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.
Library access and membership:
Free library membership and access is available for all staff of Alliance member schools, simply complete the access request form to receive your personalised login.
Annual library subscription for non-Alliance members costs AUD550
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For more information or member access, please contact Loren Bridge (t) +61 7 5521 0749 (e) [email protected]
Dr Julie Hodges’ PhD thesis comprised three studies which compared perceptions of important aspects of the boarding environment, and evaluated a boarding staff training program called connXionz for boarding school staff. Research “supports a direct comparison between the home and boarding environments, and as such, boarding staff who fulfil an…
read more –›A recent Australian study by Martin, Nejad, Colmar & Liem (2013) explored how adaptable adolescents are at school. A student’s adaptability “is likely to be demonstrated through higher levels of mental health in the form of life satisfaction, self-esteem, and sense of meaning and purpose and higher levels of academic…
read more –›The Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACMM) ran a one-day conference in 2013 titled “Media, minds and neuroscience: the developing brain in a media-rich environment”. Several academics presented research on how screen time, screen violence, apps and social media are shaping the developing child and adolescent brain. According…
read more –›Researchers at Flinders University are exploring the relationship between internet use and body image in adolescent girls. As part of the ongoing NetGirls project, 1096 girls aged between 12 and 16 years from secondary schools in South Australia were interviewed (Slater, 2012). Schools from each sector were represented in the…
read more –›Steve Biddulph has an impressive track record as a parenting author and family psychologist. He has sold millions of books which detail how to raise babies, children and adolescents. Until 2012, Biddulph has predominantly specialised in the health and happiness of boys and men. He wrote Raising Girls because there…
read more –›Sheryl Sandberg hardly needs introduction; she is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, and is listed each year as one of the most influential people in the world. In addition to being a highly successful American business executive, she serves on a number of powerful boards. In December 2010, Sandberg…
read more –›“She [the Prime Minister] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint – Christine Nixon in Melbourne, Clover Moore here. Honestly… there isn’t a chaff bag big enough for them” – 2GB Radio Broadcaster Alan Jones, 31 August…
read more –›Anne Summers is a journalist, author, editor and publisher who has long been involved in the Australian women’s movement. She has advised politicians and writes extensively about the role of women in political and economic life. The Misogyny Factor is based on two speeches that Summers delivered in 2012: the…
read more –›Educating Girls was launched by Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on 7 September 2013. Ms Bryce commended Brisbane Girls Grammar School on the publication of such a “beautiful and important book”. Feminist and author Dale Spender, provides an introduction for the text, which…
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