Dr Ruth Aston

Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Research Fellow, Centre for Program Evaluation, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

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Politics & Society

Building stronger connections between schools and communities

While all schools are part of their local community, some are developing partnerships and sharing spaces to become hubs for school-community connections

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Health & Medicine

Promoting health in schools: Old idea, new opportunities

The WHO’s ‘health-promoting schools’ is an old idea, but finding new ways to fully realise its potential for young people globally has never been more urgent

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Education

What does a great teacher look like?

Teachers with a strong belief in their own ability to ‘get the job done’ have the biggest impact on a student’s learning

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