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‘Safe’ risks reward boys at the Hutchins School

'Safe' risks reward boys at the Hutchins School

When Hutchins School boys climb the steep face of a cliff or spend time entirely alone in a self-built wilderness shelter, or cook their own food over a campfire, they are building essential qualities of maturity: resilience, independence, self-reliance and flexibility. “The boys love anything outdoors and hands-on, and certainly having challenge-based activities, especially when we …read more

The hottest courses to help keep up with the pace of change

The hottest courses to help keep up with the pace of change

Executive education gives working adults the additional skills and knowledge they need throughout their working lives, says the University of NSW’s inaugural dean of lifelong learning, Professor Nick Wailes. “We all need to be thinking about what we’re going to learn next,” he says. “It’s not a terminal journey. You don’t get to an end-point. It’s something …read more

The best time to upskill? All the time

The best time to upskill? All the time

Rather than having a mid-career break to take a six-month or year-long executive education course, upskilling and reskilling is now considered a decades-long endeavour, spanning an entire working life and potentially consisting of multiple short courses. Executive education directors say successful executives are constantly looking to learn and understand more about their professional fields and how …read more

How this battery system can help the energy transition

How this battery system can help the energy transition

Ausgrid has big plans for community batteries across its network. With 10 smaller community batteries already in place and eight larger battery installations in the works, the largest electricity distributor on Australia’s east coast is rapidly moving into energy storage. “Ausgrid is extending what has historically been seen to be a network to include storage,” says …read more