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Beau Graafland, 17, was named the 2012 school-based apprentice of the year at the Manufacturing Skills Awards in Brisbane on May 18. He’s just started a full-time apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic at Cairns regional council. The teenager was doing ...

Having spent three and a half decades in the education system, Lou Single has learnt a thing or two about teaching, young people and the challenges that come from disadvantage. For the past eight years Single has been working at ...

The federal government’s carbon pricing scheme commences on July 1 and while there has been significant public debate about the new tax’s flow-on effects, not much of the discussion has focused on the education sector. So, how will the carbon ...

Students in far-flung schools around Australia will soon be able to take part in virtual tours via mobile robots; engaging with actual visitors and tour guides at many museums and galleries. The federal government will provide $2.4 million to provide ...

Authorities need to raise awareness of the high incidence of bullying in Australian schools and provide professional development for all staff, say the authors of a new book. The researchers have called for more study of workplace bullying and national ...

The opportunity to test lesson ideas and support each other has made a regional high school placement a huge success, say mother and daughter students from Brisbane. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) post-graduate student Amanda Day, 47, and her daughter, ...

It may only be in its third year, but the Gutsy Challenge continues to grow in popularity. The national program, which encourages students to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables in a bid to raise funds for Gastro-Intestinal (GI) cancer ...

Schools need to develop multiple strategies to improve students’ motivation to learn maths, and they must work to boost their self-belief, given confidence is a major factor influencing engagement, according to new research. The teacher-student relationship and the overall classroom ...

More than 140 academics from various fields have signed a letter calling for the end of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), saying the pressure on teachers and children to perform well on the tests is narrowing ...

Professional development for teachers is about to get a whole lot easier, with the launch of a new online games-based tool where teachers from all sectors learn, network and collaborate. PLANE (pathways for learning anywhere anytime - a network for ...