Having been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, Samwise Holmes’s high school years were characterised by relentless bullying, constant feelings of isolation and even having his head flushed down a toilet. But being subjected to such extensive and cruel bullying didn’t defeat ...

Two separate incidents of anti-Semitic bullying within Victorian schools have sent deep tremors of disturbance through the education system and wider community. In one case, under threat of violence, a Year 7 student at Cheltenham Secondary College was made to ...

John Marsden is best known for his top-selling Tomorrow When the War Began YA series, in which a group of young people find themselves suddenly in a war zone without the protections of the adults or institutions they’ve relied upon ...

However well-intentioned, some school anti-bullying campaigns actually make the issue worse. That’s the warning from University of Queensland researcher Karyn Healy, unpacked in a piece for The Conversation. Some of the problem, Healy said, stems from the fact most anti-bullying programs ...

Teachers are considering leaving the profession over the bullying they cop, so experts have floated a possible partial solution to the problem: a mandatory code of conduct for parents and students. Their study found a vast majority (80 per cent) of teachers ...

A C-Suite shakeup at Instagram has resulted in a windfall for Adam Mosseri – and for bullying victims. Mosseri, formerly the head of product, now heads up the whole company. His first move as chief was harmonious in tone. “There ...

Remember those yellow ‘Livestrong’ wristbands? In 2003, now-infamous cyclist Lance Armstrong created a charity to support cancer research after he developed testicular cancer, and promoted it using the silicone rubber accessories. They soon caught on as a philanthropic status symbol, and ...

Tony Parker, a former high school geography teacher, isn’t allowed to fully share his story of being bullied.† Legally, he is prevented from doing so. That’s not, however, the kind of silencing he and his peers, Peter Anderson and Kathy Simpson, are aggrieved ...

Australian school councils have come out pushing for surveillance cameras to be implemented into school playgrounds to help fight bullying and crime. This is a highly delicate issue, as one of the keys for creating a positive, social school playground ...

Three strikes and bullies are out, if principals say so. That’s one of the tenets of Victorian leader of the opposition Matthew Guy’s answer to school bullying across the state. Guy’s office said the $15.3 million plan – which the ...