tertiary education

‘Schools Largely to Blame for Rising Mental Health Issues’

Whole school cultures will need to change, and sometimes, radically so. Photo: ALAMY The mental health epidemic among the young represents one of the greatest challenges facing our schools. According to the leading charity, Young Minds, between 2001 and 2011 inpatient admissions for young people who self-harm increased by 68 per cent, while in another survey [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-12-12T20:39:19+11:00December 12th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: Depression, Mental Health, schools, self harm, technology, tertiary education, young minds|3 Comments

Can you do it for me?

I’m currently in Denmark where I gave the keynote address at the Innovation in Education conference. As well the conference, I’ve been working with different schools and organisations around the concept of student (and staff) engagement. Whilst working with the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Aarhus, one researcher told me of [...]

By Shridevi|2013-04-15T17:56:24+10:00April 15th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: autonomy, engagement, intrinsic motivation, school, students, tertiary education|3 Comments