Two experienced Australian climbers killed in a fall off a New Zealand mountain are being remembered for their sense of humour, passion for the outdoors and incredible achievements. Melbourne-based mountain guide Stuart Jason Hollaway, 42, and his partner, Dale Amanda ...

After a tense wait for their VCE results, a cohort of Victorian teens now have a clear pathway into higher education after receiving scholarships from the University of Melbourne. The UniMelb National Scholarship offers students tuition fee-exempt places in one ...

Australia must address growing inequity across the school system in 2016, experts agree. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows Australia’s schools are becoming socially stratified. OECD figures in the Going for Growth 2015 report show a direct correlation ...

Refugees on temporary visas and about 29,000 asylum seekers may miss out on education because they are ineligible for government aid to help meet the substantial financial costs. To go to university, refugees on Temporary Protection Visas and asylum seekers must pay full ...

In addition to certificated and practising teachers such as Jenny Lai, featured in "Call of distant voices" (Education Review June 19 2014), there is another group of Australians heading to the same places. These are non-professionally certificated teachers, armed with ...

An initiative getting trouble-making teens out of court and into class has received a five star review from Victoria University. 950 young people a year appear before in criminal cases at Victoria’s Children’s Court each year. The Education Justice Initiative ...

The recent chicken pox outbreak at a Melbourne primary school reinforces the importance of ensuring kids are vaccinated, an expert has said. Last week 80 of the 320 kids at Brunswick North West Primary school came down with chickenpox. At ...

About 46,000 Victorian teachers and principals are set to share in more than $37 million in back payments after the Federal Court of Australia today handed down its final orders relating to its recent finding against the Department of Education and ...

It can be pinpointed that 1 in 12 Australians experience physical abuse before they turn 15, and 1 in 28 are sexually abused, but data gaps mean the perpetrators, victims and frequency of the violence is unknown, the Children’s Rights Commissioner ...

Australia must develop a coherent national strategy on post-school transitions for people with disabilities, a report advocates. The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows 45 per cent of people with a disability in Australia live in or near poverty. The same ...