Schools around Australia have been stricken by the latest surge in Covid-19, forcing classes to close or operate with minimal staff. For the past two weeks, at least 25 per cent of NSW public school students and teachers have been ...

New research has revealed that teachers on short-term contracts are experiencing poorer job quality and feel under constant pressure to compete with colleagues to maintain employment. The study, which was led by UNSW Sydney, was also co-authored by education experts ...

A new book authored by a University of Technology Sydney professor argues that the teaching profession has lost its respect due to the deprofessionalisation of teachers. Associate Professor John Buchanan cites two key reasons for the deprofessionalisation of the profession of ...

While the 2018 Year 12 students received their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) in late December, some were pleased, accepted their university places and are getting prepared for study, others may still be disappointed and undecided on what the future ...

Last year, instead of driving to work I started travelling by bus. No matter what time of day it was, there was one common denominator: almost every passenger is absorbed in their mobile phones. This is an age of miraculous ...

"It seems like everywhere we look … there's so much debate about education at the moment." Dr Sunil Badami is right: there's controversy over school funding, teacher standards and preparing students for the future, to name a few areas. The Future ...

Parents of students who attend Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus and James Ruse Agricultural High School have occupations and educational achievements that surpass almost all others in NSW. On extreme ends of the spectrum, think managers with PhDs, as opposed ...