The perils of alliteration

Griffith U medical student Alexandra Wilson has a scholarship to attend the World Health Organisation in Geneva, to present her proposal for compulsory self-care among healthcare workers.

The university announces her achievement but perhaps the headline is not what was intended, “Jaunt to Geneva to spruik self-care.”

That’s jaunt, as in a “journey, especially for pleasure,” according to the OED and “spruik” as in “to advertise a show” according to the Australian National Dictionary