Student wellbeing

Exploring the Effects of Boarding School on Academic and Non-academic Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Boarding and Day Students

There is little large-scale Australian and international research assessing the effects of boarding school on academic and non-academic outcomes.

Aboriginal/Indigenous students in high school: Understanding their motivation, engagement, academic buoyancy, and achievement

Academic buoyancy has been defined as a capacity to overcome setbacks, challenges, and difficulties that are part of everyday academic life.

Indigenous peoples’ experiences of cyberbullying: An assemblage approach

A recent nationally representative survey by the Australia Institute (2019) found that 39% of Australians have experienced some form of cyber-hatred and violence, and that it has cost the Australia

Co-designing Indigenous education policy in Queensland

The Australian Government consistently reports the lack of progress in relation to improving educational outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Preparing Aboriginal students in remote communities for life beyond school

This project aims to better prepare young Aboriginal adults as they transition from Vocational Education and Training school education to life beyond school, including into the workplace.

Conditions for Success to Enhance Aboriginal Education

Aboriginal students remain the most educationally disadvantaged Australians.

“It’s all about relationships”: The place of boarding schools in promoting and managing health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students

In recent years, Australian government policies have promoted access to secondary education through boarding schools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully termed Indigen