Education

SUSSAN LEY: We should no doubt be striving for excellence in all fields of education, but our fixation with the ATAR is something we need to challenge. Who made the ATAR king anyway?
Opinion
Sussan Ley

Outdated thinking on education is holding Australia back

SUSSAN LEY: We should no doubt be striving for excellence in all fields of education, but our fixation with the ATAR is something we need to challenge. Who made the ATAR king anyway?

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
“Australia needs to kill Vocational Cringe for good. We need to kick the ATAR off its throne. We need to get skills back in our schools,” Sussan Ley said.
Education
Ellen Ransley

‘Failing our kids’: Coalition calls for shift on ATAR focus

Australia is ‘failing our kids’ and a concerted effort must be undertaken to reframe thinking about vocational education in schools and ‘kick ATAR off its throne’, the Coalition says. 

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Video
A high school in Sydney’s southwest is in shock after an AI deepfake porn scandal.
Education
Demi Huang

Sydney school rocked as female students allegedly targeted in explicit deepfakes

‘We want to emphasise that your daughters have done nothing wrong.’

Updated
Read more (2 min) →

Sign up to The Nightly's newsletters.

Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.

Email Us
By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has issued a new direction to his department.
Education
Katina Curtis

Tony Burke orders go slow on student visas

The Albanese Government is imposing a de facto cap on international students by slowing down visa processing despite Peter Dutton blocking legislation to formally limit the numbers coming to Australia.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Online HSC exams: NSW schools embracing huge digital shake-up in 2025, according to Gradeo report
exclusive
Education
David Johns

NSW schools embrace move to online HSC exams with open arms

New South Wales schools are embracing the move toward online HSC exams in 2025 with a new report revealing teachers and students need digital examinations now more than ever.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
A Victorian education authority has come under fire after a year 12 exam paper blunder.
Education
Callum Godde

Outrage after Year 12 exams blunder left questions accessible

Some students sitting exams have potentially gained an unfair advantage over their peers after questions were accessible on sample papers.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
JENI O’DOWD: You don’t need a taxpayer-funded maths degree to know the Greens’ free university plan doesn’t add up
Opinion
Jeni O’Dowd

Greens’ free uni plan is just another looney tunes idea

JENI O’DOWD: You don’t need a taxpayer-funded maths degree to know the Greens’ free university plan doesn’t add up.

Updated
Read more (4 min) →
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a 20 per cent cut on student debts.
Politics
Joe Spagnolo

Relief for Gen Y as Albo takes axe to student debts

Millions of dollars in student debts will be wiped for hundreds of thousands of graduates in a cost-of-living relief measure ahead of the upcoming election.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Labor will introduce legislation next year to lift the minimum income repayment threshold by more than $10,000 a year
Politics
Josh Martin

One million Australians to save $680 a year under new HECS-HELP changes

This cost-of-living relief applies to all graduates earning up to $180,000 per year.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Some education providers are accused of lowering admission standards to "poach" foreign students.
NSW
Matt Shrivell & Georgina Noack

‘Gagged’: Sick details of alleged college scandal emerge

More than 20 students at one of Australia’s most prestigious university colleges were allegedly involved in a ‘humiliation’ incident.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
A prestigious residential college at Sydney University has expelled six students over a serious bullying incident last week.
Australia
Georgina Noack

Six students expelled from elite college after bullying

An elite college has again been embroiled in scandal, with 27 students disciplined after a serious bullying incident last week.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Some 95 per cent of NSW public school principals support a ban on mobile phones in the classroom. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Education
Staff Writers

Results in from state’s classroom mobile phone ban

A state government has shared the results that a mobile phone class ban has had on student learning, behaviour, and concentration a year after the initiative was introduced.

Updated
Read more (1 min) →
Video
The girl argued the school’s uniform policy was sexist because it barred her from wearing pants and meant she could face punishment if she didn’t comply.
Education
Peta Rasdien

Surprise reason schoolgirl lost ‘sexist’ skirt rule fight

A female student who took her school to the Human Rights Commission over its ‘unfair and sexist’ uniform policy has had her case dismissed.

Updated
Read more (3 min) →
Seventeen Australian universities, including the University of Queensland, dropped down the rankings (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Education
Andrew Brown

‘Worst results’: Australia's unis plummet in world rankings

Australian universities have tumbled down world rankings, with some recording their worst result in the latest annual standings.

Updated
Read more (2 min) →
Video
Chevalier College in the NSW Souther Highlands has adopted a new approach to flexible learning. 
NSW
Rhiannon Lewin

This NSW school has moved to a four-day week for some students. So, does it work?

‘Things can be done a little differently and we need to move with those changing ideas.’

Updated
Read more (3 min) →