The NSW and Qld premiers have confirmed more than 800 schools have been closed in South-East Queensland and the Northern Rivers ahead of Cyclone Alfred. NSW Premier Chris Minns and the Department of Education asked parents not to send their children ...

South Australian Australian Education Union (AEU) staff claim they felt threatened, devalued and distressed after being “berated” by a union secretary, a Fair Work Commission bullying hearing was told. Union staffer Howard Spreadbury sparked the action against his employer, the Australian ...

The largest single philanthropic gift ever given to a NSW university – and the biggest ever donation to the University of Sydney (USYD) – will go to girls from Western Sydney who dream of becoming scientists or mathematicians. The $100m ...

NSW Police will begin patrolling Jewish schools across the state in a bid to protect students and teachers from further anti-Semitic attacks. The security move came just a day after a sweep of anti-Semitic messages were scrawled at three locations across Sydney, including ...

The admissions centre that handles university applications in NSW and the ACT has said students applying for equity scholarships has surged more than 35 per cent this year. The University Admissions Centre (UAC) has received over 4,500 scholarship applications so ...

Year 4 students who were in Kindergarten and Year 1 during Covid-19 lockdowns have "defied concerns about disrupted learning," a report analysing Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) has found. TIMSS is a study that compares student performance ...

School-level results for the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), released on Wednesday, show that First Nations, poorer and rural, regional and remote students are still falling behind in learning due to those factors. NSW There were exceptions ...

Cost of living has emerged as the number one national issue for young Australians, eclipsing climate change and mental health, Mission Australia’s latest survey has revealed. Of the more than 17,400 Australians aged 15–19 who responded to the Youth Survey ...

Independent school enrolments have outpaced government and Catholic schools, with fresh data showing more than 60 per cent of new students come from low to middle income households. A report by Independent Schools Australia (ISA) showed the sector has seen its strongest growth in more than ...

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) chief executive has resigned after a handful of VCE exams contained almost identical questions to sample cover sheets that had hidden questions written on them. Most recently, two sets of exams were compromised ...