Archived News for Education Sector Professionals - February, 2016
Doctors and addiction experts will conduct pill testing at NSW festivals, with or without the support of the Government.
Anti-Safe-Schools brigade growing
The Prime Minister is under more pressure from the Neolithic faction of the LNP.
Final years campaign maintained
The Australian Education Union is ramping up its efforts to secure needs-based school funding.
Gender-productivity link highlighted
Research suggests the number of work-family programs at an organisation is linked to higher productivity and earnings.
Science cuts starting to get stupid
Labor, Greens and independent politicians have gathered to stop the latest attack on Australian science.
Lead levels linked with adult aggression
Experts say Australian children who are exposed to higher levels of lead are more likely to show increased aggressive behaviour in adulthood, and to commit an assault that results in death.
Open efforts slash 3D costs
Bioengineering researchers have modified a commercial-grade laser cutter to create a low-cost laser sintering platform that can print intricate 3-D objects from powdered plastics and biomaterials.
Classroom risks from missed connections
Even though Australia has one of the world’s highest rates of internet access, there are concerns that kids from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind.
Ancient teaching suggests innate lean
Researchers have used a small-scale and very specific study to suggest teaching is an innate human behaviour.
Concern raised as jab rates drop
New figures show Australia is slacking off on immunisation, and could be putting people at risk.
Hawking launches top teacher list
Physicist Stephen Hawking has unveiled this year’s Top 10 Global Teacher Prize Finalists.
Public/private split shows need to commit
School funding increases before the Gonski reforms were skewed away from disadvantaged schools, the AEU says.
Glass crafted into deep data discs
Engineers are using advanced techniques to store mind-boggling amounts of data on tiny glass discs.
Teacher pay deal puts up $100k option
South Australia's public school teachers have been offered pay rises of 2.5 per cent a year for three years.
Autism app for faster diagnosis
Important interventions could be made with the release of a mobile phone app for detecting autism.
New centre focused on frozen fields
A new state-of-the-art facility could see Tasmania carve out a name as the home of underwater robots.
Angry gods may have brought us together
Research suggests that belief in an angry and vengeful god may have brought ancient societies together.
Gravity waves change universal view
Our understanding of the universe was fundamentally changed at a press conference in the US overnight.
New app dares kids to seek help
An innovative new program has taken ‘Truth or Dare’ to a whole new level.
Sexuality in schools deemed
Conservative outrage is bubbling at news that children are being taught about sexual orientation and transgender issues at school.