If you'll become a qualified teacher next year, you may want to read even more closely. From 2018, you'll be expected to pass a performance test before you can graduate. Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced this policy today, in a bid ...
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Do antidepressants work for children and teens?
In short, the answer to the above question is 'yes', but they're no better than psychotherapy. This finding - published in JAMA Psychiatry - isn't new in relation to specific drugs and disorders. Yet it's the first one concerning the effect ...
More »Good Universities Guide 2018 offers more detail than ever
With the countdown to year 12 exams well underway, many stressed students are likely considering what they'll do next year. Enter the Good Universities Guide which, for the first time, has broken down its results by field of study. This year, it has ...
More »Masculine facial features could denote autism
Autism is a complex, neurodevelopmental disorder, yet UWA researchers have found it can potentially be assessed at face value. In conjunction with colleagues from the Telethon Kids Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, UWA research associates Syed Zulqarnain Gilani and Diana ...
More »Online NAPLAN trial irks stakeholders
Professor Catherine Beavis is all for digital learning, but not testing. Well, not quite yet. With trials of online NAPLAN tests commencing in around 500 NSW schools this week, equity, Beavis said, is the issue. Some students are disadvantaged by ...
More »Indigenous scholar to help ‘close the gap’ from afar
David Unaipon - the Indigenous man on the Australian $50 note - would be proud. Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney is about to give an inaugural lecture at King’s College London (KCL) bearing his name. Rigney, in addition to being a UniSA education ...
More »Teenage girls and boys want gendered jobs
A new Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) report has shown when it comes to career goals, boys will be boys, and girls, girls. Using nationally representative data from the LSAC study, they looked at the career aspirations of 14 ...
More »Life on Mars – UNSW runs online event for high schools
On Friday 18 August 2017 an event held at the Sydney Opera House will be available online for all Australian high school students to participate in. Run as part of Science Week the event will allow students across Australia to ...
More »Kids as young as four are fair: study
‘It’s not fair’ is a refrain whined by children the world over. Though a study has found seven-year-olds may comprehend this concept more so than four-year-olds. Two groups of children, one aged four to five, the other aged seven to ...
More »Getting STEM education down to a science #NationalScienceWeek
National Science Week gives people a chance to think ahead. But the technological future isn't just about emotive robots and self-driving cars; it also involves children. That's why, if we want a smart machine programming a self-driving car, we need to ensure ...
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