A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people
Rebecca J. Collie, Monash University and Andrew J. Martin, UNSW As young people progress through high school, they start making plans for what they will do when they leave. What factors influence their plans? And importantly, what helps them stay until the end of school? In our new study, we looked at Year 10 students’ [...]
Rob Nicholls, University of Sydney This week, a trial commenced in the United States that could drastically change how Facebook and Instagram operate globally. The trial in Oakland, which is expected to last six weeks, pits 29 US states against the two social media platforms’ owner, Meta. Four states – California, Colorado, Kentucky and New [...]
Philippa Collin, Western Sydney University Hundreds of high school and university students are expected to skip classes today as part of a nationwide student walkout opposing Pauline Hanson and One Nation. Protest organisers the National Union of Students have billed it as a “fight against racism” and opportunity to “stand up against the far right” [...]
Thinking of accelerating a Year 12 subject? Here’s what to consider Jae Yup Jung, UNSW As term three rolls around, students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are starting to plan their subject pathways for their senior years. Some students may be considering acceleration in one or more Year 12 subjects. This means placing them [...]
Four ways to help your teen (and yourself) spend more time away from devices Danielle Einstein, Macquarie University Phones and devices have become inextricably linked with everyday life. They store our credit cards, provide critical bus updates, and allow us to communicate whenever we need to. But when our device use starts to affect our [...]
Kids do feel the cold. So why won’t they wear a jumper? Joshua Pate, University of Technology Sydney It happens just when you need to leave. Bags are packed. Shoes are on. Then your child decides a jumper is impossible. You say, “put your jumper on”. They say, “I’m not cold”. Do kids really not [...]
Kylie Message, Australian National University More than half of Australia’s universities dropped in global rankings this week. Individual results always bounce around. But this drop, via the Centre for World University Rankings, suggests the decline of Australia’s standing in many global rankings systems is more than a blip. Centre for World University Rankings [...]
Narendar Manohar, Black Dog Institute; Hiroko Fujimoto, Black Dog Institute, and Peter Baldwin, Swinburne University of Technology; UNSW Sydney Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness. So what can actually help? Our research shows the most [...]
Erin Harper, University of Sydney and Marianne Fenech, University of Sydney Governments have spent about a year announcing new policies to make early education safer for Australian children. In the wake of reports of shocking abuse and neglect in daycare centres, there have been moves to improve training and screening of educators, as [...]
Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology and Callula Killingly, Queensland University of Technology New data shows 27.2% of Australian students are receiving an adjustment for disability at school. This is up from 25.7% in 2024 and 18% in 2015. An educational adjustment helps students participate on the same basis as their peers without a [...]
