#theconversationau — Public Fediverse posts

I was a first-in-family (plus regional and low socioeconomic) uni student. I'm forever grateful for my teachers, who believed in me and made me believe I had as much right to a university education as anyone. They are why I chose a career in public education.

It concerns me that nowadays other shit things like the housing crisis and cost of living could deny would-be first-in-family students these opportunities.

https://theconversation.com/mum-and-dad-both-finished-school-in-year-10-how-to-help-first-in-family-students-graduate-from-uni-279323

#TheConversationAU #University #CozzieLivs #FirstInFamily #Studying #Education

I wish the medication shortage had been more of an election issue. Lots of people are struggling to get their scripts filled for a variety of conditions.

My son is doing well academically and emotionally right now, but every month I dread going to the pharmacy to be told they're out of his Concerta. Last month it was three chemists before I got some - the last one they had.

Why doesn’t Australia make more medicines? Wouldn’t that fix drug shortages?
https://theconversation.com/why-doesnt-australia-make-more-medicines-wouldnt-that-fix-drug-shortages-255766

#auspol #Medication #ADHD #Concerta #Ritalin #methylphenidate #TheConversationAU

When the preacher intones the words, “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust”, he speaks of an understanding just emerging - if these scientists are to be believed.
https://theconversation.com/the-oldest-dna-ever-found-reveals-a-snapshot-of-a-vanished-world-196044
#science, #prehistory, #dna, #TheConversationAU