News Headlines
These headlines are some of the major items from the last week [Saturday to Friday] .
A majority of the sites have been developed in Australia. They cover all major educational areas from Early Childhood to universities, schools to Vocational Education. They cover many of the major topics addressed during that week. We have tried to include as diverse a range of sources as feasible. We have also tried to ensure there is free access to the items included, though there will be some with limited access when it is felt they are relevant.
Unless otherwise stated the resources are from sources within Australia and, where possible, covers all areas of Australia.
We have also left links from the previous two weeks further down the page. The majority of the links usually remain available online for a reasonable period of time after publication.
This Week
Universities
- Union lodges $2 million wage theft claim at Sydney University [15/10]
- Putting names to unique student IDs [15/10]
- High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal [14/10]
- Peter Ridd loses High Court case over climate skepticism censure [13/10]
- Universities adopt free speech code [13/10]
- Monash VC calls for buffer between government and unis [13/10]
- Concerns and complaints about providers policy - TEQSA [12/10]
- Hit hard by the pandemic, researchers expect its impacts to linger for years [11/10]
- Regulator to HE : obey the law on staff pay [11/10]
- Australian scientists' morale hits rock bottom amid university job cuts [11/10]
- How do we get students back on campus [and do we need to ?] [10/10]
- The emergence of global universities [9/10]
- TEQSA successful in Federal Court action to block access to cheating website [8/10]
International Students
- Claire Field on new opportunities in international education [13/10]
- Austrade ‘full breadth’ of programs in new campaign [12/10]
- The overseas student and immigration nexus : Where to now ? [12/10]
- Education minister ‘optimistic’ about international students choosing Australia once more [12/10]
- Tudge asserts authority in international education [11/10]
- Stephen Connelly - the changing international education sector [10/10]
- International Education : The road back [8/10]
- Experts weigh in on Australia's 10-year strategy at AIEC [8/10]
- How much will it cost for international students to return to Australia ? [8/10]
Schools
- ‘Out in the cold’ : schools in NSW and Victoria are not ready to reopen, teachers warn [15/10]
- ‘The joy of teaching’ : Plan to find 3 700 new teachers to plug school shortage [14/10]
- Why politicians must listen to teachers on school reform [14/10]
- Schools prioritise quality online safety education during the pandemic [14/10]
- Highly accomplished teachers’ positive influence [13/10]
- State school teachers target Education Department in first step of industrial campaign [13/10]
- Australia launches world’s first children’s mental health and wellbeing strategy [12/10]
- Economic stimulus package continues to benefit schools [12/10]
- Parents pick elite private schools for networking : survey [11/10]
- Australian politicians trust scientists on Covid. Why don’t they listen to teachers on school reform ? [11/10]
- The NSW areas in which school enrolments are expected to double [11/10]
- The language of learning [8/10]
- Parents embrace school infrastructure spending [8/10]
Early Childhood
- ACT considers extending teacher registration to ECTs, input from the sector needed [13/10]
- ECEC courses the centrepiece of WA’s $103 million training expansion [13/10]
- Scholarships to increase early childhood teachers [13/10]
- Rebuild Early Childhood Workforce through TAFE [13/10]
- New partnership will give high school students a head start on an ECEC career [12/10]
- Increased child care support brought forward [10/10]
Vocational Education
- NatRoad Calls For National Apprenticeship Program [15/10]
- $103.5 million boost for Western Australian training through JobTrainer [12/10]
- More funding for Apprenticeships and Trainees in Tasmania [11/10]
- Apprenticeship numbers up 30 per cent as more Aussie kids ditch uni studies for trades [10/10]
- No agreement on national skills funding deal [10/10]
Other
- Children’s Education and Care National Workforce Strategy [13/10]
- Colin Simpson’s Ed Tech reads for the week [11/10]
1-8 October 2021
Universities
- The Australian universities that had huge losses in 2020 [6/10]
- Disadvantaged students do better than advantaged ones at uni : study [5/10]
- Disadvantage is no barrier to success at university, once you get there - UAC [5/10]
- Beyond Oxbridge and Yale: popular stories bring universities to life — we need more of them in Australia [5/10]
- Graduate employment increases despite COVID-19 impacts [5/10]
- Monash University, Indonesia welcomes first student cohort [4/10]
- A fearful university in Adelaide abandons academic freedom in attempts to better understand China [4/10]
- Group of Eight universities object to Turnitin’s acquisition of Ouriginal [3/10]
- New TEQSA Commissioner [1/10]
International Students
- Global survey – 79% of students want on-campus study abroad [7/10]
- International students fear cost of return to Australia as pilot schemes announced [7/10]
- Statement on Vic Govt Plan for International Students [7/10]
- ‘Long Covid’ : a grim diagnosis for Australian international education [6/10]
- Students head to Canada as Australia’s borders remain shut [6/10]
