The University of Queensland has pledged to boost enrolment rates of First Nations, low socio-economic, regional and other disadvantaged students by 2032.  Speaking at the university’s new Brisbane campus last week, UQ vice chancellor professor Deborah Terry announced the new ...

One of Australia’s premier public policy think tanks has recommended a $1 billion tutoring grant to help disadvantaged students whose learning has been set back by the COVID-19 school closures. The Grattan Institute has written a report outlining the need ...

The NSW countryside is bone dry. Once verdant towns like Bowral in the Southern Highlands and Muswellbrook in the Hunter are now whitish-yellow – and classified as areas of 'intense drought'. Indeed, the whole state has been designated as 'in drought'. With ...

Mission Australia has issued a call for long-term commitment to a flexible learning program for disadvantaged students. An evaluation report from the University of Adelaide showed the Flexible Learning Options (FLO) program in South Australia had a "significant transformative" impact ...