We already know mobile phones inhibit sleep. Now, for the first time, researchers have discovered the longterm effects of this reduced sleep on teens: poorer mental health outcomes. In addition, these academics, from Griffith and Murdoch Universities, found kids experience a raft ...

Indigenous youths are becoming more educated, and are thereby helping to Close the Gap, according to a new report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Increased Indigenous vocational completions are driving this change, though they remain behind ...

It was a case of the young and the old: teenagers and 80-year-old John McCain. At an event in Sydney on Tuesday 30 May 2017, hosted by the United States Studies Centre, McCain, a US Senator and former presidential candidate, took ...

MacRobertson Girls’ High School, located in South Melbourne, has joined forces with STEM-based education resource provider Stile to assist in the transferal of science skills from older, high achieving mentors and younger, eager-to-learn proteges. It's called the Gifted Outreach Program ...

CeBIT Australia, an annual congregation bring together the brightest business and technology minds to share their ideas, took place in Sydney during late May. At this year’s conference, alongside the head of Society and Innovation at the World Economic Forum; ...

The final dress rehearsal of the Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College's production of High School Musical has enthused a room of aged care residents, with some dancing as they left the theatre hall. The residents and consumers were invited as guests ...

Politicians and the mainstream media like to emphasise the need for more science and maths teachers, as well as the shortage of teachers in rural areas. Yet not every teacher dreams of working in a capital city, nor every student ...

When it comes to financial literacy, Australia's 15-year-olds rank equal fifth, behind the Gradgrindian juvenile accountants of China, Belgium, Canada and Russia. Some countries not as good with dollars and cents as Aussie teens include the United States, Poland, Italy, Spain, ...

Sixteen-year-old Mountain Creek State High School student Samara Welbourne is combining her love of books and Bali to lead a $20,000 project to build a library in Bungaya, a rural community on the island popular with Australian tourists. Welbourne started learning ...

We’re not soft enough. That is, when it comes to our skills. That’s the conclusion of a report by Deloitte Access Economics, commissioned by DeakinCo, a workforce professional development provider. The report, Soft Skills for Business Success, found that demand ...