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Misogyny in healthcare

WebMisogyny in healthcare. Women’s encounters with dismissive or invalidating behaviour in healthcare settings are distressingly common. Honi Soit spoke to women …

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Coming back to university with a chronic illness

WebYear 8. The talk of the year would usually be assessing the attractiveness of a new student, but this year it wasn’t the case. With a locked door in the centre of the …

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Care down there: how euphemisms impede healthcare

WebOne respondent lamented the lack of a clear, all-encompassing label for female genitalia without the clinical or medical tone of “vulva” or “vagina”. These words …

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Navigating the financial strain of chronic health conditions: A …

WebLiving with a chronic health condition presents a myriad of challenges, and for many students, the financial burden can be overwhelming. As university students, we …

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Crisis after crisis: The ‘toxic’ managerial culture in the Faculty of

WebThree and a half years ago, I picked a medical science degree, like many confused seventeen-years-olds before me, because I’d always loved biology in high …

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander units: Who do they empower

WebThe University is an institution which is failing to include First Nations people. Only 360 students in 2019, out of over 60,000, identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait …

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Healthcare news: reproductive access and the nurses and midwives

WebThe key demands of the campaign include a wage increase of 4.7% and safe nurse-to-patient ratios of one-to-four on ward floors and one-to-three in emergency. Early …

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National Institutes of Health designates disabled people as a

WebOn 26th September 2023 the United States-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) officially designated people with disabilities as a population with health disparities. The …

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USyd to introduce 5 day simple extensions, medical evidence not

WebThe University of Sydney’s Academic Board has moved to amend the Coursework Policy 2021 to introduce a standardised five day simple extension system, …

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Something’s Amish: how COVID has affected Amish communities

WebSomething’s Amish: how COVID has affected Amish communities. Once the disease entered the community, health officials faced the task of restraining it. By Ariana …

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We won’t know the true extent of COVID-19’s impact on the …

WebLike a boulder (or microscopic, yet angry virus) dropped into a glass-still pond, the effects of COVID-19, both positive and negative, will stay with the Australian …

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Body art: a history and analysis of queer body modification

WebThe relationship between queer identity and body modifications has a long history. It is both social and personal. It is dangerous and it is a tool for keeping us safe. …

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UTS Traditional Chinese Medicine students forced to resume …

WebThe last cohort of the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) discontinued Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) students have been thrown into uncertainty after …

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Rad Ed review: The Biopolitics of Sex

WebAs part of Radical Education Week, Oscar Chaffey and Tia Ramsey of the Queer Action Collective hosted a forum on the biopolitics of sex. The forum debunked …

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Campaign to establish duty of care for climate harm launched this …

WebAnjali Sharma launched a campaign to establish a duty of care owed to young people for climate decisions earlier this week.. The duty would require decision makers …

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Drug warning for MDMA tablets circulating in NSW

WebNew South Wales Health has issued a drug warning for high-dose MDMA tablets that have been circulating. The tablets are pink-orange in colour, and have the …

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NTEU urges Albanese Government to address staff mental health …

WebThe NTEU issued a media release foregrounding many worrying statistics on staff mental health and workplace conditions, with 73% of professional and academic …

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Prisons in lockdown: The public health case for abolition

WebIncarceration is a public health crisis. This article mentions the names of Aboriginal people who have died. As the prison population experiences its largest …

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Driving Water to Collarenebri

WebIn two weeks, FIRE will again be collaborating with Dignity Water to deliver 66,000L of clean water to the town of Bourke. If you would like to help, you can send …

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