Rain in the Illawarra is leaving football fields in bad condition and local football teams have called on local councils to improve the facilities. The Shellharbour Junior Football Club (SJFC) has launched a campaign to build two new synthetic fields in the Illawarra. Currently, Ian McLennan Park is the only synthetic field available in the Illawarra. The campaign was launched on the SJFC Facebook group, where the club stated, “ … with the current wet weather we’ve been experiencing as well of the demands placed on our pitches during extended dry periods, the Shellharbour LGA is in desperate need of…
Author: Georgia Luscombe
Mental health conditions, such as depression, are increasing among young adults and university students are particularly vulnerable, according to new research. International surveys reveal one in five university students report having anxiety and depression symptoms. Statistics from university counselling centres show more than 50 per cent of mental health disorders among university students aged between 18-and 22 years old are untreated. A Frontiers in PUblic Health study has revealed a significant relationship between physical exercise and improved mental health and well-being. Of the university students who took part in the study, 35 per cent reported spending between 15-25 hours at…
By the time children start school, there are already substantial differences in numeracy skills among individuals and bridging that knowledge gap can be difficult, according to experts. The Early Start initiative by the University of Wollongong is conducting research about improving numeracy skills in children. The Family, Learning and Interaction research theme is leading the project, ‘It all counts: Talking about numeracy at home’. According to Early Start, the research aims is “… to better understand the range of ways parents/carers and children can or might talk about concepts like counting, size and shape comparisons, distance, time, and patterns, during…