Background Training School in Australia

What is COST?

COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level. COST contributes to reducing the fragmentation in European research investments and opening the European Research Area to cooperation worldwide. 

COST ACTION IS0801

The main aim of the COST Action IS0801 is to share expertise on cyberbullying in educational settings, coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of new technologies in the relationships area, moving towards a common set of guidelines applicable in Europe.

Cyberbullying refers to bullying and harassment of others by means of new electronic technologies, primarily mobile phones and the internet.  There has been much research and action on traditional forms of bullying in schools, with some success, but cyberbullying has arisen and increased in the last few years.  Researchers, pupils, parents, teachers, unions, and local, regional and national authorities, are all in various ways starting to grapple with the issues involved in cyberbullying, in consultation with mobile phone companies and internet service providers.  There are also positive uses of new technologies for relationships in schools; for example, using a school intranet for peer support services.

Training School

"Training Schools" within the frame of the Action topic are aimed to provide dissemination from the Action activities or intensive training in either a new emerging subject or in one of the laboratories of the Action with unique equipment or know how. Training Schools are not intended to provide general training/education. Those attending are basically but not exclusively young researchers from across Europe but Training Schools may also cover appropriate re-training as part of "life-long learning".

A Training School can also take the form of an Early Stage Researchers (less than PhD + 10 years). 

Training School in Australia

The topic of the Training School in Australia among COST ACTION IS0801 is “Research to policy and practice: Innovation and sustainability in cyber bullying prevention”. It aims to pursue a broader dissemination of Action IS0801 activities and an enriched involvement of Early Stage Researchers (ESR) through the use of thematic workshops.