Network of law enforcement agencies and data firms spins online security program for educational institutions. A new project for internet safety in school communities has launched. ThinkUKnow is a free cyber-safety program that can deliver presentations to school staff, parents ...

Protecting students’ information has become an incredibly complex task; breaking data into categories and using common sense can help simplify things. Towards the end of her presentation at Education Review's recent 2016 ProtectEd conference in Sydney, Anna Johnston from Salinger ...

You don’t need fancy labs to teach science in school, an educator has argued, just go down to the supermarket and spend $10. Holly Kershaw, creative director of Fizzics Education – a provider of science workshops and shows for children ...

A report from financial services company AMP has found financial stress among workers in the education sector is on par with the national average of 25 per cent. AMP commissioned market research firm TNS Global to interview 2,105 Australians working ...

Australian teenagers with poor reading skills are no worse off than those with medium reading proficiency when it comes to future employment, a new study from the University of Melbourne suggests. The research, from UniMelb economists, found poor readers at ...

Adam Brimo is the CEO of OpenLearning, an online start-up that uses a study for free, pay to be certified business model. OpenLearning recently signed a partnership with TAFE NSW's Hunter institute to launch a new VET platform called Learn.com.au. ...

Two teachers have taken the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. Gary Tilley, a specialist science teacher at Seaforth Public School in Sydney’s Northern beaches, was awarded the honour in primary education, for mentoring younger teachers and Macquarie ...

A clearer picture of how many disabled students in Australian schools need more funding to help them learn better should be available shortly after the ACT government is sworn back in. Education minister Simon Birmingham expects the picture will surprise ...

Emoticon. Webinar. Sexting. Digital technology is no stranger to wacky portmanteaus. A recent one is ‘sharenting’, which is the practice of parents or caregivers posting pictures of children to social media. This once-carefree activity, which acting Children’s eSafety Commissioner Andree Wright describes ...

ASG commissioned a survey of 3000 parents, grandparents and guardians, asking them about their children's experiences in school. The results form the basis of the ASG Parents Report Card. The key findings of this report, as summarised by the authors, ...