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ItemUnveiling the nocturnal workforce: Taking a closer look at Australia’s after-hours employees(Ingenium Research, 2024-02-27)
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ItemMeasuring the Australian Night Time Economy 2021-22(Council of Capital City Lord Mayors, 2023)This report provides the latest insights into the Australian Night Time Economy (NTE) during the 2021/22 financial year. During this time, businesses continued to experience considerable restrictions and uncertainty, leading to significant fluctuations in activity. The start of the financial year began with lockdowns and restrictions – particularly in the eastern states and the Australian Capital Territory – but by January 2022 most Australians had been vaccinated and the nation had begun its transition towards ‘living with COVID’. As restrictions lifted, Core NTE businesses provided an opportunity to draw people back to our cities, enabling Australians to socialise and spend some of the savings they had accumulated during the pandemic. Core NTE businesses showed considerable innovation in navigating pandemic restrictions and adapting to evolving consumer habits. Although Core NTE businesses were able to trade again, they faced challenges such as staff shortages, changes in footfall patterns (contributing to demand unpredictability) and reduced lead-times for bookings. Some of these challenges persist in 2023. These challenges and opportunities have prompted states, territories and local governments to recognise and promote the advantages of fostering safe and vibrant NTEs through actively pursuing strategies, action plans and partnerships to support their development. This year’s report provides details on some of the initiatives that local governments have been implementing in their cities. It then analyses the economic performance of the sector – beginning with an overview of Australia, followed by a summary of trends in the states and territories and detailed analysis for each participating CCCLM member city (although detailed data has been prepared for 88 Australian cities, with a high level summary provided in Table 5, page 77). In many cases, Core NTE businesses have experienced growth in sales turnover in 2021/22, however, above average inflation is a factor in this performance; with the cost of goods and services in 2021/22 4.4% higher than in 2020/21 and 7.6% higher than in 2018/19 – an important factor to bear in mind when reviewing results. This report introduces more localised and unique insights for cities, via temporal analysis using the data behind Google Maps. This data complements the economic analysis by providing an understanding of where night time businesses cluster and the typical trading patterns of consumer-facing business activities in each city. Through 2022/23 and beyond, continued increases in inflation and associated cost pressures – on businesses and individuals – will continue to affect the NTE, and there is already evidence that while recent consumer spend has improved, this is driven more by use of credit than debit cards. The growing interest in the NTE from both the public and private sectors, combined with the latest evidence and insights provided in this report and other datasets, should support the sector going forward.
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ItemReport on the place name: Moreland(Moreland City Council, 2022-04)Explores the links between the “Moreland” name and British Caribbean Slavery.
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ItemAssessment on accessibility of Unhas campus for women and people with disabilities(The Australian-Indonesia Centre, 2024)This report examines diversity and inclusion in the university context, focusing on two key tertiary education institutions, the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia and Universitas Hasanuddin in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. Our research is based on two studies and aims to contribute to the development of initiatives that promote studying environments that are fair, diversified and allow for the participation of all.
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ItemDesigning for the Future in Australia: A Retrospective on the ALIA Library Design Awards(Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), 2023)Library designs shape people's expectations and experiences of what libraries can be. Their physical spaces house collections, provide safe spaces for people to meet and engage, and enable access to services and activities designed to meet community needs. Libraries' digital spaces extend these services and supports beyond the physical walls, enabling after-hours access to the world's knowledge. When library buildings are designed well, they serve as beacons in their communities. Their interiors inspire people to learn, to create, to think, and to engage with digital and physical platforms to satisfy information needs.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableWater sensitive outcomes for infill development: final report(Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, 2021)Australian cities have experienced significant growth recently, a trend that is expected to continue. One response from governments has been to promote ‘infill development’, which increases urban density, but also has significant adverse effects on urban water cycles, resource use efficiency, and the amenity and liveability of urban areas.
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ItemCity Rankings: Benchmarking Beyond the HeadlinesAlthough there is significant and increasing interest in comparative city benchmarks (such as rankings and indexes) from media outlets and cities themselves, there has been very limited research on the nature of these studies and their potential utility for urban policymaking. To begin to address this knowledge gap, The Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne designed a scoping study consisting of:1. A review of scientific literature2. Analysis of a database of 500 current urban benchmarks conducted by The Business of Cities3. A small pilot study to understand the way benchmarks shape the ‘comparative thinking’ of professionals in global cities.This report presents findings from these activities.
