Less than 30 per cent of students entering teacher education programs are doing so with an ATAR result.  Only 27 per cent of all students entering initial teacher education programs are enrolling on the basis of an ATAR, while less ...

For the past eight years, a mother and son have been working together alongside a team of educators to break the cycle of poor schooling in one of the world’s most underprivileged countries. By Antonia Maiolo For a long time, ...

Trade training centres are bridging the gap between secondary education and job readiness. The ever-changing educational landscape has seen the demise of traditional technical secondary schools. While TAFE Institutes have to date taken on the majority of apprentice training needs, ...

Melbourne University is proud of its successful post-graduate Master of Teaching scheme, reports Antonia Maiolo The low entry requirement to study teaching has been a major criticism aimed at some universities, with numerous calls for them to raise the bar ...

The Victorian Government recently released a Discussion Paper, New Directions for School Leadership and the Teaching Profession, saying that, while there are many highly accomplished teachers in Victoria, there is no systematic approach to identifying and rewarding them. Its proposal ...

After 30 years as a union official, Mary Bluett, the Australian Education Union Victorian branch president, has announced she will not run be running in the next ballot. First revealed in a letter to members, Bluett confirmed that she and ...

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools, training colleges and universities has slowly increased in Australia since 1995, although the take up remains patchy.

In this story • The mutual benefits of the program • What’s needed to support the students to succeed • The future of the program and long-term goals of the partners Luke Swan from Rooty Hill School in Sydney’s west ...

Recently, Christopher Pyne has been very vocal in his criticism of the teacher education offered by universities. He told Sky News that universities have “pumped out thousands and thousands of graduates with what I believe is not an adequate education ...

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has rejected claims the government has not done enough to ensure contractors of state-funded infrastructure projects employ enough apprentices. Opposition leader Mark McGowan yesterday said the party would revive the Priority Start program, under which ...