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A decade’s worth of NAPLAN data and a sweeping review of how writing will be taught in NSW has suggested – strongly in the media – that Australian students’ writing skills are in a sad state of decline. In a ...

The Save Social Work Australia campaign will be anxiously awaiting a decision from the senate today in response to the government’s job-ready graduates package for higher education. The campaign organisers initially wrote to education minister Dan Tehan about the group’s ...

The government’s job-ready graduate package for higher education is guaranteed to pass the senate after Centre Alliance senator Stirling Griff agreed to support it. The package’s new course fee structure will see students in disciplines such as law and humanities ...

CampusReview · The LANTITE report 'was flawed' | Dr David Zyngier Before an internal government report recently revealed that the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) was causing significant concern among pre-service teachers and universities, nine focus ...

The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) report released this week identifies and discusses challenges critical to ensuring Australia’s agricultural industry remains competitive in the future. While Australian farmers have a reputation for being among the most “efficient primary producers in ...

Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is opposed to the government’s higher education funding changes, saying it will disadvantage poor students and poor families. Lambie said the new bill “makes university life harder for poor kids and poor parents” and was ...

An internal government report has called for the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) to be held at the beginning of education degrees, so students aren’t potentially wasting their time. In comes after revelations that almost one ...

Research conducted by both the Australian National University (ANU) and  the University of Melbourne has concluded that using e-cigarettes triples the chances of a non-smoker taking up conventional smoking. The report, which was submitted to the government, also found “insufficient” ...

Australia’s response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is consistent with international approaches that mandate physical distancing and self-isolation. However, evidence from prior pandemics shows that periods of self-isolation or quarantine are associated with emotions such as anger, frustration and distress. Common ...

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