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‘I just go to school with no food’ – why Australia must tackle child poverty to improve educational outcomes
‘I just go to school with no food’ – why Australia must tackle child poverty to improve educational outcomes

Bullying, Diet & Nutrition, Education

‘I just go to school with no food’ – why Australia must tackle child poverty to improve educational outcomes

Gerry Redmond, Flinders University About one in six children in Australia live in poverty. These children generally have poorer educational outcomes than more advantaged children. Our recently published research shows students who live in poverty also experience more social exclusion at school than their more advantaged peers. These findings suggests disadvantage at home carries over [...]

By Generation Next|2022-04-04T17:20:07+10:00April 4th, 2022|Categories: Bullying, Diet & Nutrition, Education|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Belonging isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the key to our kids’ education
Belonging isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the key to our kids’ education

Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing

Belonging isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the key to our kids’ education

This week in every corner of Australia, schools, workplaces and communities will gather in various ways to celebrate Harmony Week, and whether it’s through shared food, music, songs or stories, this is a time for us to embrace inclusiveness, respect and importantly, a sense of belonging for everyone. According to the OECD’s latest report Trends [...]

By Generation Next|2022-04-04T17:20:31+10:00April 4th, 2022|Categories: Education, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?
How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?

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How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?

Ren Perkins, The University of Queensland and Marnee Shay, The University of Queensland A major federal government review into how we train our teachers has just been released. This is part of the government’s push to improve Australia’s standing in the international education rankings. The first two recommendations focus on the important role of Indigenous [...]

By Generation Next|2022-04-04T17:20:45+10:00April 4th, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity
Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity

Diet & Nutrition, Mental Health & Wellbeing

Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity

By Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, The University of Queensland; Abdullah Mamun, The University of Queensland, and Yaqoot Fatima, James Cook University School holidays can be a special time for extended families to gather. Children may see their grandparents at seasonal gatherings or as part of childcare arrangements to help working parents. New research suggests the biology, [...]

By Generation Next|2022-01-24T17:22:07+11:00January 24th, 2022|Categories: Diet & Nutrition, Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Your kid is having a meltdown in the supermarket. In tough parenting moments, here’s what you can do
Your kid is having a meltdown in the supermarket. In tough parenting moments, here’s what you can do

Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture

Your kid is having a meltdown in the supermarket. In tough parenting moments, here’s what you can do

Julia Caldwell, The University of Queensland; Koa Whittingham, The University of Queensland, and Pamela Meredith, University of the Sunshine Coast You walk into a room. You are going to play a game. Your competitors? Other parents. There will only be one winner. You aim is to survive. No, we’re not talking about Squid Game but [...]

By Generation Next|2022-01-24T16:25:08+11:00January 24th, 2022|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: Article|0 Comments

What we know about our children after 2021
What we know about our children after 2021

COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing

What we know about our children after 2021

By Associate Professor Hernan Cuervo, Dr Annie Gowing , Dr Yong Zhao and Professor Jim Watterston In 2021, families across the nation and around the world endured a second year of interrupted schooling, with the associated challenges of home-learning, working from home and isolation from the support networks of extended family and friends. For [...]

By Generation Next|2022-01-24T16:08:26+11:00January 24th, 2022|Categories: COVID, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Generation Next Impact Report 2021
Generation Next Impact Report 2021

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Generation Next Impact Report 2021

Presenting to you our 2021 infographic report on the impact of Generation Next on young people, youth professionals and the wider community. A special thanks to you and everybody who has supported Generation Next, tuned in on our podcasts, articles, and participated in our online learning program. Download the PDF - [...]

By Generation Next|2021-12-16T16:00:41+11:00December 15th, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Children and screens – making it through the holidays
Children and screens – making it through the holidays

Mental Health & Wellbeing, Screen Use, Social Media, Technology

Children and screens – making it through the holidays

By Catherine Draper, University of the Witwatersrand It comes as no surprise that children are spending more time watching screens as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents and caregivers in many parts of the world – including South Africa, where I have done research on children’s healthy behaviours – have had a hard time [...]

By Generation Next|2022-11-21T17:40:20+11:00December 15th, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Screen Use, Social Media, Technology|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Buying picture books as Christmas presents? These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy
Buying picture books as Christmas presents? These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy

Learning, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture

Buying picture books as Christmas presents? These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy

By Helen Joanne Adam, Edith Cowan University Gifting children books can be about more than just giving them something to read. Books are portals to adventure, imagination and new experiences. Importantly, books can help children understand and appreciate themselves, and those around them. Sadly, books normalising racial, cultural, family or gender diversity and diverse abilities [...]

By Generation Next|2021-12-15T12:27:43+11:00December 15th, 2021|Categories: Learning, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Data protection is a mental health issue for young people
Data protection is a mental health issue for young people

Mental Health & Wellbeing, Screen Use, Social Media, Technology

Data protection is a mental health issue for young people

By Dr Piers Gooding, Dr Rys Farthing and Emily Painter In 2018, a Melbourne high school mistakenly released the personal digital records of hundreds of students. Among the records were details of students’ “mental health conditions, medications, learning and behavioural difficulties”. This was bad enough but globally breaches of privacy like this can be much [...]

By Generation Next|2021-12-06T14:15:23+11:00December 6th, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Screen Use, Social Media, Technology|Tags: Article|0 Comments