Sport to reduce depression and suicide rates in young men
UOW has teamed up with Movember on a multi-million dollar first-of-its-kind project, involving six of Australia’s major sporting organisations, which aims to address mental health issues among adolescent male athletes.
The Movember Foundation awarded UOW almost...
Poor mother-baby bonding passed to next generation
Trust pathways in the brain are set in infancy and passed on from mother to child, according to landmark UNSW-led research. The work relates to oxytocin levels in new mothers and proves for the...
Building science bridges from school to university
Secondary school teacher Adam Wallace has spent three days of the past two months at Flinders to discover what the University’s scientists are up to, and will take his insights back to Unley High School for...
Learning is all a song in classrooms
Music teacher Aniko Debreceny brings song into learning.
A music student is developing the first curriculum-based set of songs to help school students in Australia and beyond learn about ancient history.
Charles Darwin University Masters student...
Semen secrets: how a previous sexual partner can influence another male’s offspring
Scientists have discovered a new form of non-genetic inheritance, showing for the first time that offspring can resemble a mother’s previous sexual partner – in flies at least.
This confronting idea, known as telegony, dates...
Reversing the effects of binge drinking on youth mental health
Alcohol binge drinking is bad at any age. But binge drinking if you're young and have a mental health issue is a recipe for disaster.
The good news is that intervening early with appropriate treatments...
Social media puts body-conscious girls off sport
A growing number of teenage girls are shying away from sports in high school because Facebook and Instagram are making them self-conscious about their bodies, a new Flinders University study reveals.
The study, led by...
Father and son program to reduce aggressive behaviour
Fathers will be critical to the successful treatment of their sons’ aggressive and antisocial conduct in a UNSW-led project, which has today been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the Movember Foundation.
“Disorders of violence,...
Struggle to juggle still hardest for women
Mothers juggling paid work and care responsibilities are still struggling to find work-life balance in 2014, according to the latest Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) national report from the University of South Australia’s...
Inspiring teachers the key to inspired science learning
Scientists, education experts and experienced teachers have collaborated on a new professional program aiming to generate "radical change" in high school science teaching.
Launching on 7 October, U @ Uni Inspiring Science Teaching is a...
