Spring 2013 Aspire To Inspire

Unsung heroes

2 August 2013 EH

You don't have to be the person everyone focuses on to be the hero of a story. We pick some 'unsung heroes' from our favourite films.

Broadening the ideal of beauty

2 August 2013 EH

Dannielle Miller once wrote a love letter in acceptance and gratitude to her own body. This is the essence of what she teaches young women to do: define beauty for themselves and not in comparison with magazine covers.

Super human or just human?

2 August 2013 EH

With reports of footballers behaving badly in the media all the time, intern Michael Alvaro explores whether we ask too much of our sporting role models.

Nerves: A first celebrity interview

2 August 2013 EH

After sending emails and tweeting messages to a range of well-known inspirational celebrity activists, Nicole De Souza was able to secure an interview with World Vision's Tim Costello. Next came the scary part - making the call.

Learning by example

2 August 2013 EH

What do students find inspirational about their teachers and teachers find inspirational about their students?

Faith like oxygen

2 August 2013 EH

Defying her doctors, Michelle Newland awoke from a vegetative state and fulfilled her dream of being a teacher - in her own way.

No ordinary girl

2 August 2013 EH

A story about a young girl who didn't see the special things others saw in her.

How to win at being a loser

2 August 2013 EH

You can still be a good example to others, even when things aren't going your way. With the help of photographer Peter Casamento, our interns show you how.

From image to imagination

2 August 2013 EH

Interns Mark McQuillan and Yazmine Lomax chose a piece of artwork to be the subject of a fictional story in an exercise to show how art can inspire art. They chose the painting The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer to use as their muse.