A parliamentary inquiry has heard that no modelling was conducted to see if the plan to increase fees for humanities and arts-related degrees would influence students to take other courses in so-called in-demand fields.   The Education Department’s deputy secretary ...

There are calls for all Victorian students to return to online learning at home following the closure of 80 schools in the state after COVID-19 cases were detected. Although schools in Melbourne and the Mitchell shire remain open for VCE ...

A private school in Melbourne’s south-east has made headlines this week for asking students to only wear face masks in certain colours. In a July 22 video posted on the school’s social media sites and other communiques, executive principal of ...

Should Year 12 students have to sit a stressful exam if we know how they're likely to fare by the end of Year 11? That was the question posed by University of Newcastle researchers in The Conversation this week. Recently, ...

Young Australians have been struggling to find employment in their desired occupation since the 2008-09 global financial crisis and any improvement is unlikely for some time yet given the economic impact of the coronavirus. This could have a long-term effect ...

The education sector should move away from the heavy focus on ATAR and students should instead leave school with a ‘learner profile’ that takes into account a range of their skills, knowledge and experiences. That was one of the key ...

Queensland researchers have seen an uptick in the number of children reaching out for help with anxiety since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. University of Southern Queensland psychologist Professor Sonja March said two to four times more children and ...

A Melbourne high school teacher who tampered with students' grades should not have been reinstated, according to Victoria's education department. Maths teacher Saji Paul was sacked over the tampering scandal in 2017 where he altered the grades of 16 students ...

Victorian teachers and students in areas of Victoria hit hardest by COVID-19 will have to wear masks when at school. All students aged 12 and over and staff who are heading to school in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will ...

Nearly 350,000 young Australians will be able to learn new skills for free or at little cost under a $2 billion deal designed to train people during the coronavirus recession. The federal government will tip $500 million into JobTrainer for ...