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.
- Therese Raft
Universities rush to fill the skills gap in mining
Industry involvement has led to universities developing relevant and flexible credentials.
- Ruth Callaghan
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.
- Nicki Bourlioufas
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.
- Christopher Niesche
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.
- Updated
- Jonathan Porter
April 2021
Students Sprint through critical thinking
A program conceptualised by Google Ventures has been rolled out in a private Catholic school.
- Nina Hendy
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.
- Nina Hendy
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.
- Jonathan Porter
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.
- Jonathan Porter
Teachers need to be constant learners
From online learning to emotional intelligence, teachers need ongoing professional development to take their skills into the future.
- Alexandra Cain
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.
- Alexandra Cain
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?
- Nina Hendy
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.
- Nina Hendy
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.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Private schools
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.
- Rachel Wilson and Paul Kidson
- Opinion
- HSC
Education needs to be evidence-informed
Innovation is not an excuse to disregard everything we know about effective teaching and learning.
- Jennifer Buckingham
- Opinion
- Opinion
Quality teaching is the key to reform
Refining classroom practice through quality professional development is key to reform when quick outcomes are important.
- Jenny Gore
March 2021
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.
- Nina Hendy
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.
- James Dunn
Rugby players, entertainers learning management
The reskilling spree after the pandemic has brought some unlikely professionals together in the management classroom at Macquarie Business School.
- Patrick Lawnham