University’s Vice Chancellor and President, Professor Sandra Harding AO initiated a data analysis project to answer the question: Is life in the Tropics getting better? Soon, the project was supported by university and
- Author: Hannah Gray
- Date: 30 June 2021
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences; Information Technology|Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Every year, thousands of African women migrate with their families to Australia in pursuit of a better life. Starting their own small businesses can be a way for them to overcome employment and education challenges and build a brighter future.
- Date: 16 March 2020
- Study Area: Arts and Social Sciences
As NAIDOC Week 2020 begins, Elders Gracie Smallwood, Dorothy Savage, and Leo Akee share their insights into the importance of celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture not just during one week, but every day.
- Author: Hannah Gray
- Date: 8 November 2020
- Study Area: Society and Culture