The Shrinking Nation We Don’t Need No Education! Arts degrees and the repurposing of higher education We Don’t Need No Education!: Arts degrees and the repurposing of higher education. ‘Terrified’…Graeme TurnerDecember 16, 2023
The Shrinking Nation The nation’s not just shrinking, it’s splintering: social cohesion the worst since 2007 Social cohesion survey records all-time low The Scanlon Institute’s sobering 2023 report on social cohesion…Graeme TurnerDecember 2, 2023
Tales from the Quadrangle No way to run a university: ACU butchers the humanities and its own reputation This time, it's worse Humanities academics are wearily accustomed to attacks on their disciplines from…Graeme TurnerNovember 20, 2023
The Shrinking Nation Back in the USA: After COVID and Trump, it’s down but not out. Returning to the US after a four year break in which so much had…Graeme TurnerNovember 7, 2023
From the sideline Neoliberalism — the television series: Monstrous capitalism, Trump and Succession The convergences are (as Dame Edna would say) ‘spooky’. Shortly after TV’s drama performer…Graeme TurnerOctober 16, 2023
The Shrinking Nation Farnham and the Voice: Too little, too late? The selection of John Farnham’s ‘You’re the Voice’ as the soundtrack for the ‘Yes’ campaign…Graeme TurnerSeptember 12, 2023
The Shrinking Nation The Sofronoff, Higgins-Lehrmann and Robodebt affairs: Have journalists become part of the story? The Sofronoff, Higgins-Lehrmann, and Robodebt affairs: What happens to journalism when journalists become part of…Graeme TurnerAugust 14, 2023
From the sideline The Matildas, popular culture, and television’s futures. Two very different media reports addressed the future of free-to-air TV in the last week.…Graeme TurnerJuly 31, 2023
The Shrinking Nation The Shrinking Voice I started work on this book in 2021, completed the final version in April 2023,…Graeme TurnerJuly 21, 2023
Tales from the Quadrangle Cheering on the decline in humanities degrees I spent much of my academic career advocating for appropriate funding for teaching and research…Graeme TurnerJuly 21, 2023