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Primary and high schools are rich targets for hackers because they keep so much sensitive information on file; have networks that are constantly being accessed by teenagers, a demographic famous for its caprices; and because they often don’t have dedicated ...

To the Bone is rated MA15+, meaning children under the age of 15 may not legally watch, buy or hire it unless they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian. According to Deakin psychologist, associate professor Ross King, for this film ...

The involvement of commercial organisations – so called edu-businesses – in schools, is a vexed issue. Teachers, unions and parent groups are right to demand transparency over the activities of entities whose interests may not be aligned with their own: ...

Students are being promised a clearer and easier way to find out what scores they need to get into Australian university courses within the next few years. A report into admissions systems published late last year found universities were not ...

Flexible learning spaces have transitioned from industry buzzword to the current directional norm. What does this mean for students and educators? Traditionally, a classroom has a central focus in the form of a whiteboard, with all furniture facing in the ...

Advising students who are choosing their HSC subjects is an important responsibility. It not only shapes their final years at school, but also influences which courses they are eligible to take at university and potential career choices. Teachers are aware ...

Should children with autism be allowed to access the same early learning and education facilities as kids living sans the spectrum disorder? It’s a concept called mainstreaming and its efficacy was questioned in federal parliament on Wednesday 21 June 2017 by ...

STEM is one discussion that won’t disappear from the nation’s agenda for a while and there’s good reason for it. It’s generally understood that our students are leaving school without strong enough foundations in science and mathematics, or STEM skills ...

A high number of Australian teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are struggling academically. A study conducted by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute showed an “alarming” 40 per cent of teenage students with ADHD failed to meet the literacy ...

The WA government has bowed to public pressure and dumped plans to move Perth’s only academically selective school to a high-rise city building in favour of constructing another secondary school to ease enrolment demands. Under the plan announced during the ...