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Author Archives: Graeme Stuart
In some countries (and USA states) our marriage is illegal
In some countries (and 30 states of the USA), Cathy and I would have been prevented from marrying. In fact, even though we are happily married after 31 years and have two wonderful daughters, in some countries (and some states … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Social change
Tagged Personal, Same-sex marriage, Social change, Social justice
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Half a million views
I woke this morning to a nice blogging milestone—half a million views! Since starting the blog in early 2011 there has been a slow but steady climb in views. I know there are limitations to the number of views as … Continue reading
Transparency report (May-August 2017)
At the start of the year, I decided to provide transparency reports for my blog. While I don’t make any money from the blog, I like the idea of sharing information that might be of interest to other bloggers. Total … Continue reading
Posted in Being an academic
Tagged Blogging, Blogs, Transparency report, University academic
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Scam alert – Renewal Letter from ASIC
I’ve recently registered Transition Newcastle as a charity with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so when I the above email I at first thought it could be related to our registration. The text read: Please find information in … Continue reading
Community engagement in marketing
In an introduction to herself in a university course I teach on engaging communities (HLSC2241 at the University of Newcastle), one of my students said she was studying a Bachelor of Business majoring in marketing. In response to a question … Continue reading
Posted in Working with communities
Tagged Community engagement, For students, Marketing
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An open letter to students about the postal survey on same-sex marriage
Here is a copy of an open letter I sent to my students studying a course on community engagement. Even though I have concerns about the postal vote, as we are having it, I hope there is a very high … Continue reading
Posted in Being an academic, Social change
Tagged Gay marriage, Marriage equality, Same-sex marriage, Teaching
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3 reasons I do not support a postal vote on same-sex marriage
Like most other Western countries there is increasing support for legalising same-sex marriage in Australia. We are about to have a national postal vote, run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), to discover whether or not Australians support legalising … Continue reading
An example of asset-based community development
Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD) is built on four foundations (Kretzmann, 2010; Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993; Mathie & Cunningham, 2003): It focuses on community assets and strengths rather than problems and needs It identifies and mobilises individual and community assets, skills … Continue reading
Updated post on vertical and horizontal community engagement
I just updated a post on vertical and horizontal community engagement. The more I think about it the more I like it but have changed from seeing them as different approaches to community engagement to different dimensions of community engagement.
Posted in Working with communities
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Updated information for new lecturers.
This morning I spoke to some new lecturers at the University of Newcastle about how I try to maintain a balance between supporting students and not letting teaching take up all my time as an academic. In preparation, I updated … Continue reading
