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Education reloaded: why learning is as entertaining as Netflix

01 Mar 2022

Education needs a rethink, say Isabella Dobrescu and Alberto Motta, both Associate Professors of Economics at UNSW Sydney. Learning must fit into our lives as a bold experience that is interactive and fun, they say.

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Vital Signs: stealth tax rises are eating into your income – but we know the solution

25 Feb 2022

Adjusting tax brackets in line with inflation would ensure voters who wanted more government spending would also have to vote for more tax.

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Vital Signs: Unemployment steady but needs to lower to lift wages

18 Feb 2022

A tighter labour market than in the past is now needed to drive real wages growth.

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UNSW students recognised as most employable for third consecutive year

16 Feb 2022

The AFR Most Employable University has been awarded to UNSW, with a record-breaking 42 students listed in the Top100 Future Leaders Competition.

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Vital Signs: small businesses need help through shadow lockdowns

11 Feb 2022

For many small businesses the past month has been the most difficult period of the pandemic. Australia needs a better plan to help more survive.

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Can you 'die' in real life if the metaverse bans you?

09 Feb 2022

Several things need to happen to ensure the metaverse is a free, decentralised creators’ economy, writes UNSW Business School’s Eric Lim.

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What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners

04 Feb 2022

There’s no reason why Australian lenders couldn’t offer 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, as they do in the US.

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Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients

02 Feb 2022

While men and women experience disability at similar rates, men are more likely to be diagnosed with disabilities more readily supported by the NDIS.

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Five things to know about supply chains and COVID-19 stock shortages

01 Feb 2022

Stock shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic are about more than just panic buying or labour shortages in supply chains, says UNSW Business School's Professor Jack Cadeaux

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Vital Signs: it’s too early for the RBA to pull the trigger on interest rates

28 Jan 2022

The case for the RBA increasing interest rates certainly exists. But it’s far less pressing than in the United States.

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