How can we prevent and reduce bullying amongst university students
While it has long been recognized that bullying occurs at school and in the workplace, recent research confirms that bullying also takes place among university students, including undergraduates, post-graduates and doctoral research students. In the UK, the National Union of Students (NUS) alerted...
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doaj-dfc828dc71f7429d80b40444eebc031f2020-11-24T22:04:51ZengCentre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional HealthInternational Journal of Emotional Education2073-76292016-04-0181109119How can we prevent and reduce bullying amongst university students Carrie Anne Myers0Helen Cowie1City University London, UK Regents University London, UKWhile it has long been recognized that bullying occurs at school and in the workplace, recent research confirms that bullying also takes place among university students, including undergraduates, post-graduates and doctoral research students. In the UK, the National Union of Students (NUS) alerted staff and students to the issue in a series of reports but it is not confined to the UK. Authors in the book edited by Cowie and Myers (2016a, 2016b) present cross-national findings on the theme of bullying among university students (Pörhöla et al., 2016). In this article we discuss the urgent need for interventions to prevent and reduce bullying in this context. We also indicate the areas where little or no intervention is taking place, notably in the field of university policy. https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/278969/v1i8p8.pdfbullyingbehaviourcyberbullyinginterventionsuniversity students |
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While it has long been recognized that bullying occurs at school and in the workplace, recent research confirms that bullying also takes place among university students, including undergraduates, post-graduates and doctoral research students. In the UK, the
National Union of Students (NUS) alerted staff and students to the issue in a series of reports but it is not confined to the UK. Authors in the book edited by Cowie and Myers (2016a, 2016b) present cross-national findings on the theme of bullying among
university students (Pörhöla et al., 2016). In this article we discuss the urgent need for interventions to prevent and reduce bullying in this context. We also indicate the areas where little or no intervention is taking place, notably in the field of university policy.
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