About 50 years from now, classrooms will become virtual, artificial intelligence will help run schools, and education won’t run on an “authoritarian model”. Yet teachers and school buildings will remain, a learning futurist and consultant has predicted. With a trove ...

Education Review subscribers are invited to join us for a complimentary breakfast hosted by the Australian Association of Irlen Consultants prior to the ProtectED Conference on Friday, October 21, at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf, in Sydney. Attendees will be treated ...

Virtual reality will be helping some school students learn how to manage money, under a new pilot from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. CBA’s Start Smart program – which has been running since 2007 – is undertaking a two-month trial to ...

Leon Harris, Principal Consultant from Harris Crime Prevention Services, will discuss how schools are expected to be a safe and nurturing setting at Education Review's ProtectED conference in Sydney next week. The school setting is facing ongoing and dynamic security ...

A survey from multinational cyber-security firm ESET has found that almost three-quarters of its Australian and New Zealand clients think cyber-security should be taught in schools. Cyber-security is not taught in either countries’ school curriculums. However, ESET's survey of 1300 of its customers ...

Creating ideas for technology use could get students the chance to meet one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the Southern Hemisphere. Code Club Australia and property group Stockland have launched Stockland’s Robotics Challenge, which runs from September 26 ...

ProtectED conference update Nick Stanley, Managing Director of Tribal Group, will examine the different dimensions around security and privacy in a controlled physical classroom versus a virtual classroom. He will offer strategies around learning in an uncontrolled environment and discuss ...

ProtectED conference update David Griffiths, Managing Director of CompliSpace, will explain why record-keeping in schools is a minefield. Between conflicting legal and duty-of-care obligations and multiple data-management systems, it is little wonder that many schools struggle to implement effective policies ...

Anna Johnston will provide an introduction to your legal responsibilities to protect the privacy of both your students and staff. Whether your school is public or private, leading privacy consultant and trainer Johnston, Director of Salinger Privacy, will guide you ...

The CSIRO has partnered with educational software company Stile, which was set up by Dr Alan Finkel before he became Chief Scientist of Australia, to improve science teaching in schools. Double Helix Lessons from CSIRO is a package of digital ...