A new study using data from 223 student surveys across 24 Australian schools has found that school interventions did not help to resolve severe cases of bullying and group bullying. UniSA’s Professor Ken Rigby found that school interventions “reduced or ...

MissingSchool's telepresence robot is helping chronically sick kids like Ayla stay connected with their teachers, friends and learning spaces.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has attacked the Morrison government for failing to improve hygiene measures in public schools across the country, as public schools in New South Wales and other jurisdictions are set to reopen. Last week the government pledged ...

The Australian Mathematical Science Institute’s (AMSI) latest report argues that gender inequity and imbalance will jeopardise the nation’s intellectual capability, compromising both post-coronavirus recovery and future responses to pandemics. The report coincides with the 2020 International Women in Mathematics Day, ...

For years now STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines have been hailed as the key to making Australia an innovation nation. But, as a recent report by the University of Sydney and Monash University shows, issues of educational expertise ...

A partnership was formed this week between Turnitin and NewsGuard to help both students and teachers identify misinformation and disinformation, improve their research abilities and hone their critical media literacy skills. Users of Turnitin, an anti-cheating program that cross-matches documents ...

If you were to ask any teacher if they expected online learning to take off so quickly, they are likely to say that this phenomenon is unlike anything they ever expected to witness. Despite the speed with which the education ...

One of the key concerns surrounding school closures and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has been student wellbeing. As face-to face learning continues to be inconsistent across the country, schools require a way of measuring their students' wellbeing and, if ...

A stark warning has been issued by a senior health education expert that, if Australia doesn’t urgently reopen schools, a widening chasm of multigenerational disadvantage will develop between our children. “Other states and territories should follow South Australia to reopen ...

What happens to our education system after COVID-19? Who knows. Teachers, for one, certainly don’t. Perhaps, that’s the problem with our system.  What we do know is that teachers won’t be left to their own devices – even though we are ...