In poorer communities, shared spaces tend to be poorly maintained and utilitarian. from shutterstock.com September 4, 2018 Our urban environment doesn’t only reflect poverty, it amplifies it Jenny Donovan, La Trobe University We wear our surroundings like a cloak. Lower-income communities often live in environments that discourage healthy, outdoor activities. This perpetuates their poorer health and traps them in poverty.
Textbooks can be costly. from shutterstock.com June 19, 2017 Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates James Arvanitakis, Western Sydney University A number of universities around the world are providing free textbooks to first year university students as a way to increase retention rates.
Universities are public in nature but don’t represent a cross-section of the public. SUARTS/Flickr May 31, 2015 Who do universities serve? Everyone, or just the elite few? Julia Horne, University of Sydney Universities are public in nature but don’t represent a cross-section of the public. So who do they serve?