Providing current research to our members is a strategic priority for the Alliance. We deliver access to valuable resources and anaylsis of the latest research findings relevant to educators of girls. Subscription-only academic research articles, as well as open access articles and reports by governments, universities and major organisations are summarised for members, highlighting themes and topics of particular relevance to the education of girls, including academic performance, mental health, leadership, neuroscience, single-sex education, STEM, wellbeing, and work and careers.
With more than 500 research abstracts, including over 160 related to single-sex education, many of which summarise research from subscription-only academic journals, the Alliance Research Library provides an unparalleled source of information on single-sex education for girls.
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Menstrual management is a critical issue across the globe, yet little published research addresses this topic within the context of school education. Researchers from the Western Sydney University and the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand have recently published an article discussing what Australian schools can do better to support…
Researchers from the University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University have recently published the findings from a study that considered the influence of social media on girls’ body image and body dissatisfaction. Adolescent girls are more vulnerable than boys to mental health concerns caused by engagement with social media.…
A recent study undertaken by Scientia Associate Professor Rebecca Collie and Scientia Professor Andrew Martin funded by a grant from the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia focussed on the unique role of academic buoyancy in academic outcomes for girls. 2022 AGSA-Academic Buoyancy
The 2022 STEM Equity Monitor (also known as the Monitor) has been released by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources. This report provides an important benchmark for understanding girls’ attitudes towards STEM subjects, and how this might inform their future study and career prospects. The Monitor has…
Mission Australia recently released the results of its 21st Youth Survey. This is the largest annual survey of its type in Australia, which was developed to “amplify the voices and experiences of young people so that young people have a say in decisions that will affect their future” (Mission Australia,…
Researchers from Deakin University, Australia and Exeter University, United Kingdom, have considered current conversations regarding the “reinvigoration of interest in feminist activism” (Charles & Allan, 2022, p. 266). By considering the feminist activism of three students from an “elite Australian single-sex secondary school”, the authors considered these questions in order…
Recent work by Seul-Ki Kim and Young-Chul Kim from the Department of Economics at Sogang University, South Korea, has focussed on non-cognitive student outcomes and the role of single-sex education on these aspects of the student experience. Kim and Kim’s (2022, p. 112) article considers the effects of single-sex schooling…
The focus on mental health concerns for children and young people has been growing since the early 2000s. Researchers from the University of Exeter have drawn together multiple articles addressing girls’ mental health and its relationship to academic achievement in response to the “mental health ‘crisis’ or ‘epidemic’ that is…