Education

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The school said it observed a number of positive outcomes during a trial.

The internet is often our first port of call when we’re stumped by a question – but the worldwide web is fighting back with a seemingly impossible brainteaser of its own. 

‘The idea that there is a complete set of knowledge that can only be achieved by sitting behind a desk every single day is rubbish.’

School students nationally are $1000 worse off according to reports, as calls for the federal government to step in and address funding issues ramp up.

On Wednesday, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described ‘plummeting’ performances and a ‘bleak picture’. However many of these analyses are misguided.

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Australia’s NAPLAN results prove there is a need for a universal phonics skills check in Year 1, to ensure no student is left behind.

A primary school canteen has refused to serve one student for more than a year because of a bizarre quarrel with his mother.

It has traditionally been seen as the best route to a well-paid and successful career. But now nearly a third of people think a university education is a waste of time and money. 

JENI O’DOWD: The choices young people face today vastly differ from those of previous generations.