Jobs
|
|
|
|
|
Events
Links
 APO Briefings Series Edited by Peter Browne and Julian Thomas, the Briefings series features authors and contributors from academia, the media and beyond. These short, topical and affordable books, published by UNSW Press, cover the latest issues in depth but without the delay of a weighty tome. Recent titles include coverage of the AWB scandal, Australia's new anti-terror laws, electoral rights, Afganistan and refugees. Titles can be purchased via UNSW Press or from any good bookstore. |
|
Australian Policy Online APO provides news and research from Australia's pre-eminent research centres and institutes. The site covers a wide range of social and public policy issues including education, economics, housing, family, employment, Indigenous issues, immigration, the environment, law and politics. Along with 160 member centres APO also sources scholarly research from government and non-government organisations. Browse the APO archive by topic or use the excellent search facility. Up-to-date listings of events, conferences and jobs around the country are also provided. This is an essential site for academics, students, policy makers, organisations and the media. |
|
Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe An expanding Europe-wide information and monitoring system on cultural policy measures, instruments, debates and cultural trends. A joint venture between the Council of Europe and the ERICarts Institute realised with a community of practice of independent cultural policy researchers, NGOs and national governments. Features >Choose from 39 cultural policy profiles >Make your own comparisons >Explore transversal topics >Customise reports, combining chapters from selected countries >Consult new tables which compare and monitor developments >Download original language versions >Contribute to the online forum on intercultural dialogue |
|
Creative Clusters Creative Clusters is a UK independent policy conference and website examining the growth of the creative economy. We are interested in initiatives from around the world that are designed to have an impact in both cultural and economic terms. |
|
EnhanceTV EnhanceTV connects the film and television industry with over 10,000 educational institutions across Australia. Produced by Screenrights, the site helps educators to locate film, television and radio resources that are relevant to the areas they teach. |
|
InfoXchange Infoxchange Australia, the developers of the APO website, is a not-for-profit internet and community services company operating from Abbotsford, Melbourne. |
|
Moving Ideas The inspiration for Australian Policy Online came from the Washington-based Policy Action Network (formerly the Electronic Policy Network), which maintains the MovingIdeas website. |
|
Policy Library APO's counterpart in Britain is Policy Library, a large collection of material from, and links to, British and international research centres. |
|
Sydney Talks This free, non-profit service lists talks and lectures on a variety of topics. |
No longer tuned in to master's voice
Online digital environments are inviting all of us to participate actively in our own learning write ERICA MCWILLIAM and NORMAN JACKSON.
Where the future meets the past
YouTube's significance is partly to do with its pre-history, write HENRY JENKINS and JOHN HARTLEY
The ghost of Arthur Rylah
The old battles against ignorance and prejudice were not permanently won, argues GEOFFREY BARKER
Budget 2008: what it means for broadcasting
MARGARET SIMONS detects some good news for community radio, but not a great deal else
What the internet means for the way journalists write
The internet is creating a more dynamic and interactive understanding of what disinterested reporting can mean, writes MARGARET SIMONS
Winner creates all?
Almost all creative ventures fail, but the successes can be spectacular, write PAUL ORMEROD and STUART CUNNINGHAM
Catching up
The internet looks like becoming a single social networking platform, writes MARGARET SIMONS
The 'next' museum wave: is social media here to stay?
Collections, audiences, distribution and access will continue to be the central concerns, writes ANGELINA RUSSO
Has radio blown the future?
Digital radio's delayed introduction could mean the future has been created by other audio media, writes JOCK GIVEN