Everyday Gen Zs are side hustling, hustlin’, hustlin’, hust-hustlin’. If you’re not down with what a side hustle is, it’s… Read more The final year of high school is a messy one. Students are sleep deprived, overworked and snappy, and parents just… Read more In this 13 Reasons Why series we explore the different problems […]
The world’s most famous Instagram egg is back in the news cycle after it ‘cracked’, baring a positive message regarding… Read more Here at Year13 we’re dedicated to helping young people get through the hurdles of life, especially those associated with the… Read more Millennials have already made their mark on the workplace and forced […]
Gen Zs want to undo the damage older generations left them. Increasingly, with every decision they make on a daily basis – the clothes they wear, the food they eat, the way they travel, the things they use, and even the way they consume the most basic essentials like water and energy – sustainability is […]
The most popular university degrees in Australia in 2021 depend a lot on whether you’re male or female. For our Coronavirus & The Class of 2020 report we surveyed over 2000 year 12s from metropolitan, regional and rural Australia and found what university degrees they’re most interested in doing (they could pick more than one if […]
Dear girls and women, A huge growing sector of the economy needs you. But we’ve found you don’t really want it. This it turns out is causing some unintended problems. “Right now, IT and engineering professionals are coding the machines that are going to be running so many aspects of our society,” Kylie Walker – […]
The world’s first digital natives were born with a world of knowledge at their fingertips. But just because Gen Z have grown up with access to unlimited information, it doesn’t mean they’re not still susceptible to the corruption of misinformation and disinformation, especially on social media. A 20-year-old male from the ACT told us there […]
Still relying on emails for internal communication? Your young employees may feel like they’re working for a dinosaur. While emails still have their place in the office – often for more formal exchanges of information – companies need to modernise their modes of team communication to engage Gen Zs. Just look at how these digital […]
2021 has been a shocker. But now that we’re finally emerging on the other side in one piece, students can make up for all those hours spent stuck indoors and level up their skillset to prepare for their futures. This summer, through Summer Skills, the NSW government is providing completely free short courses to 16-24 […]
Did you know one in two young people we surveyed in our What Gen Z Actually Do Online report say they go… Read more “What’s everyone listening to this morning?” Apple Music asked on Twitter. “Spotify,” came the burn of the century in response. … Read more They say if you can make people laugh, people will listen […]
The world is focusing on new, shiny communication tools like Instagram and TikTok, but ye ol’ email is actualy still at… Read more “Mum has a doctorate in Facebook medicine,” one of our users told us. Old people and fake news. Is that… Read more There’s so much for high schoolers to consider. To learn a […]
Businesses that do good don’t go unnoticed. In our Gen Z & Corporate Activism report we surveyed over 1000 young people aged… Read more Do you know what job changes lives for the better more than almost any other? Images of a doctor, a… Read more The promoter of the Competition is Year 13 Pty Ltd (ABN […]
Former Aussie GoPro creative filmmaker Will Hodgett has well and truly lived the life. “It’s basically just travelling around the world, meeting a lot of people, getting to see a lot of unique things, having a lot of unique experiences, and filming stuff with athletes,” he told us during our Year13 Expo this year. “It’s hard […]
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 […]
Let’s talk about sex. For young people, hearing those four words from your parents can be even more cringeworthy than an outdated meme. Thankfully, a British teen comedy-drama on Netflix can tackle this tricky subject like few other shows have. Sex Education (2019 to present) mainly follows Otis, a teen who starts an underground sex […]
