Meeting on Research Progress
Phew, what a day! I led an executive meeting to discuss our research project progress. I had a meeting on our forthcoming short-term research on education, which has a two-week around.
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Phase One of Fieldwork Ends
Today was an incredibly hectic day. I attended various back to back meetings to receive feedback on a case study I’m working on, before moving on to discuss drafting a template for research agreements.
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Justice for Elijah
Fourteen year old Elijah Doughty was killed by a White man who only received three years backdated to his arrest. We cannot allow this nation to continue killing Indigenous people with impunity.
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Corporate Training
Attended corporate training today, focused on integrity principles, ethics and fraud in the public sector (amongst other themes).
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Interviewing on Health and Justice
Today, I was in the Western suburbs, interviewing for a study on health, justice and access to support in minority cultural and religious groups.
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Ethics Progress
Productive day! Worked on a presentation on youth research; finalised an ethics application for a forthcoming study; and had a great meeting learning about programs that enhance outcomes for vulnerable groups. Ended by reflecing on my day in a cafe and planning the next steps of the research project. Continue reading Ethics Progress
Facilitation Course
I attended a facilitation course where the material was interesting and useful. I’ve been facilitating meetings, workshops, training and other activities for over a decade professionally but there are always new techniques and theories to learn.
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‘As Long as Poverty, Injustice and Gross Inequality Persist in Our World’
In the month of August, people who are homeless occupied one of Sydney’s most famous sites, Martin Square, to protest lack of secure, affordable housing.
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I interviewed Associate Professor Kathleen Butler, sociologist and Aboriginal woman belonging to the Bundjalung and Worimi peoples of coastal New South Wales, who led the “Indigenous Sociology for Social Impact” workshop. Continue reading Decolonising Theory, Methods, and Practice
Supporting International Graduates in the Workplace
A significant but growing minority of Australia-educated international graduates show signs of economic disadvantage in the Australian workforce, despite their Australian qualifications. While these students have gained their degrees in Australia, my research shows they are less successful in finding work in their chosen profession relative to students from English-speaking countries and Australia-born graduates. The largest disadvantage occurs for students born in India and China who are aged in their 20s.
They face discrimination from employers who exclude considering them for roles, presuming that their English language skills are poor, or that their cultural differences would make them a poor organisational fit. This is not aligned with evidence showing that cultural diversity enriches workplaces.
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