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Sexual health advocates have called the draft of a national sexual education curriculum a “dreadful attempt” at delivering the vital information.
TAFE probe dropped for election
A House of Representatives inquiry into the role and operation of TAFE campuses has been deflated by the announcement of the federal election.
Tassie teaching kids from farm to plate
A grassroots food education program is teaching Tasmanian kids about all facets of food.
Language linked to later conditions
Researchers at the Australian National University have found that children with language impairments are more likely to develop mental health problems during childhood or adolescence.
Fee changes nick training artery
Fee increases for Registered Training Organisations announced by the Australian Skills Quality Authority have caused some concern for many workers and representatives in the skills industry.
NSW Health Campus project approved
Port Macquarie will be the site of a multi-million dollar Health Education campus, with the possibility of more such spending to come.
Awards on for outstanding international education
Nominations will open on Tuesday August 6 for the inaugural Victorian International Education Awards, which seek to reward outstanding achievement and excellence in international education.
Bid for TAFE balance slugs students
Government subsidies may be adjusted to see some TAFE students in New South Wales paying more.
Bush kids beaten by bad connections
The Isolated Children's Parents' Association is crying out for better internet services or hard-copies of curricula, saying students are being left behind by dodgy wireless hook-ups.
Houston has no problem inspiring students
NASA astronauts have shown a group of Australian students what it is like to teach and learn in space.
Student takes plight to Human Rights
A high school student in Wollongong has taken his own case of mistreatment to the Human Rights Commission, forcing the local Officeworks to stop making students leave their school bags at the door
Tony turns around, QLD holds out
The Queensland Government has denied it is being uncooperative, though it has been deemed unlikely to sign on to Gonski reforms before the upcoming election. In the meantime Tony Abbot says the Liberals would keep the reforms alive for four years if they won government.
Outback arts bolstered
A new round of grants has been awarded in the Regional Arts Fund, providing money to innovative projects in regional governments of Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Gauging the aging rate of grey matter
New research at the University of Adelaide could provide insight into how to repair the brain after damage from stroke or traumatic injury.
New Horizons from Federal funds
Monash University has opened a new research centre dedicated to transforming manufacturing in areas such as biomedicine, transport, aerospace engineering and mineral processing.
Uni collab. takes learning online
The University of New South Wales has joined several prominent international institutions by putting some of its courses online through the internet-education group Coursera.
Australian return of the Nuclear Engineer
The University of New South Wales is bringing back its formerly-axed Nuclear Engineering degree, thirty years after cutting it from the curriculum.
Classes in classiness
With recent reports of the rampant cheating to get ahead in the Chinese exam system, it is no surprise that the country’s rich elite are forking out for a school which deals in the finer things.
Jury douses WA principal's charge
The Western Australian principal on trial for alleged gross misuse of school funds and cover-ups with arson has been found not guilty on a few charges.
Non-uniform tech code could cause imbalance
The Federal Government is putting the final touches on its ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ plan for schools, but already principals say it will only breed schoolyard inequity.
QLD Ed. asked where the kid's money has gone
The Queensland Government claims early childhood education is a big priority - leading school authorities across the state to ask why $100 million less was spent on pre-schools and kindergartens than had been budgeted.