As a lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Melbourne, I count myself lucky to still have a job in the midst of this pandemic. Many of my students aren’t so fortunate. “We are all in this together,” Prime Minister Morrison said of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, I was on one of many Zoom calls with an international student who wanted assistance with an upcoming assignment. As with most of my student consultations these days, the conversation quickly turned to the difficulties the young woman is facing in her day-to-day life.
She told me she had […]
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