Many older Australians feel undervalued despite believing they have additional knowledge, experience and wisdom to offer, new research has revealed. La Trobe University researcher Dr Kayli Wild spoke to Aged Care Insite about a two-year study in which older Australians ...

Studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics shouldn’t be limited to engineers or scientists, says one expert who argues that STEM skills are essential in everyday life. “We all need to have numeracy skills and be literate in science,” Andrew Seen, associate ...

New research has indicated that a significant percentage of WA’s nursing students have been exposed to aggression and violence while on clinical placement. The study, carried out by Murdoch University PhD student Martin Hopkins, surveyed150 second and third year bachelor ...

An audit of early education literacy teaching has called for sweeping changes in the way teachers are trained by universities and other providers. The report, officially released late yesterday by the NSW Board of Studies and Educational Standards (BOSTES) set ...

A group of high school teachers have headed back to university to brush up on their skills in core subjects: maths, science, engineering and technology. The STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy for science, technology, engineering and mathematics is being run by ...

A university-designed computer game will aim to prevent bullying by enhancing understanding amongst students and teachers of the benefits of altruistic behaviours. The game, Safekeeper, was designed by a team at Deakin University’s school of IT, in conjunction with Creating A Safe ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is poised to grant an extension of arrangements that allowing streamlined interview and selection processes for applicants to Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test [GAMSAT] consortium medical schools. Under existing Preference Policy and One Interview Policy authorisations the ...

A report on humanities and social sciences (HASS) in Australian educational institutions, released yesterday, has provided arguably the clearest snapshot yet of challenges facing the sector’s sustainability. Launched at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday by Australian chief scientist ...

Almost a dozen universities have signed up to an agreement with one of the nation's largest teacher unions in a move that will see Educators in NSW and the ACT receive a pay increase for supervising trainee teachers, starting at ...

Australian academic James Uden discusses how his obsession with classical literature helped fast-track his career in the US. “Odi et amo” – I love and I hate. The power packed into the short opening line of Roman poet Catallus’s poem ...