Loophole lets childcare centres raise fees
A loophole in grant guidelines for the Albanese government’s $3.6bn childcare wage subsidy will allow some centres to raise fees above the mandatory 4.4 per cent cap.
Education
Christmas pay rise in pipeline for 16,000 childcare workers
Taxpayers will hand over cash to low-paid workers in time for Christmas in a ‘game-changing’ pay deal for the nation’s childcare workforce.
School leaders say primary curriculum is just too hard to teach
‘Teachers are struggling beyond belief.’ Primary school principals are demanding changes to the national curriculum to focus on literacy, numeracy, art and sport.
Unis’ ‘lifelong learning’ role
‘What are universities if not factories for ideas?’ In a challenge to universities, the Productivity Commission wants them to ‘put quality front and centre’ in teaching and research.
Principals hail social media ‘age of consent’
‘Social media cesspit’: School principals have thrown their support behind a bipartisan plan to ban social media use by children younger than 16.
Unis’ most innovative educators named
A degree apprenticeship program is among the most innovative teaching programs across the country, recognised in the Shaping Australia Awards.
Chancellor champions domestic student surge at University of New England
‘When you’ve got a burning platform, it can be an opportunity for change.’ After a kaleidoscopic career spanning physics, foreign affairs and chocolate, Dr Sarah Pearson will start as the new chancellor of the University of New England on November 20.
Shaping Australia one solved problem at a time
The are the big research ideas that have or will transform Australian lives.
Student debt shake-up shows Albanese is spooked
We need more tradies in the construction industry and people to work in the services sector. Labor is on the wrong track thinking we should increase the proportion of the workforce with degrees.
Principal source: Those who can, must teach
Teaching doesn’t have the lustre of other roles but is one of the most important jobs.
Uni faces class action over ‘anti-Semitism’
A group of Jewish staff and students at the University of Sydney have brought racial vilification claims against two vocal anti-Israel academics and the university.
Labor approves 120,000 visa arrivals for families of foreign students
More than 120,000 arrivals of the family of foreign students have been recorded under the Albanese government, with one in five not undertaking study.
Student debt first target on PM’s second term to-do list
The slashing of student debts will be unveiled at a Labor rally in Adelaide, in what will be the first of a series of speeches made by Anthony Albanese laying out his second term agenda.
On point: From dancer to defence hawk
After injury but an end to her ballet career, Sophie Mayo went back to TAFE to finish her HSC because she left school in Year 10. Now she’s been awarded a prestigious scholarship to the US.
Student debt: system is unjust and undermining social cohesion
A rich society does not necessarily equal a happy and prosperous society, we must also account for the bonds that bind us together, including the strength of our civil society.
VC quits in wake of job cuts fury
Just days after staff passed a vote of no confidence in her leadership, a long-serving vice-chancellor has retired.
Fee spike: unis cash in on foreign students
Universities are hiking tuition fees for international students twice as fast as inflation to compensate for revenue shortfalls, with one institution charging students studying clinical medicine $112,832 next year.
Students praise St Paul’s College bullying penalties
Students of an elite University of Sydney college have praised the ‘harshness and gravity’ of the college’s response to a ‘serious bullying’ incident.
School bell tolls for productivity in landmark teacher deal
Six-figure salary packages for graduate teachers, job-sharing, overtime bans and the right to ignore contact after school hours have been granted in the nation’s most generous pay deal for school teachers.
Rewriting the way we educate kids
St Luke’s Catholic College in Sydney’s booming northwest is a pioneer in more ways than one.
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