HSC exams matter – but not for the reasons you think

Telling students not to worry too much about HSC results only works if we can also explain what it is about it that actually matters, writes Matthew Beard.

How to respectfully disagree

At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, The Ethics Centre’s interactive art installation asked, what do you wish we could talk more about? One respondent asked how we can “stop shutting down other people’s arguments.” In response, Simon Longstaff explains what’s wrong with our current style of argument.

The twin foundations of leadership

It's easy to attend a ‘leadership’ workshop, but harder to invest into its development. It’s time we stopped talking the talk and walk the walk instead.