Education
Dance, netball and gender bias training; how a boys' school prepares for girls
The newly co-ed Marist Catholic College in North Sydney is putting staff and boys through gender bias training, so it doesn't "reinforce any stereotypes"
- by Jordan Baker
Latest
Coronavirus pandemic
'Tumultuous': The seismic change hidden in Tehan's plans for unis
If the government's changes pass, students will pay a greater proportion of the domestic teaching bill than the Commonwealth for the first time in decades.
- by Jordan Baker
University
Readers debate government's changes to university fees
'The overhaul of university funding is really significant ... I think the comments speak to how passionate people are about Australia's education system.'
- by Aimie Rigas
Education
Two thousand UTS students have online exams interrupted due to outage
Eighteen exams scheduled across two sessions were interrupted when the university's Blackboard platform experienced a major outage.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
ANU
Lack of higher education vision will 'kill' universities, says vice-chancellor
Universities say the federal government needs to act quickly on research, as important, long-term projects may be cut because they can no longer afford them.
- by Jordan Baker and Fergus Hunter
Opinion
Opinion
Cultural cringe + market economics = lower education
The government wants to turn universities into factories turning out future workers, but can we trust it to know where the jobs will be? And while we're at it, do we settle for importing our culture?
- by Thomas Keneally
Opinion
Opinion
University fee changes prepare us for post-COVID opportunities
If we are to carve our own future, we will need to pivot to new market opportunities as the reliance on our resources shifts in the new energy order.
- by Katie Allen
Education
Camden High School the second to close this week due to COVID-19 case
Camden High School is the second Sydney school to close over COVID-19 cases in two days, after Lane Cove West Public School was closed on Thursday.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education
Cutting school electives 'an entry point' to decluttering curriculum
The government has vowed to cut 20 per cent of high school electives, but some subjects to be slashed have not been studied for years or have just a handful of enrolments.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Health
Authorities expect more COVID cases in Sydney after positive test of student
The death of a Bankstown man has been reclassified as a COVID-19 death, bringing the Australian toll to 104.
- by Kate Aubusson and Lisa Visentin
Exclusive
Research
Tehan to convene vice-chancellor group to replace broken research funding system
The Education Minister will bring together the high-powered group to overhaul a model that has relied on subsidisation from students.
- by Fergus Hunter and Jordan Baker
Education
Year 2 Sydney student tests positive to COVID-19, school closed
A note on Lane Cove West Public School's website on Wednesday night said the school was "temporarily non-operational".
- by Jamie Berry
Life in Lockdown
Public school students 2.5 times more likely to be without home internet
Five per cent of public school students would have been without home internet access during the pandemic, compared to 2 per cent of Catholic and independent school students.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Steve Jobs
'Not quite what we expected': Ramsay Centre now a lifeboat for humanities going under
Our message has never been more relevant: we devalue and defund the arts at our peril.
- by Simon Haines
Private schools
Financial controller of Moriah College spent stolen millions on poker machines, court told
Augustine Robert Nosti agreed in court on Tuesday that he misappropriated $7 million from the school. He said 'the majority' was used for gambling on poker machines.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Opinion
Opinion
The attack on the humanities will harm future generations
Disciplines such as social science, culture, philosophy, politics and economics were irrelevant to the builders of communism, and now it seems they are superfluous to the builders of the digital post-modernity.
- by Lena Redman
Coronavirus pandemic
Tehan tells concerned school leavers that uni fee shake-up is fair
The university fee overhaul has triggered concerns for school students who have picked subjects based on degrees they have committed to.
- by Fergus Hunter and Jordan Baker
Opinion
University Of Sydney
I am eternally grateful for my humble arts degree
The Morrison government does down the contribution of arts grads at its peril.
- by Peter FitzSimons
University of New South Wales
'Perverse incentive' for universities to use humanities as cash cows
The federal government's push to train more scientists and engineers will actually lead some universities to instead enrol more high-fee paying humanities students, a leading vice-chancellor says.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Sydney
A special Sydney place reminds us that history matters
Even on a cave wall in Sydney's west, history is contested, yet the government is telling students it's not as important as more 'job-ready' pursuits.
- by Anna Clark
Opinion
Dominic Perrottet
Unlock super to pay off student debt
Students, debt holders and government coffers alike will benefit.
- by Lyndon Gannon
Letters
Opinion
Uni fee overhaul connotes shallow view of education
Our universities need to produce a skilled workforce but not at the expense of new ideas, informed debate and cultural enrichment.
Teaching
Practice exams, tutorials on new online HSC hub
Extra HSC resources will be given to year 12 to help them overcome the disruption of COVID-19.
- by Jordan Baker
Ken Wyatt
Wyatt eyes deal on schools to lift Indigenous Australians out of disadvantage
The federal government is close to a deal with the states to lift classroom performance by acting on shocking attrition rates that have seen young children leave school years too early.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
STEM
It doesn't add up: uni funding overhaul will also hurt STEM students
A new fee structure will hit arts students, but the overall proportion of federal funding for universities will decline and it will also hurt science, technology, engineering and mathematics students - the ones it is supposedly designed to help.
