Australia is missing out on much of the value skilled migrants bring because many struggle to find work fitting their qualifications and experience on arrival here, new research has found. Many migrants feel there is little government support for them…

Volunteering to help individuals can build skills and knowledge, enhance employment opportunities, provide new and challenging experiences as well as deliver feelings of personal satisfaction through contributing, a new survey has found. It also delivers measurable benefits to those being…

Migrants who adapt to Australian culture are happier and do better than those who don’t, according to new research. A study that looked at factors influencing personal wellbeing among skilled migrants found that more time spent in Australia doesn’t necessarily…

Australia’s migrant English language program is failing to engage migrant learners and equip them properly for life in Australia, according to two new research reports. The two reports, produced independently by the Scanlon Institute and a consortium of three Sydney…

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale has hit out at the Trump administration’s dismantling of the US’ leadership in global humanitarian affairs and its Writing in the Washington Post, Mr Mondale said: “Forty years ago this month, I stood before the Geneva Meeting…

Returning migrants are bringing unexpected benefits to their home communities through wealth, education and world experience, new research has found. Between 1990 and 2015 nearly half of all migrants worldwide went back to their country of birth, whether by choice…

Awareness about dementia is becoming an issue among diverse communities as Australia’s population becomes both older and more multicultural, public health experts say. As the Australian population ages, rates of dementia are also on the rise, which has led to…

Digital skills are seen by workers as being the most essential for the modern workplace, according to a new survey. But the study also found that younger workers value emotional, or ‘soft’ skills, most. The survey of 1,000 workers from…

Developing entrepreneurial skills, digital literacy as well as creativity and an innovative mindset will be the key to surviving in the workplace of the future, according to social entrepreneur and author Jan Owen. Speaking at the recent EduTech Conference in…

The ‘broad utility’ and exploitation that temporary migrants provide and receive in Australia’s job markets are the focus of a new report from the Scanlon Institute on the “spectacular” rise in temporary work visas. The report says temporary migrants have…

Democracy is facing a crisis in the western world with a new study finding a majority of citizens across 27 leading democratic nations dissatisfied with the way the system is working. Washington-based think tank the Pew Research Centre found that,…

A fifteen-year roller coaster ride of soaring hope and crushing despair has characterised the life of Iraqi refugee Ammar Al-Taie. The 32-year-old dentist survived the invasion of his homeland by US-led coalition forces, a subsequent civil war and deadly sectarian…