by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jan 13, 2023 | History, The World
Failure offers a special experience in education. During my time as an undergraduate at Macquarie University, I took 25 subjects, or units, in the humanities. A standard Arts degree has 24 units in Australia. The reason I took an extra one was due to failing a unit....
by Madeleine Rose Jones | May 12, 2022 | History
Over the past week, many have become aware of the current controversies gripping medieval studies. One example involves the authors of the Bright Ages, where accusations of racism gripped Dr. Matthew Gabriele and Dr. David M. Perry. This event, and the ludicrous...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jun 3, 2021 | Personal, Philosophy
During coronavirus, many university students encountered online higher education. With classes, tutorials and lectures moved online, students had to adapt quickly to online learning management systems. This happened to myself, who in my final year at Macquarie...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Nov 3, 2020 | History, Personal
Tomorrow is my last class of an undergraduate history degree. It’s been four adventurous years, where I’ve changed majors, had doubts and explored my interests. Yet no matter what occurred, I always came back to history. In my degree, I studied 20th Century European...