Physician associates: a solution for healthcare staff shortages or a colonial throwback?
‘The doctor will see you now.’ Except they probably won’t.
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From Parihaka to He Puapua: it’s time Pākehā New Zealanders faced their personal connections to the past
This year marks 140 years since Parihaka pā was sacked. As He Puapua reignites the debate about the impacts of colonisation, how do the descendants of early European settlers respond?
Amid global crisis, how can universities be regenerated to serve the common good?
Universities must be considered as not only in crisis but also as drivers of crisis in a world of climate change, biodiversity loss, authoritarianism and deep social and economic inequalities.
Decolonising Ireland’s education system remains vital despite the country’s wealth and privilege
Higher education in Ireland bears the continued legacy of colonial history.
Empire 2.0 and Brexiteers’ ‘swashbuckling’ vision of Britain will raise hackles around the world
Some British people look back fondly to the days of empire. Their views aren’t shared by the rest of the world.
Friday essay: how do I understand who I am, when my family have hidden themselves from recent history?
My family is Mauritian, but when I take a DNA test, Mauritian didn’t even rank as an ethnicity. It can’t. Everyone from Mauritius is from somewhere else, or from many places at the same time.
Honouring the slaves experimented on by the ‘father of gynaecology’
The horrific story of what these women went through must be passed down and become part of the obstetrics curriculum.
Most of Australia’s uni leaders are white, male and grey. This lack of diversity could be a handicap
The sameness of ‘weird’ university leaderships creates well-documented risks for the sector and adds to the challenges of ensuring higher education meets future needs.
Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action
Here’s what the education system needs to do to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation.
Community‑controlled schools create better education outcomes for First Nations students
Research shows the many benefits of First Nations-led education systems and schooling.