The History Council of New South Wales has launched a statement emphasising the value of history and the ways in which it can enhance many aspects of our lives. Delivered by Dr Stephen Gapps at the recent Annual History Lecture ...

A student at Griffith University has called out a professor for promoting a colonial version of history in a first-year Indigenous Studies class. The complaint has prompted Griffith to change the method of the course's delivery. In a 729-word public post on ...

In 1699, William Dampier, an Englishman, collected shells and plants from the beaches of the rugged west coast of Australia. These were shipped back to England and ultimately displayed at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum and the British Museum in London. These ...

Something has gone wrong when, on present trends, we face a future with few graduates in some of the essential disciplines. Australia faces a national skills crisis as students abandon unpopular subjects such as maths, science and humanities in response ...

Making a Difference is a collaborative industry initiative mooted more than five years ago and produced with support from all universities and other educational institutions, government and industry-related organisations. The International Education Association of Australia provided a secretariat for the ...

The history of education helps teachers understand how curricula and educational policy are formed writes Geoffrey Sherington. Dr Brian Croke’s recent address on receiving the Wyndham Medal drew attention to the decline in the teaching of the history of education ...