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Planning for the Future
As we continue to confront, challenge and overcome the shock waves, disruption and uncertainty resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to drive measures that will help with the roadmap to recovery and build more resilient communities into the future.
The Impact Social Media is Having on You: Online & Offline
Eleanor’s discussion paper features a snapshot of the research findings from her Honours thesis that assessed the impact of social media use and personality. Given the surge in reliance on social media platforms to assist with social distancing measures, Eleanor’s research aims to spark reflection on our current understandings of the association between personality factors and their impact on problematic social media use.
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Knowledge and Tools for Online Learning
The following contribution to the Thought Leadership Series is brought to us by Dr Walter Barbieri.
Burning Glass Technologies
In a period of rapid technological change the mix of skills required to be agile in an ever-evolving employment market are similarly undergoing commensurate change.
Embracing Change
One of the most important and potentially positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been our individual and collective capacity to re-examine or focus on our health and wellbeing.
Leading Through Cultural Change: Interview with Mark Stone
Leadership plays a pivotal role in the way a team functions.
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The role of professional development to support wellbeing amongst Veterinarians
Large volumes of research surrounding issues facing veterinarians are available with most reflecting high suicidality, stress and burnout in the profession. An increasing body of work is the emergence of measures and positive effects pertaining to performance and wellbeing.
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COVID-19 and its impact on schooling, teaching and student wellbeing
The Stretton Institute webinar on COVID-19 and its impact on schooling, teaching and student wellbeing brought together a panel of experts to discuss the unprecedented disruptions caused by the pandemic to schools and schooling in Australia and globally. It addressed a wide range of issues including the impact of COVID-19 on educational outcomes and student wellbeing, teachers’ professional practice, teacher wellbeing and the teaching profession more broadly. This webinar also addressed the impact on families, school culture and policy.
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Leading Teams in Times of Transition
Teams look to their leaders for direction and support and here’s how you can make sure you are ready.
The Roadmap to Recovery
As we approach the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, or as commonly referred to by the Australian Government, ‘the roadmap to recovery’, it is an opportune time to consider our society and the economy, of and for, the future. Whether via conversations with our peers, communication with our families, information from the media, or in our research and education, we have all fundamentally re-evaluated our values and lives in the context of our recent isolation.