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ItemIntroducing peer review assessment to improve student engagement in learning and assessment activities - Part 2: Final Report(The University of Melbourne, 2023-12-11)
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ItemReimagining capabilities of children in India: Child well-being report 2022(World Vision India, 2023-11-15)In 2020, the global child population was estimated by UNICEF India to be around 444 million, approximately one-sixth of the world’s population. For any country, the well-being of its child population directly impacts its future. Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, said in one of his addresses that “Children are our most valuable resource.” Childhood is the most crucial stage of a person’s life and it’s imperative that they are brought up in a safe and secure environment to be able to contribute towards the country’s economy in the future. For a country like India with vast differences in culture and a growing economic disparity, children’s well-being plays an indispensable role in its developmental discourse. Despite the many strides taken by multiple stakeholders to address child-related issues, India is yet to improve the quality of life for children, especially those under 18 years of age. World Vision India, being a child-focussed organisation, has been working towards improving the lives of children, especially the most vulnerable, their families and communities, together with partners. Decades of experience have shaped the organisation’s understanding of child well-being as an integral multidimensional concept. Since its launch in 2019, the India Child Well-being Report is an annual publication by World Vision India that brings forth the Status of Children in the country, both in terms of well-being and access to services. This is the fourth edition of the report which seeks to provide a comprehensive look at child well-being under four essential domains – Health & Nutrition, Education, Protection and Livelihood. The uniqueness of this study is that uses primary data collected from Area Development Programmes (ADPs) of World Vision India to get a more profound analysis of the issues at hand. The findings of this study are not generalised to all children as the data pertains to most vulnerable children from underprivileged societies,viewing the situation through the lens of equity and justice. The report also cover the impact of Covid-19 on the overall growth and development of children. The results depict the accurate picture of the most vulnerable children and seek to initiate meaningful discourses that will aid in strengthening the social policy of marginalised communities. Child well-being is an essential conversation in the development sector, and it is critical that we understand it in a holistic way. We hope that this report will serve as a guide for policymakers, practitioners and civil societies to understand and prioritise areas of improvement based on facts and evidence.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableSuccess, Retention and Completion of Care Leaver Students in Australian Higher Education(Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Curtin University, 2022)International evidence confirms that care leavers (those who have left foster, kinship or residential care) often record poorer completion rates and graduate outcomes than other university students (Courtney, 2016). Recent research from both the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) confirms that lower completion rates and outcomes are the result of multiple factors, including intersectional inequality. Care leavers, for example, are more likely to declare a disability, hail from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, and record low grades in secondary school, all of which are correlated with lower university completion (Sebba, Berridge, Luke, Fletcher, Bell, Strand, Thomas, Sinclair & O’Higgins, 2015). Despite quantitative analysis of course selections, completions and outcomes in the US, UK, and elsewhere, equivalent work has not yet been conducted in Australia. In the absence of government collection of data, the primary source of quantitative, longitudinal data on care leavers in Australian higher education has resided with La Trobe University and Federation University Australia. Since 2016, as part of their collaborative Higher Education for Care Leavers Strategy (“the Strategy”), both universities have been systematically identifying care leaver students enrolled across the two institutions. The Strategy draws on the evidence compiled in Out of Care, into University (Harvey, McNamara, Andrewartha & Luckman, 2015), the subsequent report, Recruiting and supporting care leavers in Australian higher education (Harvey, Campbell, Andrewartha, Wilson & Goodwin-Burns, 2017) and related research by the investigators at both universities (e.g., Wilson, Harvey & Mendes, 2019). Focussed on all aspects of the student lifecycle, from pre-access though to access, attainment, and outcomes, the Strategy has also resulted in the first longitudinal data set on care leavers in Australian higher education. Drawing on these data, this report examines the access, geo-demographic profile, course selection, success, retention, and completion rates of care leavers across the two universities. In doing so, we provide the first clear picture of the journey of these previously ‘invisible’ students. Data analysis is complemented by interviews with care leaver students and graduates to explore challenges around completion, employment, and broader graduate outcomes.