Alex Crowe
Alex Crowe is an education reporter. She joined The Age as a breaking news reporter in 2023.
Popular inner-city school to move entire year level off-site
University High in Parkville will move year 9 students to a CBD campus next year due to overcrowding, but parents say the government is dragging its feet on a permanent solution to the booming student population.
- by Alex Crowe
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Girl, 13, arrested after fire with 60-metre flames rips through school
A Geelong school has been forced to close after a fire with 60-metre flames ripped through overnight, one day after students returned from school holidays.
- by Alex Crowe
No ATAR, no worries: The students finding success without an admission rank
Students are moving away from the ATAR as universities expand their admission criteria, and schools offer alternative channels to entering higher education.
- by Alex Crowe
Counterfeit clothing stoush flares as Melbourne show likened to ‘streets of Bali’
The owners of a New Zealand label say they pulled their stall just two days into this year’s show after alerting organisers to other stalls selling counterfeit products.
- by Alex Crowe
Fashion label shirtfronts Melbourne Royal Show over counterfeit clothing
Show organisers have been forced to belatedly order one of its clothing vendors to remove counterfeit clothing from their stall after an Australian fashion brand accused them of ripping off its label.
- by Alex Crowe
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Education
University of Melbourne appoints first female vice chancellor
The university has announced its next vice chancellor after Duncan Maskell said earlier this year he was stepping down in 2025.
- by Alex Crowe
The suburb that lost its grunge, but kept its cutting-edge cool
The Italians and Greeks are no longer quite so numerous, but a $20 barber cut can still be had in Northcote, where there is plenty of live music, and an abundance of lesbians.
- by Alex Crowe
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Melbourne’s most overcrowded schools – and the thousands of homes being built near them
Use our interactive graphic to find out how full your school is – and if it’s about to come under more pressure.
- by Alex Crowe
As it happened: Moira Deeming, John Pesutto defamation case : Deeming takes stand after secret recording played in Federal Court
What we heard during day two of ousted Victorian Liberal member Moira Deeming’s Federal Court defamation trial against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
- by Rachel Eddie, Annika Smethurst, Alex Crowe and Cassandra Morgan
‘They don’t feel safe’: Martial arts on the curriculum as youth crime spikes
Melbourne schools are hiring private instructors to train teens in self-defence, covering “street smarts” as much as “the kicking and punching”.
- by Alex Crowe
Labor says weapons expo should return to Melbourne, despite disruptive protests
Treasurer Tim Pallas wants Melbourne to host the controversial Land Forces weapons expo again – but maybe not in the inner-city.
- by Alex Crowe, Lachlan Abbott and Cassandra Morgan
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