Business and education groups are urging the states to sign up to a multibillion-dollar federal government training package, which Prime Minister Julia Gillard says will give Australians better work opportunities. Gillard is due to present the vocational education and training package to the Council ...

A new website and smart phone app will help children turn technology on bullies who use the internet to taunt victims. The federal government launched its latest campaign against cyber bullying last Friday to mark the National Day of Action ...

A ministerial speech on the Gillard government plan for major skills reform lacks the detail the VET sector is seeking, TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has said. TDA chief executive Martin Riordan said the speech by Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Chris ...

The commonwealth ombudsman has praised the federal government’s changes to the school chaplaincy program but says "pastoral care" still needs defining. Last July then-ombudsman Allan Asher said the federal education department should review the chaplaincy code of conduct, strengthen complaint procedures and impose ...

A child protection group is calling on the federal government to fund an around-the-clock national helpline that provides advice to teachers and other professionals when they suspect a child is being abused. Child Wise launched its Listen Up campaign on ...

Principals in NSW would be forgiven if they were left confused by conflicting policy announcements from the NSW and federal governments last weekend. The NSW government on Sunday announced reforms to the state’s education system – among them enhanced principal ...

Children think face-to-face bullying is more harmful than cyber bullying but new research shows that perception to be false. The findings come as schools around the country prepare to celebrate a national day of action against bullying tomorrow, March 16. ...

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has promised an education centre for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as part of a $50 million package for students with disabilities, announced on Tuesday. The package includes $9 million to place speech therapists in state schools ...

The number of student places at Australian universities has increased by more than a quarter since 2007, figures released by government show. Some 545,000 students will be at universities in 2012, an increase of five per cent on the 2011 figure (488,000). ...

 The revolving door of reuniting abused or neglected children with parents when it is not in a child's best interests must stop, the Victorian government has said. A panel headed by former Supreme Court judge Philip Cummins has made 90 recommendations to ...