If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT yet, you’ve probably been living under a rock. A very, very dense rock. Probably with sound cancellation. But in case you haven’t heard, the controversial, ground-breaking new technology ChatGPT has been making headlines namely for the AI bot’s uncanny ability to produce seemingly any kind of text from a […]
So your child says they’re ready to start looking for their first job (cries in proud parent). And that means it’s time to write their first resume. In case it’s been a while since you’ve written one of your own, resumes are a written summary of skills, qualifications and work-related experience. They’re an important tool […]
Bullying has evolved as our technology has evolved. Name-calling and wedgies have now given way for the ability to bully someone without ever even laying a hand on them or saying a word to their face. Just scratching the surface of what’s possible, bullies can send hurtful messages, spread rumours online, share humiliating ‘shopped images and doctored videos […]
Watching mind-numbing ads was an inescapable part of 90s life. Unless you were organised with the VHS tape recorder, which let’s be honest most of us weren’t, then your average evening slouched in front of the box meant a conga line of advertisements. Without a trusty phone to distract you, you’d sit their eyes glazed […]
Imagine when you were in high school if you came into class one day wanting to know about why traffic jams happen or how Bitcoin works and you could just learn about that for the day. What if instead of being just one student in a sea of faces, that you had your own private […]
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Remember swings? Seesaws? Carousels (those playground spinny things)? Well, it may sadden you to know that all three are now officially banned in Australian public schools. You might be asking yourself, um, what’s the deal?! Well, while the seemingly harmless playground favourites might conjure some pretty sentimental memories from our childhood, studies show they’re actually […]
It’s incredible watching corporate giants like Pepsi and United Airlines fumble their way through 2017. Both companies have recently shown epic examples of how to make young people despise a brand. Their PR disasters show just how important it is for brands to be constantly taking stock of how they are perceived by the next […]
The world is focusing on new, shiny communication tools like Instagram and TikTok, but ye ol’ email is actualy still at the core of young people’s lives. Don’t wave off the 50-something-year-old tool yet because our What Gen Z Actually Do Online report found that emails are Gen Z’s most preferred communication method with businesses (38%), […]
In February 2021, Chanel Contos polled her Instagram followers asking if they – or someone close to them – had been sexually harassed or assaulted while they were at school. And boy, did it blow up. In less than 24 hours, more than 200 of her young followers (73% of the poll’s respondents) said yes. […]
A male nurse is a lazy Hollywood gag that gets a shamefully cheap laugh out of all of us. Meet the Parents used it to devastating effect when Ben Stiller’s character’s former CIA agent father-in-law played by Robert de Niro questions his choice of profession. This awkward exchange at the breakfast table in the clip […]
What better way to start 2023 than with a teaser of the top industries hiring Gen Zs in Australia over … A new online learning platform has been launched to help school leavers and young Australians to be aware of and …
So your child’s managed to land their first job. Woohoo! Now, while this is an exciting new adventure, it can … There’s never been a better time to get into tech. Figures just released by the Tech Council show the overall … When we discuss young people’s career development, we (rightly) focus on areas such […]
Yeah, we know. The question sounds like a broken record at this point. An argument (almost) as old as time. But as more experts insist on the negative impacts of homework, it’s time to really ask ourselves – has homework had its day? To be fair, there are indeed benefits to a little after-school study. […]