1 Nov 2018

The Panel with Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Mike Rehu (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 1 November 2018

Forty per cent of degrees will soon be obsolete and will merely be markers of achievement and study. Traditional under- and post-graduate degrees will disappear within a decade. More than half of Australian employers canvassed in the Graduate Outcomes Survey say that degrees in management and commerce are not worthwhile. Only 41% of science and maths graduates think their degree has been relevant to their job. What the Panelists Susan Hornsby-Geluk and Mike Rehu want to talk about. Residential property sellers might be popping the champagne corks but tenants are falling further behind with their housing needs. Tommy Kapai Wilson from the Tauranga's Tuinga Whanau Social Services Trust says "when the cost of rental properties in Tauranga goes through the roof, the homeless go further through the hole in the floor." The editor of the magazine attached to the Waitrose British supermarket chain has been sacked after emailing a joke about killing vegans. Freelance journalist Selene Nelson pitched a series of stories on vegan cooking to William Sitwell. He replied saying "How about a series on killing vegans, one by one. Expose their hypocrisy. Force-feed them meat? Make them eat steak and drink red wine?" The odd Lime scooter seems to have caught fire in the United States because of battery issues triggering a partial recall. Three people died on e-scooters last month and there's a class-action lawsuit under way by accident victims. You're allowed to ride them on the road but you don't have to wear a helmet. Does this need to change?