A new report has warned that Australian education institutions are ill-prepared for the cyber-security threats of the digital age. Commissioned by cyber security group Cisco, the report provides clues as to why successful cyber attacks are happening more often and ...
More »ACER breaks down Australia’s education spending
A new report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is the first to capture data on education spending at all levels of education and from all funding sources. It found that in 2015 – the most recent year ...
More »Cyborg psychologist, trendwatcher among 100 jobs of the future
A student might be offered little more than a raised brow when asking their careers adviser about the skills they need to become a nostalgist or cyborg psychologist but those are some of the jobs Australian researchers say might exist ...
More »The smart school bag that could curb forgotten homework
“I did it, but…” Teachers hear this phrase a lot when asking students to hand in their homework, but perhaps it’ll be said a little less thanks to a new Deakin University project. Engineers designed a smart school bag that ...
More »Problematic sexual behaviour between children: gaps in support for teachers
Sexual behaviour is part of normal development, but what is expected of a teacher when it becomes problematic on school grounds? A national survey sought to unearth how primary educators, early childhood teachers and carers respond to abnormal and harmful ...
More »Let’s commit to teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture beyond NAIDOC Week
Every July, Australia turns its attention to NAIDOC Week, an entire week dedicated to celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements. This year’s theme of ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth.’ is an invaluable chance for First Nations People to express their desire ...
More »Education sector to see oversupply of jobs, starting to ‘get some teeth’
Population growth and workforce turnover will see an education sector with too many jobs and not enough graduates. That’s according to Griffith University’s Professor Donna Pendergast, speaking on the back of research that revealed the fields of education most at ...
More »How to create a sustainable school
A recent study found that while over 90 per cent of Australians are concerned about environmental sustainability, only half believe they are doing their fair share to save our planet. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) describes our predicament ...
More »When piggy banks fly: education workers struggling to keep savings
Teachers are regularly dipping into their savings and some have none to dip into. That’s according to a survey of 1,000 Australians from AMP Bank, which also found over a third of people in the education industry feel uncomfortable about ...
More »Ethical decision-making in the education sector: When and how do educators exercise moral courage?
The revelation that Victoria’s Education Department has a high-tech, round-the-clock crisis centre is one window into the challenges facing school leaders today. The fact that over a fifth of educators have been bullied by parents is another. Delivering quality education ...
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