BP donates $1m for boarding scheme
AN extra 60 indigenous students will now have the opportunity to attend one of the nation’s prestigious private boarding schools.
Education
Uni head lobbies to set fees
THE university sector has opened up debate on allowing universities freedom to set their own tuition fees to drive competition.
$3bn overseas revenue fall dismissed
THE federal government has dismissed a $3 billion decline in revenue from international students last year.
$3bn hit as foreign students slump
THE value of international students to the Australian education sector has collapsed by 20 per cent as the high dollar gouges the industry.
Probe into handling of $90m for BER
THE NSW government is investigating whether up to $90 million of BER money was diverted to expand contractor Reed Constructions.
Gonski denies fees will increase
FEARS that a new school funding model would force private schools to raise fees were dismissed yesterday.
Court case for atheists’ kids
AN atheist mum says her kids suffer discrimination when they leave their classmates in a religious class at their public school.
Flaws in school funding exposed
INDEPENDENT schools received four times the increase in government funding of public schools in 2010.
More money buying teachers and time
THE difference money can make to students is evident at Hampden Park Public School at Lakemba in Sydney’s western suburbs.
Pearson family ‘has record of bullying’
A FORMER Queensland minister says the family of indigenous leader Noel Pearson has a “track record of bullying” indigenous people.
Lessons from Asia show way forward
AUSTRALIA is focusing on education reforms that have limited value, while successful Asian countries focus on improving how students learn.
Private school backs shake-up
THE head of Sydney’s exclusive St Andrew’s Cathedral School has welcomed a major shake-up of education funding
Computers soon to outnumber students
MORE than 130,000 extra school computers have been bought and installed than were required under Labor’s rollout
ACTU support heals school union rift
THE national union representing 70,000 non-government teachers has rejoined the ACTU.
Short sweeter for student visitors
BUOYANT short-term tourist data suggests work rights could be giving Australia’s education export industry an extra leg-up.
Push for one schools funding model
SCHOOLS will receive a standard payment per student across the public and private sectors.
Status of school can affect results
PARENTAL angst over choosing a child’s school has been vindicated by research showing classmates are crucial to academic success.
Education failings ‘will cost us’
AUSTRALIA’S Nobel Prize winner for physics Brian Schmidt has warned of a crisis triggered by a failure in the education system.
Women uni graduates beat PM’s target
MORE than 40 per cent of young women have a bachelor degree or higher qualification, achieving Labor’s target more than 10 years early.
Assaults on NT teachers ‘covered up’
SERIOUS assaults on teachers by students in NT schools happen every week and are routinely covered up, the education union says
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