Night driving restriction reduces young driver crashes
Restricting teenagers from driving unsupervised at night, and introducing strict penalties and other licensing requirements, could reduce crashes significantly, according to research.
Published in Health Affairs, the study by researchers from Monash University and Harvard...
Did the alcopops tax do the trick in reducing alcohol related harm?
Hospital emergency department presentations for young people significantly decreased following the introduction of the alcopops tax in 2008, according to a new UNSW-led study published in the journal BMC Public Health.
The study is the...
Assistive technology can boost students’ learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of students with special needs in Western Australian classrooms could be boosted with the introduction of low-tech and high-tech assistive technology, including iPads, to deliver educational programs, according to Associate Professor...
Assistive technology can boost students' learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of students with special needs in Western Australian classrooms could be boosted with the introduction of low-tech and high-tech assistive technology, including iPads, to deliver educational programs, according to Associate Professor...
Tackling secondary school homelessness
A new study has found that community service groups and schools need to work more closely together to assist and prevent homelessness in secondary school youth.
The report, Couch Surfing Secondary Students: The Yarra Ranges...
Inactivity in childhood linked to poor health outcomes in adolescence
How active you are as a child could have an impact on your weight and risk of chronic disease from as early fifteen years of age, according to new research led by the University...
No support for chronically-ill students
Australia’s school system is failing some of its most vulnerable young people by leaving them unsupported in their education.
A new Victoria University report reveals chronically-ill children who need to take extended absences from school...
ATARs a weak predictor of student performance
A new report shows that ATAR scores are a weak predictor of academic performance for first-year students.
The report by Victoria University’s Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies (VISES) and supported by the National Centre...
Gardasil vaccine adverse event monitoring update
The TGA has made available on its website an enhanced school-based surveillance report of acute adverse events following immunisation with the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, in males and females, 2013 from which no safety...
How to keep kids safe online
An expert in how young people interact with the internet and video games will deliver the first talk in The West Australian ECU Lecture Series.
ECU Professor of Communications Lelia Green will speak on the...
