The federal government has warned that university students who fail half of their first-year subjects could lose financial support and their spot at university. A new bill aims to stem spiralling HELP debts and will target students who are enrolled ...

As schools in NSW continue to be linked to growing clusters of COVID-19 cases, the Independent Education Union is calling for the government to explicitly recommend that all staff and students in the state wear masks on school grounds. The ...

Students and teachers need more support from schools and policymakers to cope with traumatic events. The call, from University of Melbourne researchers, is contained within a new report which held the twin economic and health crisis – the catastrophic bushfires ...

Closer to burnout. Stressed. Anxious. The work never stops. These were some of the ways teachers described working during the COVID-19 pandemic in a new survey. A team of Australian and international researchers asked teachers and educators 16 open-ended questions ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indigenous leaders have announced 16 new Closing the Gap targets. The new agreement has the support of Australia's local, territory, state and federal government leaders. It's the first time the agreement has been developed with ...

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, ...

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 ...