The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) chief executive has resigned after a handful of VCE exams contained almost identical questions to sample cover sheets that had hidden questions written on them. Most recently, two sets of exams were compromised ...

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 ...

In the countdown to final exams, an August survey of 1,000 young people found that  year 12 students in Australia are struggling to get a good night's sleep because of exam stress. Of the 500 16 to 25-year-olds who said ...

With the start of a new school year, many students will be apprehensively anticipating the academic challenges ahead. How successfully will they navigate the many and varied demands of a busy curriculum? Will their efforts translate into good grades? Will ...

Police have released information about the surprising number of arrests made on the first night of schoolies, as thousands of school leavers descend on the Gold Coast. About 20,000 schoolies are expected attend the first week of celebrations, prompting extra police officers called ...

Year 12 students around Australia are about to finish high school. While the end of the year is all about celebrating, an education expert has said some students would rather have a "quiet" departure. Senior education lecturer from the University ...

Using fear appeal to encourage Year 12 students to perform better can have adverse effects on students’ stress and increase teachers’ anxiety, a new study shows.  Lead researcher from Macquarie University professor in psychology Viviana Wuthrich says teachers using fear ...

Australia's childcare sector has recorded a spike in serious incidents over the past year, as year 12 completion rates fall to record lows, according to a recent Productivity Commission report.  In 2020-21, there was a total of 20,599 serious incidents ...

As we near the end of the school year, graduation ceremonies look set to be yet another casualty of COVID. Yet if any cohort deserves the tears and cheers of a full ceremony, it’s this year’s Year 12s. There’s the ...

EducationReview · Will 2020 help or hinder Year 12 students? Professor John Hattie - Podcast 2020 has been a challenging and disruptive year for everyone with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one group that is often thought about ...