A South Australian Government grant has opened the doors for Flinders University to design a postgraduate course for teachers about instructing children with autism. Dr Susan Close, the SA minister for education and child development, announced the course. It follows ...

May the best robot win. An annual design competition has brought together young people and professionals to offer primary and secondary students an opportunity to create and develop robots. Young robot designers recently revealed their machines for the 2015 RoboCup ...

The head of one of Queensland's most remote indigenous schools is calling for a restructure of school holidays to keep children in school. Venitta King, head of the Northern Peninsula Area State College's senior campus, wants to expand school holidays ...

There are many scholarships available to help students out with their education including specific ones to support those from rural and regional communities. However there are many who are missing out because they simply don’t know about all the scholarship ...

High school students and aged-care residents will link up to learn about online safety. University of the Sunshine Coast researchers and campus-based organisation iDcare, which supports victims of identity crime, launched the program in an effort to reduce online identity ...

About 500 students representing 200 teams from 42 schools began pitting their robotic creations against one another today in the bid for the 2015 RoboCup Junior competition, hosted by the University of Melbourne. Now in its 16th year, the finals of the ...

High levels of school autonomy could be the key to greater student achievement, based on new research launched by the education minister, Christopher Pyne. The report included the latest findings from the work of emeritus professor Brian Caldwell, the Australian ...

A primary school initiative led by the CSRIRO is inspiring young students to get excited about science. Cayne Layton, a University of Tasmania PhD researcher with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies is involved in CSIRO’s Scientists and Mathematicians ...

A new initiative has been launched in an effort to create pathways to employment for Victorian apprentices. As part of an Australian Government initiative to boost trainee and apprentice completion rates, MAS National has been selected as part of the ...

The jobs market is picking up for those looking to fill positions in the education industry, according to new data released by SEEK that reveals advertisements for teaching jobs have risen. New job advertisements in the sector have climbed 27 ...