- Australia to announce concessions for 485 visa holders abroad ‘in the coming weeks’ [5/10]
- International educators get together to plan for the future [5/10]
- Off-shore students arriving : it’s a collateral benefit [5/10]
- Australia : international education staff redundancies a concern [4/10]
- Indian students can return to Australia as early as Dec 2021 [4/10]
- Universities Australia welcomes TGA recognition of international vaccines [1/10]
Schools
- Homeschool registrations rising in Australia, alternative education advocates say mainstream schools need a shake-up [8/10]
- Public school teacher shortage raises fears they will ‘run out of teachers’ [7/10]
- WA schoolies to face vaccine mandate [7/10]
- Solutions to teacher shortages needed now [7/10]
- STEM students prove they are masters of the universe [6/10]
- ‘I’m excited but it’s scary’ : COVID looms as Year 12 students return [6/10]
- Teachers overworked, underpaid, and undervalued – global report [6/10]
- Study shows high levels of public trust and value for Australian teachers [5/10]
- Does Australia’s education system need to change tack on digital upskilling ? [5/10]
- Statewide Mental Health Support For Secondary Schools [4/10]
- Catch-up tutoring initiative to be extended into 2022 at cost of $230m [4/10]
- New ‘study bubbles’ for HSC students [4/10]
- Measuring critical reasoning : an essential 21st century skill [4/10]
- Seeking Victorian high schools for teacher learning evaluation [4/10]
- When this pandemic is over, schools need a louder voice at table [3/10]
- How schools in Australia are making classrooms COVID-safe for returning students [3/10]
- School equity programs get $51 million in ACT budget [2/10]
- Parents welcome school staff and programs in ACT budget [2/10]
- Counselling conundrum : How school psychology and counselling services have coped with COVID [1/10]
Early Childhood
Vocational Education
- ASQA publishes scoping study on VET in schools [5/10]
- Amendments to the ESOS Act effective 27 September 2021 [ASQA] [5/10]
- A high-tech head start for Secondary Students [3/10]
Other
- Rediscovering the Joy [8/10]
- Parents back teachers’ wages and work claim [6/10]
- The changing career expectations of Australian teens [6/10]
- Aus. education innovation : more than an emergency response [6/10]
- Colin Simpson’s Ed-Tech must-reads of the week [5/10]
24 September - 1 October 2021
Universities
- United front on campus vax [1/10]
- Chief Scientist on three challenges for women in STEM [30/9]
- Peak lobbies welcome two bills on cyber-security [30/9]
- Universities step up leadership in microcredentials [29/9]
- The 2020 financial outcomes of Australian universities within the COVID-19 pandemic environment [28/9]
- Lights out for the lecture at Uni Sunshine Coast [28/9]
- University of Melbourne COVID-19 vaccination requirements [27/9]
- Vaccine mandates lead the way for campus reopenings [Victoria] [27/9]
- Blended learning : more cost than benefit [26/9]
- COVID’s strain on health system also a drain on intensive care studies [26/9]
- Mandatory jabs for students considered under return-to-campus plan [Sydney] [26/9]
International Students
- Victorian schools ‘may never recover’ unless international students return next year after COVID shutout [30/9]
- More Classrooms being Delivered to Territory Schools [29/9]
- New South Wales pilot plan ‘would expand and evolve’ : minister [29/9]
- Group of Eight unis press for decision on Chinese Covid vaccines [28/9]
- First way back for international students [28/9]
- Time running out to fix the international student collapse [28/9]
- Ready and set to go on international arrivals in NSW - again [27/9]
- ‘Lives completely shattered’ : Graduates plead for work visa extension [26/9]
- Offshore learning hubs keep overseas students engaged [25/9]
- Universities Australia welcomes the safe return of international students to NSW [24/9]
- Unis call for Australia to accept students vaccinated in China [24/9]
Schools
- App for teaching secondary STEM [29/9]
- NSW schools to reopen a week earlier than scheduled [29/9]
- Teacher recruitment and retention to undergo major overhaul [29/9]
- Update to essential reference for Australian teachers released [ACER] [29/9]
- Curriculum equality limits student progress [28/9]
- Schools expect student to return before official start date [NSW] [28/9]
- Parents welcome return to school plan [ACT] [27/9]
- Victoria’s ‘Three Vs’strategy to get kids back into classrooms [27/9]
- ‘Teach NSW’ calling for the world’s best teachers [27/9]
- Incentives overhaul a big win for regional teachers [26/9]
- New national code for boarding schools [24/9]
Early Childhood
- ECA takes a position on mandated vaccinations for those working in ECEC [30/9]
- In NSW ? Fancy a career shift into ECEC lecturing at TAFE ? Scholarships now on offer [28/9]
- ACECQA prepares special guidance for ECEC services in multi-storey buildings [28/9]
- Excellence is on the rise, with 300 applications and counting, ACECQA says [24/9]
Vocational Education
- Government denies permanent work to long-term TAFE teachers [1/10]
- National Skills Agreement : overdue but not imminent [29/9]
- Wage support extended for employers of Australian Apprentices and Trainees [28/9]
- Sally Curtain on innovation in VET at Bendigo Kangan Institute [28/9]
- WorldSkills National Championships and Skills Show 2021 paves the way for the future [28/9]
- Industry leaders targeted in $1m TAFE teacher drive [27/9]
- College C courses could be axed following VET review [26/9]
Other