Education News

Aussie schools needed to clean up Young Australians and school communities accounted for more than 1 in 3 (38.8 per cent) of all Clean Up Australia Day volunteers in 2020.

Teach For Australia launches The Tutor Network Teach For Australia (TFA) has launched The Tutor Network, to provide free resources, training and support for tutors and schools.

Emma says Wakakirri is back in 2021, safe and spectacular Wakakirri continues to attract the support of Australia’s professional performing arts community and they invite schools to participate in new year of story dance.

Southern Cross scholarships up for grabs There's almost 400 scholarships now on offer at Southern Cross University for students commencing uni in 2021.

Hunt for Australia’s most inventive students Students from primary, lower secondary, senior secondary, TAFE and university are invited to put their thinking caps on for the inaugural Aussie Student Inventions competition.

Professionals fast-tracked to fill hard to staff teaching roles Teacher training programs will be fast tracked to fill hard-to-staff positions in schools and early childhood services in Victoria with the first grads commencing to teach in 2022.

Future Minds Network provides skills to land a job The Future Minds Network has helped 11,000 youths avoid poverty through employment education.

Wakakirri announces 2020 national winners Four schools have taken home the top prize in this year’s Wakakirri Challenge by each winning the national award of Story of the Year.

Guess what the Children’s Word of the Year is? The Oxford Australian 2020 Children’s Word of the Year used children’s language experts to analyse more than 50,000 short stories written by three million Australian children for this year’s Storyathon writing events.

Graduate employment down Higher education graduates across Australia have found it harder to gain employment over the last 12 months and it wasn’t just about COVID.

Hard facts about soft skills Soft skills, like creativity and people management are going to be at a premium when employers are looking for new hires.

Vulnerable children most affected by exclusion Boys, Indigenous students, and students with a disability are disproportionately affected by exclusion.