There’s plenty of evidence showing how social media use can affect youth mental health, but studies often omit the developing countries of the global south.
To rebuild our children’s mental health after the duress of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must redefine how mental health services are delivered to our communities, and create a scaffold of affordable and accessible support.
We need to move beyond whether cancel culture is good or bad, and understand in more nuanced terms what it means, especially given the political weaponising of it.
Technological advancements such as machine learning offer hope in improving the efficiency of detecting – and preventing – harassing or intimidating online behaviour.
Testing in March, with results released in July, leaves little time for teachers to analyse the data and make use of it, or for schools to make educational improvements in that year.
Thousands of teachers and students are choosing to teach and learn in virtual settings rather than face-to-face.
Little has been said about the potential use and misuse of generative AI, particularly in medicine and healthcare.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the associated legal ramifications.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we examine whether mining and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as we transition to a decarbonised future,
Virtual mobility is part of the “new” normal in higher education, but to capitalise on this potential, we need to ensure students are fully on board.
Could the massive data we all generate when connecting to, and disconnecting from, the internet help researchers better-understand sleep?
For employers to feel confident hiring individuals who graduated from their course in the 2020s, they need to be convinced of their job-worthiness.
A rise in psychological distress among young Australians, compounded by COVID-19 and difficulties in getting professional help, has added to the urgency of mental health education in schools.
Indonesia’s government has funded a thorough media literacy program, but rather than stopping misinformation, it may serve to undermine independent thought.
There are ingrained barriers to how far dating app Bumble can go towards emancipating women from the old-fashioned courtship power dynamics it claims to be shifting.
Even the most innovative use of digital technology in education comes with potential problems, and unforeseen consequences.
How machine learning can play a key role in combating fake news.
The 2021 Australian Youth Barometer, a survey of more than 500 young Australians aged 18 to 24, reflects the pressures young Australians have been under during COVID-19.
To address climate change, we need to apply the same urgent large-scale response we have to COVID-19, and the key to achieving that is to listen more closely to the fury of youth.
A study underlines that beyond the motivation challenges for final-year students, their mental health and wellbeing has been significantly affected.
A nationwide study reveals the ways school psychologists and counsellors adapted to overcome the challenges of pandemic-related restrictions.
If humans are programming artificial intelligence, are we stuck with the human biases that inadvertently work their way into AI systems?
The English astronomer and navigator Thomas Harriot died in 1621, leaving behind 8000 pages of notes containing a trove of unpublished scientific discoveries.
New research highlights how school leaders’ work was impacted by the drastic changes brought on by COVID-19 in 2020.
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