Campus Review Podcasts

An education and wellbeing expert is concerned that the future for young people will as challenging, if not more so, than what they experienced after the Global Financial Crisis. For Professor Peter Kelly at RMIT's School of Education, this is a consequence of years of employment instability, poor work conditions and “predatory business behaviours” and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. As Kelly says, young people are more vulnerable “largely because the sorts of work young people do". This includes hospitality, retail and gig work. But In his interview with Campus Review, Kelly mentioned that it’s not just the financial situation young people may find concerning: he described the current period as a sort of “existential crisis”, a time when many vulnerable young people are asking: “What does life look like next?” “They are trying to map out the next stage of their lives,” Kelly said, “and are also seeking all those things that mark an adult life – independence, autonomy.”Kelly has criticised the governments