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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. The first two lines of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 capture the essence of a new study: poetry and nature. Researchers from Curtin University have found that ...

Our educational institutions are failing our young people, a survey has determined. Youth career coaching firm TwoPointZero asked 1,000 Australians aged 16 to 24 a range of questions about their career aspirations and realities. They found a gulf between the two. For instance, ...

Cody is just over three-and-a-half years old. He only started using recognisable words about a year ago, and still can’t string them together. Increasingly, he screams and cries when he doesn’t get his way, like when he is offered food ...

Australia is "dropping the ball" in teaching writing skills to primary students, a literacy expert has claimed. Dr Noella Mackenzie from CSU’s school of education said keyboarding skills, too, have been neglected by the education system, leaving children academically disadvantaged. ...

Have you forgotten a few digits in the process of trying to remember a new area code and mobile number? If so, the good news is that you’re normal. That’s because the part of the brain that does this job ...

More than 4,500 students aren't hopeful about the future, an annual poll has revealed. The fifth consecutive Gallup Student Poll also found that many these students - from a cohort of 9,000 across 28 Australian schools - are becoming less ...

If you'll become a qualified teacher next year, you may want to read even more closely. From 2018, you'll be expected to pass a performance test before you can graduate. Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced this policy today, in a bid ...

In short, the answer to the above question is 'yes', but they're no better than psychotherapy. This finding - published in JAMA Psychiatry - isn't new in relation to specific drugs and disorders. Yet it's the first one concerning the effect ...

With the countdown to year 12 exams well underway, many stressed students are likely considering what they'll do next year. Enter the Good Universities Guide which, for the first time, has broken down its results by field of study. This year, it has ...

Autism is a complex, neurodevelopmental disorder, yet UWA researchers have found it can potentially be assessed at face value. In conjunction with colleagues from the Telethon Kids Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, UWA research associates Syed Zulqarnain Gilani and Diana ...