by ksch009 | Jun 9, 2020 | Big Data, Directorate, Healthy Weight, Media release, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
Congratulations to A Better Start’s Challenge Director, Professor Wayne Cutfield, who has been awarded this year’s Gluckman Medal for his outstanding contributions to research. The Gluckman Medal is an extremely prestigious award and is awarded each year...
by ksch009 | May 13, 2020 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, Newsletter, Resilient Teens, Science theme leader, Successful Literacy and Learning, Vision Matauranga
After almost six years Pat Snedden has stepped down as the Chair of A Better Start E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge. Pat’s influence on the Challenge and it’s direction has been enormous and we are hugely thankful to him for this. Pat’s commitments have grown...
by ksch009 | May 12, 2020 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A study by the University of Canterbury’s College of Education Health and Human Development interviewed 134 parents of Māori and Pasifika students to study the impact of lockdown on Pasifika education. The study is related to the Challenge’s Successful...
by ksch009 | Apr 21, 2020 | Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
The Challenge’s Successful Learning team have launched a new resource hub for educators. The Better Start Literacy Approach is based on several years of research trials investigating the most efficient and effective methods to support children’s early...
by ksch009 | Oct 15, 2019 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
The foundations of early literacy success and subsequent educational achievement and healthy wellbeing are developed in the early childhood period. New research funded by A Better Start National Start Challenge advances science at international levels and addresses an...
by ksch009 | Oct 9, 2019 | Contestable, Healthy Weight, Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A new strategic research project with the aim of improving sleep for pepi and their whanau has been awarded $1.7 million over three years by A Better Start National Science Challenge. As well as improving sleep, this project also aims to reduce excessive weight gain...
