Destined for university: the Victorians created a tiered education system.
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Problems with who gets access to university date back to the 19th century.
Australian universities should explore ways of working with Indian institutions.
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Australia will face stiff competition from other countries, such as the US and UK, so it must have a clear strategy for how to deepen its engagement with India’s higher education sector.
Education policy should focus on making sure that every student makes great progress, rather than accountability for test scores or teacher performance pay.
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Focusing on progress – not just achievement – and investing in improving teaching practice will help to lift slipping standards in Australian schools.
There has been an increase in research grants going to high-profile applicants.
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Demand for research grants has far exceeded supply, with success rates for grant applications falling to record lows.
Students at the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in Aurukun.
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The lesson to be learned from Aurukun is around the impact of out-sourcing education to commercial interests.
Taking in Lisbon on a student exchange.
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Travelling across the continent has been a staple of young people’s eduation for centuries.
Under a demand driven system, poor students are finding more opportunities to attend university.
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While on the face of it a 1.5% increase in the number of disadvantaged students going to university might seem minimal, in real terms this is genuinely significant.
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What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.
Why do campuses have “free speech zones”?
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Are speech codes and free-speech zones silencing speech on college and university campuses?
Sending children out of class isn’t an effective way to manage bad behaviour.
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Schools need to avoid practices that exclude badly behaved students and instead offer more ongoing, personalised support.
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Government plans to introduce more flexibility could be destabilising for universities.
The Coalition made the decision to close the Office for Learning and Teaching.
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Closing the Office of Learning and Teaching removes Australia’s national commitment to innovation and improved performance in learning and teaching.
Many young people are not engaging in the most fundamental of all democratic rights: voting.
Young people have a lot at stake when it comes to current political decisions. Yet 48% of 18-year-olds and nearly 24% of 19-year-olds are not registered to vote.
The government’s options for higher education reform come with significant trade offs.
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The onus is now on students, universities and the wider public to make clear where they stand on the options laid out in the discussion paper.
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Emotional competence can help children do better at school.
Scientists and engineers can help students to get more out of studying STEM subjects.
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Spending time with scientists and engineers and going to laboratories increases students’ interest in STEM subjects.
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A new report has drilled down into how much graduates from particular courses earn. What does it mean for universities?
Waugh considering a younger self.
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Waugh spent his time at Oxford studying: not history, but the people who would populate his novels.
‘For too long schools have been places young people go to watch their teachers work.’
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We need a major revamp of teacher education from the inside out that changes the model to provide all children with the education that is right for them.
The government’s proposal looks like nothing more than a cost shifting exercise.
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The prime minister’s proposal to cease federal funding for public schools is a response to a budgetary problem, not a way to improve educational outcomes.