Humanities 21

Not-for-profit #advocacy organisation. Promoting the value of the #humanities in work and in personal life.

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Our Corporate Conversations use engaging learnings from the humanities to address contemporary business issues. Perfect for workshops, conferences, events and online staff engagement! For more details or to book a session for your workplace see our website https://t.co/HtYOHaDYqC

[History Council of Victoria @History_Vic]

Bookings are now open for our next in-person Book+Author event on April 18! Dr Yves Rees will be in conversation with Dr Kate Fullagar about Fullagar's fascinating work, Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled. @wheelercentre @kfullagar

Bookings: https://t.co/RIvcd65dIA

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Today we mark International Women's Day with a post celebrating Edith Cowan (1861-1932), the first woman elected to an Australian parliament (in 1921) and a campaigner to extend the rights of women in society. More information https://t.co/qiHrntC1Qp

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Based in Melbourne and teaching/studying History, Classical Greek, Latin or Classical Studies? If so, you may be interested in 'Ancient Lives: Insights from the Classics and Archaeology Collection', an exhibition at the University of Melbourne. https://t.co/Jb7aSHJ0bo

[Australian Academy of the Humanities @HumanitiesAU]

The Australian Academy of the Humanities welcomes the final Report of the Australian Universities Accord Panel. In particular, we are very pleased to see a strong recommendation highlighting the significant failings of the Jobs Ready Graduates (JEG) package.

The Review found the JRG package “needs urgent remediation”. Its purpose of using price signals has failed to influence student subject choices. The Review cited evidence that only 1.5% of students applied to enrol in courses they would not have applied for under the pre-JRG student contribution arrangements. It has left some students facing disproportionately high contributions and unfair HELP debts, and it has tilted the overall cost burden of higher education further onto students and away from the Australian Government.

Students were penalised for not only pursuing their passions in areas in which they thrive, but counter-productively, in subjects which deliver generic skills in demand by employers, which are at least as important as technical skills the Review found.

The JRG reforms included a 113% rise in student contributions for students studying communications, humanities, society and culture, and human movement. By cutting student and Commonwealth contributions in other disciplines, the JRG package also reduced the amount of funding available to higher education providers to deliver subjects that are critical to Australia’s future like science, engineering and mathematics. The Review recommended that the Australian Government reduce student contributions for those affected.

The Review has recommended moving to a student contribution scheme based on projected potential lifetime earnings.

We thank Professor Mary O’Kane and the members of the Review Panel for their care and diligence in considering a range of evidence, submissions and feedback and encourage Education Minister Jason Clare to continue to prioritise key recommendations, like the abolition of JRG, with an early legislative change regime.

Inga Davis, Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities.

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

We note with interest the recommendation in the just-released Australian Universities Accord report that the misguided Job-ready Graduates package with its outrageous 113% increase in fees for humanities studies be scrapped. https://t.co/4XLPbwoFxD

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

The podcast of our 'Mind Over Machine: AI, Creativity, Humanities and the Arts' event presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre and ABC Radio National's Big Ideas programme is now available on the ABC Listen app!
https://t.co/lCdeW1ZBfg @natashamitchell @wheelercentre

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Tune into the Big Ideas program on @RadioNational TONIGHT, 30 August, at 8pm to hear the broadcast version of our recent sold-out event about AI, the Arts & the Humanities co-presented by @wheelercentre and expertly moderated by @natashamitchell https://t.co/71QJhVHzL5

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

New University of Oxford report confirms that humanities graduates develop resilience, flexibility and skills to adapt to challenging and changing labour markets https://t.co/LlAQzgl7pz

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our #corporateconvo ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HARNESSING DIVERSITY, Prof Timothy Lynch of Melbourne Uni assesses Lincoln's strategy of encouraging a diversity of opinion might address the challenges facing managers today. For more details go to our website. #H21 https://t.co/8NDi2VRTx7

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our #corporateconvo ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HARNESSING DIVERSITY, Prof Timothy Lynch of Melbourne Uni assesses Lincoln's strategy of encouraging a diversity of opinion might address the challenges facing managers today. For more details go to our website. #H21 https://t.co/8NDi2VRTx7

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Change management is essential in today’s workplace. In our #corporateconvo THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: MISMANAGING CHANGE, Prof Peter McPhee discusses Louis XVI's mismanagement, leading to the revolution of 1789-99. For more details go to our website. #H21 https://t.co/zj7FMPlYmE

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Change management is essential in today’s workplace. In our #corporateconvo THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: MISMANAGING CHANGE, Prof Peter McPhee discusses Louis XVI's mismanagement, leading to the revolution of 1789-99. For more details go to our website. #H21
https://t.co/yASkbsiB3C

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our CORPORATE MEMORY AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN ANCIENT ROME #corporateconvo, Melbourne Uni's Prof Tim Parkin and Ash Finn discuss how the ways of the ancestors can be both a guide and warning for the use of tradition. For more details visit our website https://t.co/YSZdBD5h8f

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Alexander the Great is considered one of the greatest leaders in history. In our #corporateconvo WHAT MADE ALEXANDER GREAT, Dr Michael Schmitz discusses factors & tactics leading to Alexander’s extraordinary successes. For more details go to our website
https://t.co/SXEcMhFji2

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Have you snaffled your tickets to MIND OVER MACHINE: AI, CREATIVITY, HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS yet? Presented by @wheelercentre in partnership with Humanities 21, this topical event will be held Thursday, 27 July from 7pm. Book at https://t.co/aImnf1VHtd - only a few spots left!

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our CORPORATE MEMORY AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN ANCIENT ROME #corporateconvo, Melbourne Uni's Prof Tim Parkin and Ash Finn discuss how the ways of the ancestors can be both a guide and warning for the use of tradition. For more details visit our website https://t.co/YSZdBD5OXN

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our CORPORATE MEMORY AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN ANCIENT ROME #corporateconvo, Melbourne Uni's Prof Tim Parkin and Ash Finn discuss how the ways of the ancestors can be both a guide and warning for the use of tradition. For more details visit our website https://t.co/1E0Mfro51l

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our CHANGE IN SHAKESPEARE #corporateconvo, Adam Hembree discusses moments of intense destruction and potential in Shakespeare’s plays, and how the themes of sudden change still resonate today. For more details go to our website. #H21 #events https://t.co/rpFFr6RU37

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

In our CHANGE IN SHAKESPEARE #corporateconvo, Adam Hembree discusses moments of intense destruction and potential in Shakespeare’s plays, and how the themes of sudden change still resonate today. For more details go to our website. #H21 #events https://t.co/QgdWqQRv9l

[Humanities 21 @Humanities_21]

Cleopatra – just one of the TEN OUTRAGEOUS LEADERS who feature in our entertaining & informative #corporateconvo presented by Assoc Prof Frederik Vervaet of Melbourne Uni. For more details go to our website. #events #H21 https://t.co/vQMvujJHqH