While images of bone-weary male firefighters collapsed on the ground fill our screens and social media platforms, lesser known are the valiant efforts of women who are independently fighting the fires on their own doorstep. "Everyone thinks of the men, ...
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SEEK report: education and training job ads up despite national slump
The latest SEEK employment report shows job advertisements for education and training had the third highest growth (3 per cent) in the year to November 2019, despite a significant drop in job ads nationally. Community services and development led the ...
More »Eliminating rogue, ‘ghost’ and insolvent VET training providers
Heartbreaking stories of people signing up for courses to further their careers only to receive nothing and have an outstanding debt has been just one of the problems plaguing Australia’s VET sector after the VET FEE-HELP scheme was introduced. Bianca Hackett, ...
More »The road to quality use of evidence in schools
Schools value research more than they actually use it. In its raw form, after all, it can be notoriously abstruse. Not only are scholarly papers replete with hard-to-penetrate jargon, but often the research base is hard to access, and abuzz ...
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Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Campus Review. Welcome to another edition of our weekly wrap up where you can catch up on the biggest higher education news stories we covered this week. You can either listen to the ...
More »News: For truth or political gain?
Long known as the Fourth Estate for its commitment to objectivity and balance, journalism has come under attack at two US universities after protests were reported by student newspapers. According to several experts, the protests, which happened at Northwestern and ...
More »ANU releases its three-phase sexual violence strategy
The Australian National University has released a new strategy to curb sexual violence across its community. It works through the key drivers of sexual assault and harassment and what needs to be done on campus to stamp them out. Last ...
More »‘ATAR is the start of the journey, not the end’: opinion
More than 55 per cent of senior high school students questioned in a recent survey claimed to be aiming for an ATAR of 90 or more. This is despite the fact that more than half the students participating in the ...
More »News of the week: Australia becoming a science and social science heavyweight – Podcast
Education editor Wade Zaglas here, focusing on the top stories of the week. You can either listen to the podcast or read the summary below. One story that struck me as particularly impressive was Australia being ranked fifth in the ...
More »Thinking in silos and ignoring the practical skills gap gets us nowhere: opinion
In days long ago in our home in the caves, we created objects and devices, and then constructed places to live, work, worship and play in. An object hewn out of bone or stone could equally be a technology that ...
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