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Education Focus

February

Tiana Thomas is doing a master’s degree in health service management with the University of Technology, Sydney.

Online learning leads to better Indigenous health outcomes

Tiana Thomas is an example of how a greater focus on online learning by universities is helping people living in and servicing regional and remote communities.

March 2022

Transferable skills need to be road-tested for new workplaces

The experiential part of learning is an important component that industry sectors and job candidates benefit from.

WA universities are boldly developing micro courses to upskill managers and workers to cope with the changing industry needs.

Universities rush to fill the skills gap in mining

Industry involvement has led to universities developing relevant and flexible credentials.

Universities in Australia had hoped for the return of international students before the end of last year.

Banking, finance getting teeth into tech

The financial services sector is increasingly relying on micro-credentials to bridge the gap between industry and technological developments.

Needed: a marketplace to assess the value of courses

What is missing is a system of comparing the worth of micro-credentials from employers’ and candidates’ perspectives.

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October 2021

Greenstreaming becomes the mainstream

UQ and UniSA show how MBAs are being transformed to include the notions of boundaries of growth and sustainability in their curriculum.

April 2021

Students Sprint through critical thinking

A program conceptualised by Google Ventures has been rolled out in a private Catholic school.

Smashing the glass ceiling is part of the learning

A powerful step toward gender equality at work has been taken by a Sydney girls school.

More testing can strengthen NAPLAN data, say experts

Despite criticism of NAPLAN, experts are not in favour of getting rid of it. They would prefer to fix the problems it has.

 Sanjay Sarma

Copying foreign schools won’t even the score

Australian and overseas experts say education policymakers should worry less about our global ranking and more about future-proofing our kids.

Teachers need to be constant learners

From online learning to emotional intelligence, teachers need ongoing professional development to take their skills into the future.

Pandemic delivers lessons in online learning

While many aspects of society are returning to normal as the pandemic abates, learning is unlikely to go back to what it looked like pre-2020.

Learning maths has now been made a

Tech start-ups making learning easy

Schools continue to roll out a range of technologies to the classrooms. So why are students’ marks continuing to drop?

Meriden prepares students for career in STEM

A NSW school aims to lift the number of graduates who set out to pursue a career in STEM.

Alan Tudge says a back-to-basics approach is necessary if Australia is to improve on international rankings.

Alan Tudge’s 10-year plan to get schools back to basics

To address a worrying trend that has seen Australian school performance decline over the past two decades will need a clear strategy, says federal Education Minister Alan Tudge.

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There are systemic issues troubling school education.

We need bold schools reform, not tinkering

Schools are struggling within a maladapted system that has evolved organically, unchecked for decades and been distorted by complex dynamics.

Education needs to be evidence-informed

Innovation is not an excuse to disregard everything we know about effective teaching and learning.

Quality teaching is the key to reform

Refining classroom practice through quality professional development is key to reform when quick outcomes are important.

March 2021

KPMG’s Jane Gunn.

Walking the walk is the issue in change management

There’s a collective determination among corporations to better prepare for change next time the world is hit by an adverse circumstance such as the pandemic.

Disruptive year demolishes the idea of a single market

Australia’s universities are now picking up valuable insights on how market diversity can help them overcome the crisis that started with the pandemic.

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