A Coalition government has pledged $260m to get more high school students to take up trades instead of pursuing university, after the opposition indicated it would cut the Labor’s fee-free TAFE program if it wins government on May 3. The ...

Health and Society and Culture studies remain the most popular for university applicants in NSW and the ACT according to the admissions centre. The University Admissions Centre (UAC) processed about 75,000 university applications last year and early this year for ...

Think about the most authoritarian teacher you had when you were at school. Likely to be male, it’s also probable that this teacher stood in ‘Authority Position A’. This was at the front of the room, perhaps even on an ...

The admissions centre that handles university applications in NSW and the ACT has said students applying for equity scholarships has surged more than 35 per cent this year. The University Admissions Centre (UAC) has received over 4,500 scholarship applications so ...

Recent tutoring programs rolled out by education departments are being assessed as having little effect on student learning. Why is that, and how can we make tutoring actually work? An audit of a $1.2bn Victorian tutoring program, released in June, found ...

Cost of living has emerged as the number one national issue for young Australians, eclipsing climate change and mental health, Mission Australia’s latest survey has revealed. Of the more than 17,400 Australians aged 15–19 who responded to the Youth Survey ...

Moving from high school to tertiary education can be a daunting step for many Year 12 school leavers – What career? Which degree? Where to study? And can I afford to do it? But, there is another important factor to ...

Early-bird school leavers favoured health courses for another year as admissions centres have revealed application and field of study data. NSW and ACT university admissions centre (UAC) data shows a health-related degree was the first preference for 26 per cent ...

Starting high school is a significant milestone. For Year 7 students, the unfamiliar environment, new peers, older students, complex timetables, and multiple teachers can make the first days of high school feel overwhelming. Research by the NSW Centre for Education ...

All primary schools across Australia will now have access to an eSmart online safety course, which has been likened to a “pen licence for the online world”. The Digital License will be expanded to students from Kindergarten to Year 4 (ages four ...