Providing mental health support for kids
The rollout of a short online course focusing on young people’s mental health and wellbeing in South Australian primary schools is giving trainee teachers and other […]
Gender, age divide in new bullying study
Students’ emotional resilience is linked to their chances of being victimised, with less resilient students more likely to suffer from harassment, new research shows. The research, […]
Youths beware of bullying by best friends
We wouldn’t expect best friends to bully each other – but they can in unexpected ways. Sometimes, bullying behaviour by young people that would usually be […]
Anti-bullying PEACE program packs a punch
Italian high schools have reported success with a South Australian program to help victims of bullying and aggression. The Preparation, Education, Action, Coping, Evaluation (PEACE) antibullying […]
Primary schools embrace PEACE Pack to tackle bullying
A total of 26 primary schools across South Australia have been trialling a new anti-bullying program developed at Flinders University. The new primary school version of […]
Year 7 bullies can become victims
Students who are bullies in Year 7 are also likely to become victims in high school, Flinders research has found. A new study of 1,382 students […]
PEACE Pack halves bullying at Adelaide school
A Flinders University program to reduce bullying in the schoolyard and promote wellbeing among children has halved the incidents of bullying at Brighton Secondary School and […]
Early career researchers forge ahead
Animal behaviour, water resources and Indigenous archaeology are just some of the fields of research at Flinders to receive support from the 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Awards.
Flinders and Italy form united front on cyber bullying
An Italian cyber bullying expert is working with Flinders University researchers to explore the cross-cultural differences in parental monitoring over children’s internet activities.