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  • From contemporary art to permanent marks: Elly Lewis’s path to becoming a tattoo apprentice

    From contemporary art to permanent marks: Elly Lewis’s path to becoming a tattoo apprentice

    Prior to graduating from the University of South Australia earlier this year, like many students, Elly Lewis was facing uncertainty about her future in the workforce. However, with a lot of hard work and a lucky connection, she has transformed her love of tattoos and art into a promising career.

  • Olivia Bradley: Adelaide Hills hooper headed stateside

    Olivia Bradley: Adelaide Hills hooper headed stateside

    As she prepares to leave to the US for college in July, Uraidla-based Olivia Bradley details her journey up to this point and reflects on the flurry of accomplishments that have come as a reward for her relentless work ethic.

  • Firebrand: former SA premier Lynn Arnold’s history of protest

    Firebrand: former SA premier Lynn Arnold’s history of protest

    Marking the beginning of OTR’s Advanced News Writing Profile Month, OTR journalist Robert Hicks speaks to former SA premier Lynn Arnold, who reminisces on his time protesting the Vietnam War in the sixties and offers advice for current activists looking to create change.

  • What’s on in June: the “beat the winter blues” edition

    What’s on in June: the “beat the winter blues” edition

    Between freezing weather and end-of-semester exams, it’s no wonder some of us are feeling gloomy. Luckily, OTR is here with some lively arts events to beat the winter blues away.

  • Your student debt increases by 7.1 per cent today: what is being done politically and how will it affect you?

    Your student debt increases by 7.1 per cent today: what is being done politically and how will it affect you?

    The 7.1 per cent indexation rate for HECS-HELP is an added stressor for many university students and graduates following recent record inflation and cost-of-living pressures. OTR journalist Robert Hicks asks experts and political parties how this indexation will affect students, and what they are planning to do — or not do.

  • Online lectures: here to stay?

    Online lectures: here to stay?

    Recent OTR polling shows a majority of UniSA students find in-person lectures more engaging than online lectures. So why haven’t on-campus lectures returned? OTR journalist Jack Trehearne investigates the divide between UniSA management and its teachers and students.

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