An analysis of first year student academic results at Victoria University has added weight to the argument that ATAR scores are a poor indicator to early success in higher education. The report, released today by the university’s Victoria Institute for ...

The University of Melbourne and Ai-Media have announced a five-year global partnership to further develop a suite of tools for teacher improvement. This collaboration follows the release of a successful evaluation report into Visible Classroom products from the UK Government-funded ...

The National Tertiary Education Union and the Australian Education Union are calling on the government to protect public education in trade negotiations, now at a crucial stage. The NTEU is accusing the Abbott Government of using the international Trade in ...

Children who are sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others are rated by their peers as being popular at school, new research reveals. The University of Queensland study found pre-schoolers and primary school children who are good at identifying ...

Drama is set to hit Victorian primary schools in a big way in 2017 with all schools expected to give more weight to their arts programs. According to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority by 2017, all Victorian schools will ...

A new online tool for educators is designed to overcome a broad feeling amongst teachers that they are under-resourced in their efforts to foster positive mental health within schools. The launch of a redesigned MindMatters initiative by mental health advocacy ...

Starting this month, teachers will be able to contribute to a survey that provides insight into the development of the nation's children as they start school. The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is to run three times a year and will measure children’s ...

The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and the BHP Billiton Foundation have joined forces in launching a national program to recruit more girls into mathematics. Choose Maths, which was launched this week at The University of Melbourne, begins with a ...

This year’s Tasmanian Science and Engineering Challenge series was officially launched in Launceston this week. “We have received entries from 45 schools throughout the state,” the Tasmanian State Coordinator for the Science and Engineering Challenge, Susie Haley said. Launceston’s two ...

Many high school duxes in NSW will be guaranteed a place at the University of Sydney next year under a new program designed to open pathways to a broader range of students no matter what their ATAR score is. “It’s ...