Education
This beloved sports facility was ‘upgraded’. Now locals are angry ... with a private school
A high-fee independent school struck a lease agreement with a community sports facility. Now locals aren’t happy.
- by Christopher Harris
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Daycare fined after child, 3, slipped away and was picked up by passer-by
A magistrate says it was “good luck, not good management” that the child wasn’t harmed.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Victorian parents pay most for public schools as state funding trails the nation
Families are paying $620 on average in voluntary contributions to send a child to a state school, highlighting concerns parents are propping up a fall in government funding.
- by Nicole Precel and Jackson Graham
Brisbane uni expands exam hours to combat AI – and students aren’t happy
The need for more in-person exams to tackle the rise in AI use means UQ students can now be tested late on Fridays, and even on Sundays.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Childcare giant says Joshua Brown ticked company’s hiring boxes
Executives from some of Australia’s largest for-profit childcare providers faced a grilling at a parliamentary inquiry probing the early childhood education and care sector.
- by Nicole Precel
The WA private schools in line for multimillion-dollar upgrades
The latest figures on capital works spending were revealed in a new report from the Australian Education Union.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Quite basic’: Why more parents are rejecting public education
An analysis of enrolment data shows Catholic and other private schools are enrolling the highest share of students in history.
- by Christopher Harris
Melbourne University loses appeal to avoid rehiring ‘mawkish’ professor
A professor who was sacked for sending his student romantic messages is set to get his job back, after the Fair Work Commission rejected the university’s appeal.
- by Nicole Precel
The Melbourne public and private high schools most popular with parents
A number of private and Catholic secondary schools across Victoria are growing at a faster rate than public schools, as year 7 intakes boom. Search the full list here.
- by Jackson Graham and Craig Butt
Brisbane school buses making students late ‘not fit for purpose’, say parents
Parents said the bus would sometimes only begin picking up children as classes started down the road, recording delays up to 20 minutes.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Once a boozy rite of passage, has university O-Week changed for good?
Many will remember O-Week at university as party first, preparation second. There were pub crawls, boat and trike races, toga parties and beer skolling marathons, most involving drinking alcohol, sometimes to excess.
- by Nicole Precel