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Virtualisation is a technology increasingly on the radar screens of schools grappling with the multiple challenges of containing computing costs, managing IT support and maintenance loads, and allowing students and teachers to access learning information from any device at any ...

The thing that surprised Paul O'Hare the most about his stint of overseas teaching was that he learned more than he taught. From August 2009 to January this year, the Australian teacher worked in a vocational school on the outskirts ...

From August 2007 to January 2011, Maureen McInroy worked as an English language teacher and educator for special purposes (vocational training) with Hue University, College of Foreign Languages in Hue City, Vietnam. Here, she shares her experience: Every year students ...

Both young men and women experience peer pressure to share sexual images through the new phenomenon of ‘sexting’, preliminary findings from a study has found. The University of Melbourne study was one of the first academic investigations into ‘sexting’ from ...

Queensland preschoolers and adolescents whose homes were flooded last summer may not be getting the psychological help they deserve, an expert has warned. Professor Justin Kenardy told a recent Brisbane conference on mental health and disasters that the effects on ...

There are no plans to allow target shooting in NSW schools, despite the education department investigating the proposal last year, NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has said. An internal department submission obtained by The Daily Telegraph showed that planning was underway last year ...

 Australia can do better for children with disabilities, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said. Gillard addressed a community cabinet meeting in Kingston, south of Hobart, on Monday night and was asked a question about disability services from the mother of ...

A study of 3000 adolescents has found that those who had poor diets filled with junk and processed foods were more likely to suffer mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. While other studies have shown links between diet ...

Immigration officials say sick children could be sent to Malaysia under the government's asylum seeker deal, as refugee advocates raised concerns about possible human rights abuses. A Senate inquiry met in Canberra last Friday to hear evidence about the government's ...

OPINION One of the exciting and challenging ways in which New Zealand and Australia has changed over the past 50 or so years has been the explosive flowering of linguistic diversity in our communities. This change has been an uneasy ...