During September, many Australian universities start making early offers to Year 12 students for a place next year. This is ahead of the main rounds of offers, due in January. These early entry schemes have been around for many years. ...

A summit that brought together 70 high school students from 17 schools across Australia has opened up a conversation about belonging in school, and how racism and prejudice can affect learning and wellbeing. Supported by the federal Department of Education, ...

New technology can now flag when students use AI paraphrasing services to cover up using generative artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT to write essays and assessments. Turnitin, a company that offers services that can detect plagiarism and AI use in ...

Schools are ideal places to empower students through leadership opportunities, from a place on the student representative council (SRC) to president of the chess club. Students who undertake leadership opportunities are often the same students who achieve higher grades, are ...

Hundreds of school students across Sydney skipped school to march in solidarity for Palestine on Friday afternoon. Echoes calling for an end to the bombardment of Gaza and 'free Palestine' were chanted, whooped, and cheered in Sydney's Town Hall. High ...

Mental health organisation ReachOut has released disturbing new findings that show approximately one-third of Australian students are reporting that study stress is having a “major impact” on their mental and emotional wellbeing, up from 18 per cent in December 2020. ...

A team of international education researchers has released a study that details the challenges performing arts teachers and their students face during periods of lockdown and remote learning. The study, led by Associate Professor Susan Davis of CQUniversity Australia and ...

Many disadvantaged young people are missing out on a good education but by investing in them we raise the standard overall. The announcement by the Prime Minister recently of the government's response to the Gonski review is of immense importance ...