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Indigenous scholars awarded with 'overwhelming honour'

Indigenous scholars awarded with 'overwhelming honour'

Five Indigenous scholars have been awarded the inaugural First Nations Cancer Scholarship, supporting each person to undertake full-time studies or research.

Students to suffer at schools in climate firing line

Students to suffer at schools in climate firing line

Students to suffer at schools in climate firing line

Students to suffer at schools in climate firing line

Extreme heat and disruptions from climate-fuelled floods and fires pose learning setbacks for students that may weigh on their future earnings, a report says.

Students get more power over sexual assault complaints

Students get more power over sexual assault complaints

Students get more power over sexual assault complaints

Students get more power over sexual assault complaints

An independent office designed to help university students escalate concerns about sexual misconduct is expected to handle about 15,000 complaints a year.

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Back-to-school chaos comes with mental load for parents

Back-to-school chaos comes with mental load for parents

Parents welcoming the start of the school year are also set to be bombarded with more than 1200 tasks related to home, school and extra-curricular activities.

Subsidy boost may do little to improve childcare access

Subsidy boost may do little to improve childcare access

While families have saved thousands of dollars under an expanded childcare subsidy, experts have warned centres may have no option but to hike fees.

Student's treatment after Hamas support 'inappropriate'

Student's treatment after Hamas support 'inappropriate'

The education minister says a university student expelled after declaring unconditional support for Hamas should not have been reinstated.

Bid for better education standards to fix skills crisis

Bid for better education standards to fix skills crisis

The business council is calling for new national targets to place Australia back in the top 10 in the OECD rankings across reading, maths and science.

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PM caves on school funding after 'tortuous' talks

PM caves on school funding after 'tortuous' talks

PM caves on school funding after 'tortuous' talks

PM caves on school funding after 'tortuous' talks

An extra $3.5 billion in federal cash will be ponied up by the Albanese government after protracted public school funding negotiations with two hold-out states.

Push to rein in and probe 'lawless' university sector

Push to rein in and probe 'lawless' university sector

Push to rein in and probe 'lawless' university sector

Push to rein in and probe 'lawless' university sector

Well-paid university heads could be dragged into the public eye and grilled over the sector's scandals as the government tries to establish an investigation.

Literacy boost plea to improve student success

Literacy boost plea to improve student success

Literacy boost plea to improve student success

Literacy boost plea to improve student success

A review into a state's education system calls for a boost to literacy programs, a trial of a UK-style model grouping schools together and other measures.

Back to school but more kids escorted over safety fears

Back to school but more kids escorted over safety fears

Back to school but more kids escorted over safety fears

Back to school but more kids escorted over safety fears

Primary school-age students are not walking or riding to or from school in the numbers they once were as parents' concern grows over road safety.

'Insulting': trans music tutor sues Catholic schools

'Insulting': trans music tutor sues Catholic schools

'Insulting': trans music tutor sues Catholic schools

'Insulting': trans music tutor sues Catholic schools

A transgender tutor has accused a Catholic schools body of failing to let her work after she transitioned and asking invasive questions about her bathroom use.

'Mum guilt': parents battle growing school costs

'Mum guilt': parents battle growing school costs

'Mum guilt': parents battle growing school costs

'Mum guilt': parents battle growing school costs

As Australian parents deal with the ballooning cost of school supplies amid other cost-of-living pressures, a minor party is promising relief.

PhD numbers slip as students made to live 'in poverty'

PhD numbers slip as students made to live 'in poverty'

PhD numbers slip as students made to live 'in poverty'

PhD numbers slip as students made to live 'in poverty'

Australia's future economic growth and research prospects are at risk with meagre incomes deterring prospective candidates from undertaking a PhD.

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Parents put kids' future on credit as school costs rise

Private schools are preparing to campaign for more money from the government as parents look for ways to keep up with rising education costs.

After 20-year wait, kids dive into desert miracle

Locals are embracing relief from the scorching desert heat in one of the nation’s most remote communities after a wait stretching two decades.

Parents shell out billions as back-to-school costs rise

Technology is a major factor in rising back-to-school costs as Australian teachers notice an increase in students without the essentials.

More students to start 2025 in temporary classrooms

Figures suggest more than 13,000 demountable classrooms are used in NSW, Victorian and West Australian public schools alone.

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World's biggest atlas in sight of Aussie startup

Map enthusiasts will soon have more information at their fingertips as drone imagery is added to a platform vying to become the world's biggest digital atlas.

A dream inspired by home realised for Indigenous doctor

Driven to practice medicine after witnessing disadvantage in his community, Torres Strait Islander doctor T'kido Titasey hopes to inspire others.

'Wholly achievable': calls grow for $10-a-day childcare

Plans to improve childcare access for families should pave the way for fees to be capped at as little as $10 per day, advocates and experts say.

Push to strengthen hate crime laws and tackle threats

The government should make it an offence to threaten marginalised Australians and set up a national database to help combat hate crimes, a committee recommends.

Call to prioritise lowering student loan debt in 2025

The peak body for universities wants the next government to prioritise lower student loan debts to reduce barriers to study and help meet a key skills target.

Wanted: one million Aussies, Kiwis to learn AI skills

Microsoft wants to train at least one million Australians and New Zealanders in how to use AI tools over the next two years as part of a worldwide push.

Results on time despite VCE exam blunder growing

The results of Victorian students' Year 12 will still be released on time despite a mass publishing error impacting an extra nine papers.

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