La Trobe University

So we need to have a really serious chat about condoms.

According to a national study by La Trobe University, they found that condom use was at its lowest record since 1992. with 1 in 10 sexually active teens now using the withdrawal method as a form of contraception and only half using a condom despite more than 80% having access to condoms in the last time that they had sex.

And we actually have heard this from you.

We've had some DMs recently from people who have said they've been shamed for wearing a condom or that it feels better without it.

and syphilis because condoms doesn't cover the genital skin.

So I guess our concern is that condoms, it's not that it doesn't work, it's just that people are not using it.

So last year there was a big study done by La Trobe University of over 4,000 young people, 14 to 18 year old, and they found that even though they had 80% of these young people had access to condoms, only half of them actually used a condom at their most recent sexual encounter.

And also we know internationally, this is not just an Australian phenomenon, that the WHO has also noticed plummeting use of condoms globally as well.

With me is Therese Keane, Associate Dean of Research and Industry Engagement in the School of Education at La Trobe University.

Therese, thanks so much for joining me.

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This is all kind of, I trawled through the, I think I mentioned it before, the SSASH, so the Australian Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health.

So La Trobe University in Melbourne does this every few years.

I remember doing at least one at school, if not two.

I don't know if you remember.

Harley Hughes.

Harley recently relocated to Australia to take up a position as an Associate Professor at La Trobe University.

She brings a brilliant, unapologetically grounded perspective to what we are trying to achieve with explicit instruction and the science of learning.

In this episode, we get straight into the realities of school leadership and teacher improvement.

Let's get into it.

Joining me on the podcast today is Dr. Harley Hughes.

Harley is an associate professor at La Trobe University, visiting professor at Academica, and the author of 10 books.

She brings over 20 years of experience leading within secondary schools and multi-academy trusts in England, where she has also advised on government policy.

And a great presenter

Yes, and she's at La Trobe University.

Um, and-

Which is really exciting

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Anna, Anna Stock's, um, at La Trobe University as well, like as a visiting thing.

And I am a, what am I again? Can't remember.

See, adjunct something or other-