A new exhibition drawing on material from the University of Melbourne Archives about protest movements in Australia from the 1960s to the 80s was launched recently by Germaine Greer.  By Katherine Smith.

Commerce and Politics student Christopher Weinberg recently attended the Collegiate Presidential Inaugural Conference in Washington DC. He reflects on witnessing President Obama’s inauguration for the second time. He was there also in 2009.

Each year thousands of asylum-seekers try to settle in Australia. Most are fleeing persecution because of their race, religion or lifestyle. They’re looking for something simple yet sometimes elusive: a fresh start. Ryan Sheales reports on their struggles and triumphs.

Soon after completing a gruelling inquiry into media ethics in the UK, senior judge Lord Brian Leveson used a University of Melbourne presentation to spark discussion on what he sees as the ‘next frontier’ in media regulation. By Ryan Sheales.

We’re often advised to go with our ‘gut feeling’. But a new study into ‘unconscious bias’ shows we need to slow our thinking down, and strike a balance between responding to what we feel, and analysing why we feel it. That’s especially true when it comes to stereotypes of male and female competencies. Anna Genat is a PhD Candidate in the Centre for Ethical Leadership at the Melbourne Business School. This is an edited extract of a report she co-authored with the Centre’s Director, Professor Robert Wood.

The voices of children are not often heard in archival collections. In an edited extract from a recent essay, University of Melbourne Principal Archivist Helen McLaughlin explores their views, voiced through documents kept in various collections of the University of Melbourne Archives.