While many people see Gen Z as notorious chasers of fame and status, our research shows that the top motivators… If you read a headline saying that 80% of people in a particular career or industry reported having high satisfaction… As parents, it’s natural to want your child to balance their leisure activities with their […]

Parents, you can (kind of) breathe a sigh of relief. The notorious Andrew ‘King of Toxic Masculinity’ Tate has finally been kicked off YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Yep, after several weeks of the 35-year-old former kickboxer’s “violently misogynistic, homophobic videos” videos circulating on social media – he’s been banned and they’ve been taken down. […]

As traditional means to wealth such as stable pay rises and sky rocketing property values vanish for young people, more Gen Zs are getting creative with their long-term strategies for obtaining wealth. “This generation has a lot of concerns about debt and finances… and feel that everything financial is harder for them than it was […]

Let’s just make this clear first and foremost. We at Year13 firmly believe beauty and wellbeing comes in all shapes and sizes. Nevertheless, there may be reasons why your teen might be keen on dropping a few kilos. For example, they might want or need to improve their physical health. But trying to lose weight […]

When US teen pop sensation Olivia Rodriguez’s single “Good 4 U” was released in May this year, millennials around the world collectively did a double-take. “100% rip off of Paramore,” wrote one user in a comment on Celeste Nicole’s TikTok video which satirised the similarities between Rodrigo’s number one hit with 2000s American rock band Paramore’s […]

Ah, Year 12. Pressure, excitement, bittersweetness. For what’s already an emotional and defining year, the tornado that is COVID-19 flipped the Class of 2020 upside down. To find out how career dreams have been affected, Year13’s YouthSense research team surveyed over 2000 year 12 students from metropolitan, regional and rural Australia as part of our Coronavirus […]

It might be odd-looking to some but Gen Zs are totally comfortable calling out to the open air and expecting an inanimate object to hear and respond to them. They’ll be scrolling on their phone, tapping their wireless earphones while asking a question to their voice assistant. That’s the future – talking to things. And while their debuts might’ve […]

Why am I learning this? When will I ever use this in real life?  Why do I bother? If you … The debate is on: should 9-3 school hours change? In one camp, what’s argued is that this traditional school day …

It’s a fact – higher education has never been so accessible for young Australians. But the smorgasbord of degrees, qualifications, … Decades of research have helped us formulate effective strategies for studying. Don’t cram. Plan ahead. Set goals.  Find your study …

Abuse and discrimination come in many forms. We broke it down into 10 major categories and then asked 1367 Gen Zs aged 15 to 24 in our national Big Youth survey which they had experienced in the past year. We found that 64% of young Australians have experienced one or more of these in the […]