“You’ll never get anywhere being the class clown.” Will’s whole life has been about building things. “All young people deserve equal opportunities.”

Career practitioners today are operating in an environment of massive societal change where new jobs and ways of working are emerging at a rapid rate.Between AI’s ability to augment jobs and covid shifting work into a new era of flexibility, the career practitioner’s role in helping young people navigate what this all means for them […]

NSW permit number: LTPS/20/43325 The promoter of the Competition is Year 13 Pty Ltd (ABN 93 606 583 706) of G02 84 Alexander Street, Crows Nest NSW 2065 (the “Promoter”). The Competition is open to all residents in Australia. Entrants under the age of 18 years must have the permission of a parent or guardian […]

The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since voting became compulsory in the mid-1920s. A staggering 1.5 million Australians failed to cast their ballot, with some of the most substantial no-shows in inner-city electorates with high percentages of young voters. Yikes. In fact – so few young people turned out that researchers (quite […]

It used to be ‘any publicity is good publicity’.  Today’s version? This headline. Cringe. We’ve all felt it, grimacing our way … Businesses, listen up. The results are in: Gen Zs overwhelmingly prefer you to use branded content over traditional advertising. Three … Marketing to Gen Z has never been easy. Today in the fractured media […]

What do you think Gen Zs care about most when choosing a job? A good salary? Nope. Remote, flexible working? Also nope. Perks like free food and gym memberships? Wrong again. All of these are of course great to have, but they’re surface level and in many jobs simply expected. Take a read below to […]

That’s the question on both teachers and parents minds following the recent controversy at Shore School in Sydney’s North Shore, which discovered that the use of personal laptops was leading to gaming, gambling and even porn amongst students during class. Shore School had permitted “BYO laptops” in what they described as a response to changing […]

Looks can be deceiving. A slim teenage girl brimming with energy from an afternoon run could in fact be secretly shouting at herself underneath the surface for hating the way she looks. It’s a reminder that with mental health we always need to ask some deeper questions. So what are some of the things we […]

Teenagehood. When friendships are close, intense, and full of eventful memories. When acceptance from friends means everything. But for what is supposed to be some of the most social times of their lives, 61% of Year 12 students have socialised with their friends less since the COVID-19 pandemic began, our Coronavirus & The Class of […]

70% of Australian school students intend to go to university, but by the end of their first year 1 in 5 will have dropped out.  If 20% of any other business’s customers were throwing away what they bought each year then you’d have to ask some questions. Is it the fault of universities? Is it […]

Kids bored over the summer? Watch their confidence soar, level-up their experience and expand their knowledge with Summer Skills free short courses for 16-24 year olds. What the heck is Summer Skills? We all know that as a parent you want your kids to be equipped with the confidence to flourish in the complex and […]

We’re barely a few weeks into 2019 and Gillette have already offered an early candidate for boldest marketing campaign of the year by taking on toxic masculinity in their latest ad. The two-minute long video features scenes of bullying, sexual harassment, mansplaining and other damaging behaviour, with a call to action for men to hold […]

Picture this. Your Gen Z teen’s perched on the edge of their bed after what was probably a sleepless night – laptop at the ready – waiting for that magic number to appear on the screen.  It’s the moment when all that studying, frantic cramming, cancelled plans, late nights (or flat-out all-nighters) come to a […]

Wanting your kid to win at life. It’s totally natural, but what on earth do I do to ensure this happens you might be asking. We don’t want to claim to have all the answers, but these tips should be able to be applied more or less to all young people growing up into adulthood […]