There is no universal experience of school, and no one is likely to have an easy time at school all of the time. Young people in Aotearoa face many challenges in and out of school, and there is significant variation in what those challenges are and who experiences...
Seeing friends, learning, preparing for the future and fulfilling parent expectations are some of the key motivators for young people to attend school according to young people in Growing Up in New Zealand who have taken part in the Our Voices study. Understanding the...
In partnership with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Our Voices team has developed a free, interactive exhibition that offers visitors to the Museum an opportunity to learn about the Our Voices project, and connect with the hopes, concerns,...
Understanding how complex lives and experiences change and evolve across the lifespan is the broad focus of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS), which held its annual conference in Essex, UK in September. Now in its 13th year, this year’s theme...
About the scholarship: Scholarship valued at $33,000 p.a. plus compulsory fees for up to 36 months full-time study Available to full-time domestic students and domestic fee-paying international students Paid work may not exceed 750 hours per 12-month period of...
Georgia is a recent doctoral graduate in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Waipapa Taumata Rau. Her thesis, titled Measuring Academic Resilience in Quantitative Research: Exploring Researchers’ Methodological Decisions, was included on the Dean’s List 2023,...