- by Gareth Bryant
Exclusive
Schools
Public schools should offer International Baccalaureate, says report
But education leaders say the HSC makes available just as much flexibility and opportunity for critical thinking.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Opinion
Why we need humanities graduates in our workforce
The study of, say, Australia’s history or that of our foes and allies and the politics and cultures of India and China is vital to our future.
- by Joy Damousi
Indigenous
How Indigenous history is taught in NSW schools
Insufficient teacher knowledge and discomfort about confronting content can mean students graduate with gaps in their knowledge.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Opinion
Back to the human business of face-to-face schooling
Video conferencing platforms do a fair job of approximating aspects of these relationships. But none are as natural or powerful as being in a classroom.
- by Guido Piotti
Exclusive
University
Uni fee hikes another blow for class of 2020
For the students graduating in 2020, the news follows the stressors of a summer of bushfires; COVID-19 lockdowns; and a reframing of the future.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t rob Peter to pay for Paul on uni places
The government is right to tackle the jobs crisis with increased university funding for courses that have strong job prospects, but it is wrong to target humanities.
- by The Herald's View
Opinion
Dan Tehan
Proposed overhaul of university fees nothing short of radical
Liberal arts graduates are taught to question power and democracy. It's tempting to see this move as a step towards cultivating compliant, "quiet Australians" instead.
- by Tim Soutphommasane
Opinion
Dan Tehan
A simpler reset could have met Dan Tehan's education aims
The central concern is that the winners from the package will get discounts to study courses they would have chosen anyway.
- by Andrew Norton
Exclusive
Dan Tehan
Uni fee overhaul won't change demand or affordability: HECS architect
The man who designed the HECS loan system says it shields students from price signals, so the government's changes won't have the desired effect.
- by Fergus Hunter
Editorial
Editorial
The agony and ecstasy of a degree in humanities
The federal government should not gut arts degrees to pay for STEM courses.
- The Herald's View
Dan Tehan
Cost of priority degrees to be slashed, some fees to soar in funding overhaul
Teaching, health, IT, engineering and science degrees will be cheaper than arts, commerce and law degrees under a federal government university funding overhaul.
- by Fergus Hunter
Opinion
Gladys Berejiklian
It's high time universities gave students what they're paying for
Schools, shops, gyms, pubs and even stadiums are coming back, but universities will keep depriving students of the face-to-face education their fees are paying for.
- by Matthew Moore
Schools
'Everybody is nicer': Students given tools to intervene against racism in schools
Anti-racism pilot program in NSW schools gives students skills to stand up to racist behaviour and reduce discrimination.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
University Of Sydney
ATAR cut-offs to soar without more uni places to meet surging demand
ATAR cut-offs for popular courses will rise unless universities can offer more places for domestic students amid a surge in demand due to the COVID-19 economic downturn
- by Jordan Baker
Education
Captain Cook College staff recruited illiterate students who couldn't use a computer: court
Staff who worked at the college, which has campuses in Sydney and Brisbane, have raised concerns about the ability of students with limited language and computer skills to complete the courses.
- by Anna Patty
Coronavirus pandemic
International students to fly to Canberra next month under pilot program
The Australian National University and University of Canberra hope the trial will set the stage for large-scale arrivals across the country.
- by Fergus Hunter
Teaching
Teachers union wants government to provide extra lessons for year 12
The NSW Teachers Federation has called for a year 12 catch-up package, involving 10 extra hours of teaching in each HSC subject, in each school.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
Opinion
I'm trying to ace my HSC but I see the value in volunteering
Education in the 21st century has to be about more than academic achievement and that's where compulsory community service comes in.
- by Lucy Fang
Education
'Trailblazer' Sydney school assembled in months with new technique
Jordan Springs Public School is the first of five schools completed under a state government pilot program in which 95 per cent of the school is built in factories off-site.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
National
Jordan Springs school time-lapse
Construction of Jordan Springs Public School. Vision: NSW Government
Schools
Students 'need $1.1 billion to close remote-learning gap'
The gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students grew at triple the usual rate during remote schooling, a report has found.
- by Jordan Baker
University of New South Wales
'It's not just a university problem': The drop in international students being felt across Sydney's suburbs
In Kingsford, overseas students are one-third of the population. Chinese restaurant owner Sharon Chan said they represent 60 per cent of her customers, and she wants them back.
- by Jordan Baker, Nigel Gladstone and Natassia Chrysanthos
Coronavirus pandemic
The Melbourne suburbs the international student drought will hit hardest
International students made up almost 40 per cent of the population of some Melbourne suburbs, but those numbers have shrunk by a quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- by Adam Carey
HSC
Coming of age during COVID-19; the challenges facing the class of 2020
The class of 2020 is coming of age in a pandemic, the most severe in 100 years. After a stressful HSC year, they will graduate into a very different world from the one they expected.
- by Jordan Baker and Louise Kennerley
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
University regulator predicts sector will shrink but survive pandemic
The head of the higher education regulator does not believe any universities are at immediate risk of closure because of the revenue downturn.
- by Fergus Hunter