Maintaining positive health and mental wellbeing in students is one of the key areas of concerns in schools. Research shows that children are bearing the brunt of mental health concerns triggered or exacerbated by the pandemic and the number presenting with mental health or emotional problems.
   Indoor Air Quality is more impactful for children because their bodies and brains are not fully developed.
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There is a lack of a strategic, nationwide approach to equipping Australia’s new teachers with technological literacy and skills.
   Each teacher training institution has come up with their own approach at the expense of a consistent strategy and there is a divergence between primary and secondary teaching degrees.
   Monash’s Dr Joanne Blannin led a team of researchers who reviewed the content of 276 tech-relevant education courses. Read more

One of the big transitions students will make is when they reach university, there will be many formative experiences in store and commonly sexual harassment will be one of them.
   Younger students aged 18-21 will more frequently experience sexual assault than older students at university, and are more likely to have experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months than those aged 22-24 years or older. Read more

As anorexia nervosa rates continue to climb, smarter approaches to treatment are being seen as the way forward.
   Flinders University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Tracey Wade says the South Australian ‘Day Program’ format which gives intensive daily treatment but no overnight admission treatments looks promising. The Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychology has been instrumental in setting up the SA Day Program. Read more

Social segregation and its impact on educational outcomes for students from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background can be a common reality within Australia, with our country identified as one of the worst for an achievement gap between socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged students. This crisis and its impact on greater society are explored through the lens of a case study from my own workplace. Read more

According to the Technology Council of Australia, the Australian workforce needs an additional 286,000 IT workers by 2025. However, the reality is, Australian universities are currently only graduating between 5,000 and 7,000 students in ICT each year, demonstrating the challenge in maintaining and growing a technology workforce.
   So, where are all these people going to come from?  The workforce and IT skills shortage is a global issue. Read more