The ANU says vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell is on study leave,following the revelation of damning allegations.
Providing a cheating service to Australian university students has cost study support business Chegg half a million dollars plus legal fees.
Schools are trying to assess who is gifted. Portfolios,IQ and psychometric tests are all in the mix. But is that right?
For years,Micah responded to his parents’ every mundane daily request with tantrums,screaming and yelling. One program changed that.
After receiving 5000 complaints,the National Student Ombudsman has urged universities to slash bureaucracies and put students at the heart of their operations
An upper house inquiry has singled out universities it believes the audit office should examine.
Parents wanted the book removed from schools,saying it should never have been published.
An “epidemic of loneliness” at Australian universities is weighing on students as a vicious cycle of online learning leaves the campus experience less appealing.
Children who were enrolled for more than 40 hours per week had the highest rates of developmental vulnerabilities,major government research tracking 274,000 Australian children has found.
As they grapple with fees of up to $50,000 for an arts degree,uni students also face higher and higher costs for other necessities to study.
The growth paid to “key” managers at the city’s private schools comes after sharp increases in fees.
The move comes after the sector was rocked by allegations of that workers were sexually abusing children.
An alternative school with no uniforms or report cards is being subsumed into the mainstream education system and parents are not happy.
A generation of young men are being drawn toward voices that promise power,certainty and identity. Schools can’t keep looking the other way.
The NSW Education Department is going back to tradition to attract people to public education.
The north shore high school that parents have shied away from is preparing for catchment changes – starting with a uniform.
The Stormer brothers,inspired by Silicon Valley,hosted a yacht party to celebrate their education empire. Now they are accused of fleecing staff,students and parents.
Much has been said about the declining number of students in NSW’s public education system.
Glebe Public has great academics but it also has falling enrolments and a bad website. So the parents launched a “brand awareness” campaign.
Four engineering courses have been ranked in the world’s top 10,while 13 data science and AI courses are in the global top 100. Search our table to see more.
So Donald Trump thinks a dyslexic person can’t become US president,but America has already had such a leader.
Parents are mad and getting madder. Some are angry and violent. They are putting teachers at risk. But this is far from the only problem our educators are confronting.
Almost 80 per cent of Australian children and teens are turning to AI companion bots. The statistic has experts worried.
Some educator’s email addresses are being cloaked for fear staff will be harassed or abused or that they will be expected to respond instantly at all hours.
Principals will be given the power to prevent those who engage in unreasonable or threatening behaviour from coming within 25 metres of school grounds and contacting teachers.
Bad sleep and trouble at home can set adolescents on a trajectory towards depression and anxiety,an Australian-first study reveals. But some things can help.
The 15-year-old boy spent the night in police custody after he allegedly fired an air gun at another student at Rose Bay Secondary College.
UTS is fending off problems on multiple fronts,with staff on strike,a damning report and the disappearance of a pathway for year 12s.
The latest increase in interest rates is more about rising oil prices than domestic-driven inflation.
The free ride snowboarder,currently ranked fifth worldwide,has found himself on the wrong side of the school’s attendance policy after what his family claims was miscommunication.
Asking Gen Z to decide what career to pursue is an increasingly difficult task. Experts say there is “absolutely no occupation that is completely immune from AI”.
Xavier Hacket was caught in two meltdowns caused by tech company Janison. His mother says it’s not fair.
Daniel Yacoel is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians prescribed medicinal cannabis for a mental health condition but there is little evidence it works.
A shocking video has emerged of a group of students tormenting a relief teacher,running rampant in a Perth classroom.
Results from 2019 to 2025 were used to identify where was the biggest uptick in the proportion of students achieving band 4,5 and 6 results.
If a student isn’t at a level where they can pass a subject,they shouldn’t be able to sail by on the back of someone else’s work.
Two years ago,the Irish language school had 20 or 30 students attending lessons,now it has between 70 and 80.
Swimming lessons,the zoo excursion and overnight camps:these important markers of childhood are now out of reach for many families.
In a major intervention on the future of tertiary education,Bill Shorten says the broken higher education system forces universities to act as migration levers rather than centres of research.
The western Sydney public school’s incident is among at least 100 examples of antisemitism in schools since 2024,NSW budget estimates has heard.
Students were unable to log on to the online platform when the standardised tests kicked off this morning.
Early offers give students and universities greater certainty,but there are fears they undermine the whole point of ranking HSC results.
Some schools are using the exam results in assessing a student’s suitability for enrolment.
A competitive culture is emerging around the national test,and the NAPLAN head has urged parents to refuse requests by in-demand schools to provide results when trying to enrol their children.
We should welcome AI into all aspects of learning,but we’re already playing catch-up when it comes to restricting it from all forms of assessment.
Jad wore his family’s keffiyeh to graduation but that got him banned from his formal.
As public education in NSW recorded 7000 fewer students last year,can anything be done to stop the parent rush to private schools?
One of Australia’s largest childcare providers has been almost entirely shut down,after 12 of its centres recorded almost 500 confirmed breaches since they first opened.
Eating disorders are soaring in Australian playgrounds with experts and teachers noting increased prevalence,particularly among younger age groups.
In the dead of night in a Dubai hotel,14 Barker College students found themselves in the crossfire of a rapidly escalating conflict. This is how they escaped.