A new AI app that allows someone to upload an image of themselves and another person to simulate them kissing has sparked outrcry among experts and police who say the content can be used to blackmail children.
Australians paying off their university degrees are being warned they’re now at risk of being stung with a tax bill, as young people call for “more meaningful” measures to ease the cost of tertiary education.
Two in five Australian students are learning maths from teachers without formal qualifications in the subject. Here’s what our universities are doing to fix the out-of-field teaching emergency.
Sweeping reforms to crackdown on poor compliance and mismanagement of affordable homes in NSW have been announced by the state government.
Bradfield’s is still on a knife’s edge, with it set to be declared on Thursday. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele holds a narrow lead over Liberal Gisele Kapterian after a full recount following the federal election.
Australian universities have been caught off guard when anticipating just how big of an impact the Israel-Palestine conflict has had on the campus life of students, the University of Sydney’s top bosses say.
Almost a third of young people believe it’s normal to be jealous in a relationship, while more than half are still struggling to understand consent, new research has found. Watch the video.
Six schools in Australia have already been hit with deepfake scandals and it’s about to get worse before it gets better.
A small Mornington Peninsula high school is tackling two of the biggest problems in Australian education – classroom behaviour and literacy levels – thanks to the dedication of two teachers.
The grieving parents of a little girl have released a heartbreaking photo of her, ahead of the coronial inquest into a fatal medical incident at a Top End childcare centre.
Authorities have ordered the interim closure of dozens of centres while compliance and sleep risk assessments are carried out following the death of a baby in Melbourne’s southeast.
Families will have access to 6500 new kinder spaces this year, with 65 centres opening after being built or undergoing upgrades. Search our interactive map to see all the new kinders near you.
Opposition Leader Steven Miles has slammed Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek who sensationally refused to guarantee the state’s NAPLAN data would improve over the next four years.
Thousands of staff face a tense four-month wait to find out if their necks are on the chopping block amid sweeping job cuts at Western Sydney University.
Teaching as a profession took a hit during the Covid-19 pandemic, but is re-emerging as a popular career choice in a trend that is tackling workforce challenges in our schools.
A surprise leadership shake-up at Western Sydney University has left one of the top bosses looking for a new job on Monday morning.
USYD is grappling with the advent of generative artificial intelligence, and some students aren’t happy with how Australia’s oldest university is handling it.
While one developer is preparing to build a childcare centre for 101 kids in Sydney’s west, another developer is appealing the council’s decision to reject their centre. Here’s what we know.
Almost half of Western Sydney is considered a childcare desert, but construction of 40 new public preschools will begin this year under a $200 million deal. See where they’ll be built.
Childcare advocates have welcomed Labor’s plans to build more childcare centres for those in need and to make it easier for parents to access cheaper childcare.
The boss of a northwest Sydney preschool found guilty of failing to protect children from harm, after a baby was found unresponsive in a cot and later died, has successfully appealed a conviction.
HSC students have been accused of “cheating” after revealing they pay tutors to write their essays, and use AI bots and detection programs to ace exams. Here’s what parents need to know.
HSC students have revealed the extent of a prescription-drug black market plaguing schools, as students scramble for a quick fix solution before exams start. Here’s what parents need to know.
Childcare inquiries in Australia have reached ‘record-breaking’ levels since the government’s new rebate, but there is a worrying downside.
Experts have revealed the simple things parents can do to get their children school ready, as a new report reveals which kids fall behind.
Dozens of bullying social media accounts targeting students from private and public schools have been exposed, highlighting the vile abuse students face.
The number of people retraining or upskilling as teachers is creeping back up to pre-Covid levels as universities and governments throw millions of dollars at postgraduate schemes.
Experts and educators have lifted the lid on the reality of AI through our children’s eyes – and their take is frightening. See how they say you can protect your kids.
NSW’s inaugural ‘Chief Behaviour Advisor’, tasked with bullying prevention in public, Catholic and independent schools, will no longer act in the role.
Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney’s upper north shore has poached its new head from a neighbouring all-boys school Knox Grammar, as its current principal ships off to Bellevue Hill.
NSW school leaders have taken another step forward to tackle the devastating scourge of bullying in schools. It comes after the death of Sydney schoolgirl Charlotte O’Brien and other children.
A mother who says her teenage son was bullied to death claims the school that ignored their pleas for help has not even contacted her since he died. Her emails to the school reveal her desperate attempts to help him.
A sweeping review is set to probe what led to chaotic scenes outside selective school test venues in one Aussie state, which resulted in tests being cancelled and police having to control crowds of parents.
Aggrieved parents and past students of Sydney’s Newington College are “not ruling out” an appeal after the Supreme Court slapped down their case against the school’s council.
As Aussie primary schools grapple with surging rates of depression, anxiety and aggressive outbursts there’s a bold push to put this one thing back in our classrooms.
Thanks to Officeworks and News Corp’s Australia’s Best Teachers campaign, students can download a letter template to acknowledge their favourite teachers. HERE’S HOW
While students have been benefiting from using AI to enhance their learning, teachers should be using it to cut down on bloated workloads.
A School Infrastructure NSW contractor who was paid nearly $2000 a day to provide advice on other contracts has told an ICAC inquiry she was allowed to set her own pay and conditions.
When Paul Baks learned only one girl at his school was playing sport, he came up with a plan. See how his small act has changed his students’ lives – and why he’s immortalised it forever.
More than 160 schools across NSW are about to make history, setting new numeracy benchmarks for every Year 1 student in the state. See how it will work and the full list of schools involved.
A Sydney teen was bullied so relentlessly online and in the schoolyard their mother feared her child would end up dead.
Since arriving in Australia after being forced to flee Iraq, Enas Hano has learnt English, computer skills and gained employment – all thanks to her kids’ Broadmeadows school.
It’s ‘lights, camera, action, go’ as Barmera Primary School science and digi-tech teacher Leighton Pearce takes to the classroom every day.
Dandenong Primary School principal Daniel Riley believes the best way to help disadvantaged families is through the education system. Here’s how he is changing lives.
Compass Catholic Community learning facilitator Roshanna Bull helps young South Australians find a way forward.
Mount Kembla teacher, Ben Ferris, said he came to teaching with a stronger sense of self and was able to more understand what would help kids succeed in real life.
Northwest Sydney families will have access to another new school from 2028 as the state government’s efforts to win back the area’s booming school-aged population continue.
Residents in a fast-growing northwest Sydney suburb are being urged to sign a petition calling for urgent funding on infrastructure, roads and schools from the state government.
Teacher Nathaen Moore spent five years working in luxury hotels before becoming a teacher. He uses that worldly experience to excite young minds.
Michelle Magalona spent more than a decade designing hi-tech computer chips before becoming a teacher – and her students are now benefiting from her real-world experience.
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