Fee-free TAFE grows ag worker pipeline
An audacious plan to help solve the nation’s long-term labour and skills shortages is showing promise, with 9500 first semester enrolments.
Education
How Aussie classrooms are using AI tutors
As the federal government investigates the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms, Aussie students are already trialling AI tutors. See how it works.
Childcare rebate: the unexpected downside
Childcare inquiries in Australia have reached ‘record-breaking’ levels since the government’s new rebate, but there is a worrying downside.
Gogglebox stars’ advice to help kids write better
From Gogglebox to grammar: Kerry and Izzy Silbery reveal how family chats can supercharge and help Aussie kids.
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The real reasons families invest in private education
Prices vary by school, but the median fee in Victoria for a Year 12 boarder is more than $60,000. So, why do families choose to spend big on private education? Parents and students explain.
Foreign spies target uni students in Australia
Foreign countries are spying on international students in Australia, as universities become a battleground for espionage.
Uni chief wants free speech laws to help scared Aussies
A uni chief is demanding new laws to safeguard free speech, warning that Australians are “self-censoring’’ to avoid saying the wrong thing.
Wagga Wagga to get Australia’s first fully automated farm
A collaboration between Charles Sturt University and Food Agility Co-operative Research Centre will create the first “hands-free” commercial farming enterprise.
Longerenong principal John Goldsmith resigns
Leading Wimmera agriculture college is on the hunt for a new head, after veteran principal announces a big move.
Scotch College principal quits prestigious school
An international search for Scotch College’s next head has begun after principal Tom Batty stepped down, ending a 13-year tenure.
Public purse overpays private schools by $20m
Private schools are being overpaid in taxpayer funds and the federal government can’t guarantee $24 billion will go to schools that need it most, an alarming audit has revealed.
Universities set for more major lay-offs
The university sector has been dealt another blow with the ‘kick in the teeth’ federal budget, which could see thousands of people lose jobs.
Farm program helps ‘turn kids around’
Kids who struggle in school, or need more team work and social skills are being sent to horticulture training. And Peter Preuss can’t understand why there’s not more programs like it.
Australian ‘invasion’ school history lessons slammed
Australia’s Education Minister has criticised the way students are being taught history ahead of new curriculum changes.
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