Put the words Gen Z and climate change together and you set off an explosive reaction in climate change deniers. “Why don’t they get off their bloody iPhones! “Turn off the air con!” “Stop getting lifts from mum and dad!” “See how you like living without power!” “Go back to the Stone Age and live […]
(Insert sport name) is for girls. (Insert sport name) is for boys. Yeah, nah. Not for Gen Zs. At least … Puberty and body image don’t have the best relationship. Throw sport in the mix and for some young people it’s … So your child has finally returned from their first trip overseas. While you […]
Gen Zs can see past businesses that tick off yearly CSR goals just by donating X amount of their profits to charity. “It feels like an attempt to still gain as much money for themselves as possible,” a 21-year-old male from Western Australia said. Instead, he adds, “Businesses who promise to contribute towards the improvement […]
OUR VISION There is a growing gap between how enterprise, government and parents engage with young people. It is becoming increasingly difficult for these groups to break through to young people and deliver their key messages effectively, this is where YouthSense steps in. YouthSense is a free insight community service sponsored by Year13.com.au dedicated to Youth Engagement as […]
If the passage below makes sense to you then this article isn’t for you. If it doesn’t however then we have you covered so you never feel left out of the convo with Gen Zs again. “So I was sussin’ Kat’s dictionary, and I lowkey reckon it slaps – the vibe is lit fam. But then something […]
Trigger warning: sexual assault/violence, homophobia, grooming etc. Yes we get it. Parents telling their sons not to watch something will often have the exact opposite effect. But while most sane people will roll their eyes at good old-fashioned moral panics around Elvis’s hip movements or NWA’s anti-Police rap anthem, sometimes you do have to agree […]
What do you think Gen Zs care about most when choosing a job? A good salary? Nope. Remote, flexible working? … Let’s play a little word association. Please, take a seat and make yourself comfortable. Perhaps imagine you’re lying back on … Do you know what job changes lives for the better more than almost […]
Bullying is a nightmare to deal with at any age. But when your child first encounters it, or keeps encountering it, what can parents do to protect them short of getting personally involved? Our latest research surveying 1367 young people aged 15 to 24 nationally found around one in four (23%) school students say they’ve […]
Let’s talk about sex. For young people, hearing those four words from your parents can be even more cringeworthy than … And they’re battling it out by feeding the content-hungry with stupendously large libraries of music, films and TV shows. With …
You might be shocked to learn but this isn’t a one sided debate. We thought it might be but in our What Gen Z Actually Do Online report 40% of young people told us they think mobile phones should be kept in lockers during class. While it may be surprising that nearly half of the world’s first digital natives […]
“A privileged Australian life blinds myself and others from the horrors to come. I’m scared of climate change and care for the brands who share this fear,” an 18-year-old female from Victoria said. Research in our Gen Z & Corporate Activism report has found that climate change is the number one social and environmental issue that Gen […]
As the younger brother of Jordi & Sax, Hamish went straight from high school to helping them out with the gap years at Year13. He then became the person you went to with your tech problems, so Hamish formally moved onto the tech side of things, eventually becoming Product manager – and killing it.
Have a read of this young woman’s story. It should be a cautionary tale to all school teachers, parents and students alike. “I was pushed by both career teachers and teachers in general at both high schools I was at to complete VCE and go to uni,” the 21-year-old from Victoria told us. “I had […]
What a year it’s been for the Coronavirus Class of 2021. The cohort entered its final year of schooling barely recovered from the chaos of 2020, and dove straight into what probably takes the cake as the hardest year of schooling ever. But after a long and stressful year characterised by lockdowns, remote learning and […]
