Teachers are helping students broaden their career aspirations through a university-run program that aims to inspire them to engage in further education to benefit their community. Through the Specialist Integrated Community Engagement (SpICE) program, Charles Sturt University helps communities build specialist knowledge and skills ...

A leading online mental health service for youth this week launched a national campaign to help Year 12 students handle exam stress. The initiative, ‘There’s Life after Year 12 exams’ being led by ReachOut.com, is encouraging all Australians to share ...

A schools program giving thousands of disadvantaged students access to university is in the running to win a $500,000 Google grant. The project – ASPIRE UNSW – is one of 10 finalists in Google Impact Challenge Australia, which awards $500,000 to four ...

A professional learning program is set to bolster science teaching in secondary schools. U@Uni Inspiring Science Teaching launched today. It's a free professional learning program for year 7–10 science teachers from selected schools in south-west Sydney and regional NSW. The ...

At the ACE national conference, Greg Whitby spoke of new models and the continuing importance of teachers; here, he talks to Antonia Maiolo about what the evolution of learning means. An innovative educator is calling for new models of teaching. ...

Students report declining levels of involvement as they progress through Australia’s schools; shifting the focus to their strengths can address this problem. By Peggy Jasperson Australian students become less engaged as they make their way through the school system, new ...

School leaders can now have their say on the biggest issues surrounding professional learning in a new survey. Principal Australia Institute’s 2014 National Leadership Survey aims to give school leaders and principals the chance to voice their specific needs and ...

High school students in Queensland will begin an education program about alcohol and drug-related violence. The program, which starts in term 4 was developed under the Queensland government’s Safe Night Out Strategy. The aim is to help students understand the consequences ...

More Australian schools may look to ban children from doing cartwheels or handstands in order to avoid serious injuries amongst students, experts say. Public liability law expert professor Barbara McDonald says she isn’t surprised that gymnastic-type activities already are being banned in ...

Education lecturer Paul Grover has been awarded this year’s Australian Teacher Education Association ATEA/Pearson Teacher Educator of the Year Award for his work enhancing teacher practices. Grover, a lecturer at the Charles Sturt University school of education in its Albury-Wodonga ...