Susie O’Brien

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Kids News: ‘Manosphere’ driving spike in sexist behaviour in schools

Jul 30, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Susie O’Brien |Julie Cross |Susie O'Brien

redREADING LEVEL: REDFemale students at schools around the country have reported feeling unsafe around male students due to sexist* talk being spread by online influencers. The rise of the “manosphere*” – online content created by misogynistic* influencers that encourage boys to be sexist towards girls – has led to verbal and physical abuse in schools.
Kids News: NASA space camp collapse leaves Australian families out of pocket

Jun 19, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Susie O’Brien |Rebecca Borg |Susie O'Brien

READING LEVEL: ORANGE Dozens of Australian families have been affected by the sudden collapse of yet another space camp tour company, leaving parents up to $13,000 out of pocket. This time, students from Melbourne’s Korowa Anglican Girls’ School have been impacted by the collapse of space camp provider Actura Australia going into liquidation* on June 14.
Social media use linked to rise in teen mental health crisis

May 18, 2024 | couriermail.com.au | Julie Cross |Cydonee Mardon |Susie O’Brien |Susie O'Brien

Tilly Rosewarne was “a ball of joy” with a “very big giggle”. Courtney Love enjoyed drawing and playing soccer. Allem Halkic was planning to travel during a gap year. Jessie Tolhurst wanted to be a zookeeper. James Boyd-Gergely loved riding his motorbike on the farm. Rohan Cosgriff was a “skilled footballer” and a “kind and beautiful boy”. Esra Haynes was “one in a million” and an aerobics state champion. Cassidy Trevan was ”caring” and loved her five little dogs.
Rating schoolgirls part of the toxic violence women face: Opinion

May 8, 2024 | educationreview.com.au | Susie O’Brien

Home | In The Classroom | Health+Wellbeing | Rating schoolgirls part of the toxic violence women face: Opinion in Health+Wellbeing, Opinion, Top Stories This story discusses sexual harassment, sexual assault and violence against women. Please reach out to 1800 737 732 if you need support. Please login below to view content or subscribe now. Username or Email: Password: Remember Me...
Going “Black to the Future”

Apr 4, 2024 | daily.jstor.org | Aissa Dearing |Susie O’Brien |Cheryl Lousley |Belinda Deneen Wallace

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. With growing pressure to act in the face of the anthropogenic climate crisis, notions of time and urgency have gained renewed importance.
Vic’s Haileybury College shocks community as rowing cancelled

Aug 24, 2023 | kidsnews.com.au | Susie O’Brien

A leading private school in Victoria has cancelled its rowing program, sending students and their parents into a spin. Haileybury College wrote a letter to parents to inform them the school’s rowing program would finish up by the end of 2025 because less students were participating in the expensive sport.
Susie O’Brien: Why not celebrate a Matildas World Cup win with a day off?

Aug 14, 2023 | codesports.com.au | Susie O’Brien

Victoria has a public holiday for a horse race that no longer stops a nation. We’ve got one for a parade on the day before the AFL grand final, but not the actual game itself. One for a royal birthday that isn’t even the monarch’s actual birthday. And we’ve got one for a national day that’s become divisive rather than inclusive. So why not celebrate a Matildas World Cup win with a day off?
Kids News: Visa laws add to schoolteacher shortages, force overseas staff to work on farms

Jun 5, 2023 | kidsnews.com.au | Susie O’Brien |Toni Hetherington

If you’ve noticed a shortage of teachers at your school, an Australian law that forces some of them to work on farms could be to blame. Teachers from overseas are being made to stop teaching in Australian classrooms and help farmers pick fruit and vegetables instead. Many experienced, fully trained teachers here on working holiday visas* must do 88 days of agricultural* labour* to be allowed to stay and work for a second year in Australia.
Opinion | McMaster fossil fuel divestment fight not over yet

Mar 31, 2023 | thespec.com | Susie O’Brien |Don Wells |Ruth Frager

On Monday, March 20, five McMaster students, members of the group MacDivest, began a hunger strike, to press the university to end its investment in fossil fuels and cancel plans to bring CO2-emitting gas generators on line. The university’s prompt and careful response to the hunger strike — doing daily mental and physical health checks on the students with an emergency response team standing by — is striking in its contrast to its response to the climate emergency.