ProctorU’s big payday from UQ
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced the University of Queensland to move courses online the university needed a way to conduct invigilated exams in an online learning environment, for the university that solution was ProctorU. The decision to use ProctorU was met with pushback from students and academics over privacy concerns, now Semper can […]
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Respect Is… 2020 winning submission
To me, gaining respect starts with defiance. I am a woman, but who does that make me? I am told to dress moderately, but not like a prude, don’t be too loud, be seen but not heard, keep my legs closed, but I MUST have children, and I mustn’t be too fat, or too thin, […]
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UQ leadership to appear before parliamentary inquiry
It was announced on March 16 that top executives from The University of Queensland including Chancellor Peter Varghese will front the Parliamentary Inquiry into national security risks affecting the Australian higher education and research sector. Set to appear before the inquiry via video conference at 12:45pm on Friday March 19, Chancellor Varghese will be joined by […]
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DEUS EX MEDIA
Paradigmatic of the revolving-door scapegoatism underpinning discourses surrounding “Big Tech” (Trump’s laboured hypocoristic for online platforms), News Corp and competing mafias, and the federal government or specifically the two-party system, is Facebook claiming it is battling false news whilst benefiting from its tumorous growth.
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UQ, the Union, and You
During most people’s introduction to university the UQ administration is their friend, and the student union is their smaller, much poorer friend. Over time however, if they pay attention, students will typically come to a more complete (and cynical) understanding of the various players in the petty power games that underlie the corporate side of […]
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LGBT+ rights – rapidly growing e-petition
An e-petition started on the 15th of February by Esther Vale and sponsored by Michael Berkman, the Greens MP for Maiwar, has seen remarkably large number of signatures with it being one of the fastest growing active e-petition on the QLD parliament website. The e-petition seeks to recognise LGBT+ people in the Birth, Deaths and […]
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Studying from home
These past few semesters have been very different from the norm with the coronavirus pandemic leading to all UQ courses being offered via flexible delivery, and most students taking their courses online, at least in part. While a large section of the general workforce has transitioned to working from home, people have raised the point […]
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Sexuality and identities
In response to the anonymous love letters I have received enquiring about my sexuality. Performance in accordance with sexualities entails the fulfilment of the requisite coordinates on a multiplexed system which consists of: consent, in its primacy; actions, of one or more minds; objects such as bodies; immediate contexts or settings; broader narratives; and, any […]
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You don’t need Netflix, you have a better, free* alternative
For some time now, I’ve been hooked on trying to consume all the ClassicsTM in time to be considered cultured. For some reason the deadline in my head is 30, which still seems a lifetime away, but there are just oh so many classic films out there. Even just a few years ago it seemed […]
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Facebook hides Semper content
On February 18 Australian students visiting the Semper Floreat Facebook page discovered a lack of content as Facebook blocked Australian’s from viewing news on Facebook in response to the Australian Government’s attempts to force tech companies to pay publishers for news that appears in people’s feeds. However the ban has not limited to news organizations […]
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