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MGSE Media Mentions

Honorary Enterprise Professor Maxine McKew in:

• Prestigious youth conference held in Southern Hemisphere for the first time, University of Melbourne Newsroom, 15 July 2019.
• Prestigious youth conference held in Southern Hemisphere for first time, Mirage news, 12 July 2019.
• Prestigious youth conference held in Southern Hemisphere for first time, The National Tribune, 12 July 2019.

The late Emeritus Professor Collette Tayler in 'Worthy women wanted for the Victorian Honour Roll of Women - including those in ECEC', The Sector, 15 July 2019.

Professor Lindsay Oades, Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick and Dr Tan-Chuyuan Chin in

• ‘Taking positive psychology into the classroom’, Pursuit, 16 July 2019.
• ‘Experts and researchers exploring positive psychology in the classroom’, Education HQ Australia, 22 July 2019.

The University of Melbourne has the best reputation of any Australian university according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2019 where it was ranked 44^th in the world, the same as 2018.

Honorary Fellow Megan O’Connell in

• ‘One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing’, The Conversation, 19 July 2019.
• 'One-third of all preschool centres could be without a trained teacher in four years, if we do nothing', The Sector, 19 July 2019.
• Interview with Matt O’Neil on ABC AM radio about the declining number of early childhood graduates to fill spaces in schools in the future, 19 July 2019.

Professor Lea Waters

• Interviewed by Libby Gorr for the World Congress of Positive Psychology on ABC Radio Melbourne. Professor Waters talked about positive psychology and its focus, 20 July 2019.
• Nexus brings together world best to improve human connections, EIN Newsdesk, 23 July 2019.

The Well-being Profiler has been shortlisted in the AFR Higher Education Awards, in the Community Engagement category, Financial Review, 22 July 2019.

The University of Melbourne remains the second-best university in Australia, according to the QS World University Rankings. The University climbed one place to No.38 in the world but still trailed ANU at No.29. The University of NSW, University of Queensland, Monash University and University of WA all moved up the rankings while the University of Sydney remained steady at 42, 22 July 2019.

Sector News

Educational resources about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture, ABC, 8 July 2019.

Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students, The Conversation, 8 July 2019.

Is teaching writing as important as teaching reading?, ABC News, 9 July 2019.

Supporting Indigenous children’s transition to school, Teacher Magazine, 9 July 2019.

Play School reveals Indigenous doll Kiya for NAIDOC Week, ABC News, 9 July 2019.

Recent campus attacks show universities need to do more to protect international students, The Conversation, 10 July 2019.

NAIDOC Week: Top 5 Indigenous classroom projects, Education HQ Australia, 10 July 2019.

The conversation about scaling high-quality/low-cost graduate online education, Inside Higher Ed, 10 July 2019.

Teaching vocabulary takes more than just talking about words during reading-aloud (subscription required), Education Week Teacher, 10 July 2019.

Report calls for urgent rescue operations for rural and remote schools, Education HQ Australia, 10 July 2019.

Study reveals lifelong benefits of early childhood education, Education HQ Australia, 10 July 2019.

Minister praises vocational study over uni, SBS News, 10 July 2019.

Podcast: Leadership in education – episode 1: Innovation and the future, Campus Review, 10 July 2019.

Social media a double-edged sword for students with disabilities, study finds (subscription required), Education Week, 10 July 2019.

Cash unveils push for VET sector ‘upgrade’ (subscription required), The Australian, 11 July 2019.

Teachers urged: fight like they do in the US (subscription required), The Australian, 11 July 2019.

Most people think playing chess makes you ‘smarter’, but the evidence isn’t clear on that, The Conversation, 11 July 2019.

The benefits of early years education last a lifetime, Open Forum, 11 July 2019.

Teaching Indigenous languages: How Australia can learn from other countries, SBS Dateline, 11 July 2019.

Recent campus attacks show universities need to do more to protect international students, SBS News, 11 July 2019.

When does getting help on an assignment turn into cheating?, The Conversation, 12 July 2019.

Group punishment doesn’t fix behaviour – it makes kids hate school, The Conversation, 12 July 2019.

Australian-first study highlights benefits of early education for school children, Women’s Agenda, 12 July 2019.

Activist teachers courting sanctions (subscription required), The Australian, 12 July 2019.

What is critical thinking and how do we teach it in schools?, Campus Review, 12 July 2019.

New teachers fail first readers (subscription required), The Australian, 13 July 2019.

The program bridging the gap to get more Indigenous students into university, SBS News, 13 July 2019.

How can school leaders respond to the rise in pupils experiencing mental health issues?, Independent Education Technology, 14 July 2019.

Report finds every $1 Australia spends on preschool will return $2, but this won’t magically happen, The Conversation, 15 July 2019.

Talking point: Don’t hold back our gifted kids (subscription required), Mercury, 15 July 2019.

Engineers have invented a ‘smart’ schoolbag so kids will never ‘forget’ their homework again, The New Daily, 15 July 2019.

The problem with university branding efforts, Campus Review, 15 July 2019.

What to do when physics teachers don’t know physics (subscription required), Education Week Teacher, 15 July 2019.

Applications open for $5000 teaching scholarships, Education HQ Australia, 15 July 2019.

Stop worrying about screen ‘time’. It’s your child’s screen experience that matters, The Conversation, 16 July 2019.

Mental health at university: wellbeing tips for students, The Guardian, 16 July 2019.

The real crisis in teaching (subscription required), Crickey, 16 July 2019.

A day in the life of a teacher (subscription required), 16 July 2019.

Unis where entrepreneurs star, Campus Morning Mail, 17 July 2019.

Behaviour management: Self-regulated learning and wellbeing, Teacher Magazine, 17 July 2019.

The smart school bag that could curb forgotten homework, Campus Review, 17 July 2019.

Good schools push up local house prices, research reveals, Education HQ Australia, 17 July 2019.

New qualifications to help teachers progress their careers, Mirage News, 17 July 2019.

Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts, The Conversation, 18 July 2019.

NAPLAN already passes our tests (subscription required), The Australian, 18 July 2019.

Data reveals the richest charities in Australia – and who gets the most government handouts, The New Daily, 18 July 2019.

Six Australian universities place in top 100 of world reputation rankings, Campus Review, 18 July 2019.

Here are eight things you should know when teaching Indigenous culture, The Guardian, 19 July 2019.

Review calls to cut amount of NAPLAN data published on MySchool website, Brisbane Times, 19 July 2019.

Is teaching an art or science?, Technology Times Pakistan, 19 July 2019.

Perth teacher goes above and beyond for new migrants, Education HQ Australia, 19 July 2019.

‘Gifted kids are being ignored. They don’t exist’: Is the education system failing our smartest students?, ABC News, 20 July 2019.

How to survive parent-teacher interview night, The Courier Mail, 20 July 2019.

Record number of students flock to Aboriginal languages, The Age, 21 July 2019.

New South Wales has 48 selective schools, while Victoria has 4. There’s an interesting history behind this, The Conversations, 22 July 2019.

Online programs changing literacy education, Education HQ Australia, 22 July 2019.

Deakin University tops shortlist nominations for higher ed awards, Australian Financial Review, 22 July 2019.

How a robot called Pink helped school children bring Aboriginal language back to life, The Conversation, 23 July 2019.

The world’s most reputable universities revealed, The Educator, 23 July 2019.