Fake jobs, licenses, and credentials are things that hiring managers catch on resumes every day. Depending on the level of responsibility involved in a position, as well as the need for a professional license or certification, an employer can choose to do an education background check before they make a hiring decision. Lying on a […] … learn more→
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Do employers do education background checks before hiring?
Isolation chronicles: Day 131
Right now, writing this, I’m on Day 131 of COVID life. The last time I wrote about it, I was only 10 days in. Revisit that first post if you want to get an idea of the isolation context that I’m in. Here in Melbourne, Australia, we are in Lockdown 2.0 and experiencing the highest numbers […] … learn more→
3 ways to promote social skills in homebound kids
With the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic getting worse in most of the country, a growing number of school districts from San Francisco to Atlanta have determined that a return to daily in-person instruction isn’t yet safe or viable. They aim to to stick with remote learning as the school year gets underway. Based on my research about the psychological effects […] … learn more→
‘Exhausted beyond measure’: what teachers are saying about COVID-19 and the disruption to education
All Victorian school students will be learning remotely from Wednesday. Prior to the state’s premier Daniel Andrews announcing a tightening of restrictions over the weekend, only students in prep to Year 10 in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire were learning from home. But on Wednesday, schools will close for Year 11 and 12 students in Melbourne and […] … learn more→
Preventing drinking and driving—How to remain safe on the road
Despite the implementation of increasingly strict laws, drinking and driving still poses a significant problem in California and throughout the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that teen drinking and driving is on the rise. Although underage drivers make up approximately 10% of licensed drivers in the U.S., teens are responsible […] … learn more→
How to start your literature review
Thinking of starting a doctorate? Already deep into PhDing and worried about the literature work? Well, when it comes to working with literatures, the old saying that there’s more than one way to skin a cat might be ugly, but it contains an important truth. There is no one best way to do a literature review. But […] … learn more→
Will China’s enrolment expansion devalue postgraduate degrees?
The series of measures that China has launched to protect graduates against the worst economic consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic include a significant expansion of postgraduate enrolment. But while 189,000 extra places might be good news for candidates competing for a place this year, it has triggered concerns in China about the possible devaluation of […] … learn more→
Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers
In his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks shows this behaviour isn’t restricted to the past — it is ongoing. In Australia, pre-invasion Aboriginal peoples tend to be portrayed as nomadic hunter-gatherers. For example, a 1979 textbook titled Australia’s frontiers: […] … learn more→
#MeToo is failing at university
#MeToo was widely heralded as a tipping point. Women, it seemed, were actually being believed about their own experiences. Following a media exposé and the bravery of women speaking out, Harvey Weinstein was jailed. But this is one perpetrator. So how much do we really believe women as credible authors of their own experiences? Brett […] … learn more→
Binary concepts do not hobble academic thought
I have stopped counting the number of times that I have heard academics use “binary” as a description of contempt. In academic conferences and workshops, the mere mention of the word provokes knowing smiles of derision towards those accused of “simplistic binary thinking”. Binary concepts – such as “us and them”, “man and woman”, […] … learn more→
