/student/wellbeing/ en /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/05/02/electoral-bombardment <p>Flicking on the TV or scrolling through Facebook lately has been giving me an election information-overload headache.</p> May 06 2022 Yasmine Wright Gittins /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/05/02/electoral-bombardment /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/09/09/student-elections <p>I used to think student politics were cumbersome and uneventful. However, I have recently begun to appreciate the value and meaning they have.</p> September 13 2021 Cooper Williams /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/09/09/student-elections /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/28/reconciliation-week-2021 <p><span><span><span>2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and the theme is <em>“More than a word. Reconciliation takes action,” </em>urging the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action, and more than just raising awareness and knowledge. Reconciliation is about Indigenous and non-indigenous people uniting and being one as a nation and as a people. </span></span></span></p> June 03 2021 Ada Destiny Parker-Minniecon /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/28/reconciliation-week-2021 /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/02/my-us-election-experience <p><span><span>With the US presidential election almost upon us, I have been reflecting on my experience with the most recent presidential race, that of 2016 between now President Donald Trump and then-favourite Hilary Clinton.</span></span></p> November 12 2020 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/02/my-us-election-experience /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/10/16/why-theyre-tuning-in-to-the-us-presidential-elections-oh-and-a-book-reflection <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Admittedly, we are oceans away from the US and with the pandemic, how does US politics really affect any of us? My study, you could argue, has nothing to do with it </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><em><span>but</span></em></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> I am a Ph.D. student researching within the realm of social sciences and leadership and inequality, and so at the very least, it is all very interesting. My supervisors have not only been such amazing teachers, but also inspiring sources of support and scholarly insight. Our meetings aren’t restricted to updates on data analysis and thesis progress, but also on how our research is relevant to what is happening in the world, to social justice, as well as scholarly and deliberate reflection. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> October 28 2020 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/10/16/why-theyre-tuning-in-to-the-us-presidential-elections-oh-and-a-book-reflection