takes the global problem of ‘Indigenous educational disadvantage’ that have culminated in the Australian context in the ‘Closing the Gap’ policy.

provides selected works of the major thinkers who have contributed to the discourse on the idea of the university in the German, English, American and French traditions, dating from the establishment of the University of Berlin in 1810.

examines the possibilities and consequences of the relationship between young people, well-being, education and social justice in times of crisis and hope.