Australia must be cautious when it comes to introducing invasive school surveillance practices common in the UK and USA, a University of Adelaide criminologist has warned. Associate professor Andrew Hope said surveillance in schools can undermine privacy, erode trust, stigmatise ...

Prospective students can now check out how gay-friendly a university is with the launch of the first ever Australian LGBTI University Guide. Produced by the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) and the Star Observer, the guide rates universities ...

The proposed expansion of federal funding to include the private sector is too high a risk, NTEU president Jeannie Rea warned. “The latest evidence of widespread rorting and poor quality of qualifications delivered by private providers under Victoria’s fully contestable ...

More than three-quarters of TAFE students believe a TAFE higher education course is as good as a university course in the same area, a national survey has revealed. The survey, by TAFE Directors Australia (TDA), found that the quality of ...

The proportion of aspiring teachers starting degrees without maths education beyond Year 10 has tripled in the past decade, new research has shown. The research studied the maths and science choices made by students in the NSW HSC between 2001 ...