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
- Cutting Asian language courses at Australian universities hurting students’ job prospects, experts say [16/4]
- Initial teacher education review launched [15/4]
- Research required to become [and stay] a university [15/4]
- Where cash for industry-uni partnerships could come from and should end-up [15/4]
- New review into how to attract the best and brightest into teaching [15/4]
- There’s more to innovation than start-ups [14/4]
- We’ll avoid needless burdens for universities, says inquiry chief [14/4]
- How to help the vast uni workforces that managements under-count [14/4]
- TEQSA alerts higher education sector about new cyber threat [14/4]
- We are seeing the Uber-isation of higher education : National Tertiary Education Union [13/4]
- Cooperative Research Centres : they’re [already] here to help [13/4]
- Charles Darwin University ‘really is Australia’s most important university’ [12/4]
- Making The Most of Uni Research [12/4]
- Tech unis pitch to commercialise research [12/4]
- The last textbook chapter [11/4]
- Reasons for keeping lectures : the good, the bad and the ugly [11/4]
- Business knows best in taking research to market : UA [11/4]
International Students
- Online degrees piloted with Australian universities [15/4]
- The government keeps shelving plans to bring international students back to Australia. It owes them an explanation [15/4]
- ‘Study Australia’ and enhancing Australia’s brand internationally [14/4]
- Universities hope vaccination delays won’t hinder return of international students [12/4]
Schools
- Homeschooling boomed last year. But these 4 charts show it was on the rise before COVID [16/4]
- Yes, Minister, you can entice our best and brightest into teaching. You will have to pay them more [16/4]
- States spoil Australia’s school scorecard [14/4]
- Poor air quality in classrooms detrimental to kids’ wellbeing and learning [14/4]
- New maths curriculum should focus on problem-solving – experts [14/4]
- New Generation Cloud Filter for Schools – safety online across all platforms [14/4]
- Teaching Australian students that Respect Matters [14/4]
- What parents need to consider before homeschooling their kids [13/4]
- Most overcrowded public schools in NSW [12/4]
- Schools getting the most COVID catch-up cash revealed [NSW] [12/4]
- How Tudge can get students back to the top of OECD rankings [12/4]
- PISA envy matters – here are four ways to improve student results [11/4]
- ‘Maths must change’ : Experts push for more problem-solving in maths curriculum [11/4]
- Kids ‘not up to’ lessons in classroom design [9/4]
- High anxiety fuelling school suspension spike [9/4]
Early Childhood
- TAFE short course gives students a ‘taste test’ of early childhood before entering sector [15/4]
- Victoria rolls out ‘Free Kinder’ initiative [13/4]
- Embedding inclusive practices for children with disabilities - Dr Jane Warren [12/4]
Vocational Education
- What does Australia’s skills classification system look like ? [14/4]
- Claire Field on the challenge to skill-up aged care [14/4]
- Women leading the charge at TAFE - Ministerial Media Statements [10/4]
- New naval shipbuilding course sets sail [10/4]
Other
- Learning and collaboration key to unlocking innovation [15/4]
- Leading with kindness - the best employee retention strategy you can deploy in 2021 [14/4]
- National study finds disadvantaged Australian adults are the least media literate [14/4]
- ‘She’s a slut’ : sexual bullying among girls contributes to cultural misogyny. We need to take it seriously [12/4]
- Grammar teaching skipped two generations. Now it’s back with purpose [12/4]
2 - 9 April 2021
Universities
- Alan Tudge’s Spotify moment [9/4]
- Academic freedom as a principle and a practice [a review of Open Minds : Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech in Australia] [8/4]
- Monash University signs deal with Indonesian government as universities diversify from China [8/4]
- How La Trobe is changing with large lecture halls consigned to the past [7/4]
- Postgraduate on-campus courses that aren’t viable this year [and next] [7/4]
- Universities flout rules on English expertise [7/4]
- Enhancing research collaborations in regional areas [7/4]
- Gender and citizenship factors strongly influence discipline course choices for postgraduates at Australian universities [7/4]
- Universities can say goodbye to the years of plenty [6/4]
- Call for rules on rejecting research [6/4]
- Restrictions ease but remote learning still the norm at universities [5/4]
- How dishonest students can pull a fast one in the e-learning era [5/4]
- As unis eye more ‘Instagram-worthy’ campus experiences, they shouldn’t treat online teaching as a cheap and easy option [5/4]
- Student newspaper pulls story on academics’ links to Chinese government [4/4]
- Coronavirus : Universities facing even tougher times after COVID-19 as courses are cut, overseas students stay away [3/4]
- Tortured, now trolled : academic hits back [2/4]
International Students
- Victorian universities : New plan to fly students into Melbourne [8/4]
- Finally says Dirk Mulder, international education is on the [8/4]
- Universities hatch desperate plan to fly students in, quarantine them [8/4]
- Why Australia is losing its attraction as major destination for Indian students [8/4]
- TEQSA highlights areas for improvement in English admission standards [7/4]
- Study Melbourne Hub - Shanghai, China [7/4]
- TEQSA reports uni failings on international student English admissions [6/4]
- Monash U looks to Indonesia [6/4]
- Australia : student satisfaction rates fall in int’l cohorts [5/4]
- Return to Australia : NSW pitches alternative quarantine plan [5/4]
- Emerging foreign student markets would have to double to rival China and India [4/4]
Schools
- Key takeaways from the world’s largest online education conference [9/4]
- New certification program piloted for top Catholic school teachers [8/4]
- School traineeship boom in northern NSW [7/4]
- ACER to lead international teacher knowledge survey [6/4]
- Time-saving hub for teachers [NSW] [6/4]
- Honi Soit’s China story retraction slammed by Alan Tudge [6/4]
- Regional and remote school leavers get $5 000 helping hand [6/4]
- Through life’s challenges, these great teachers inspired — EducationHQ [5/4]
- Coronavirus Australia : What parents learnt about their kids in lockdown [4/4]
- WA schools take first steps towards offering formal Noongar language learning [4/4]
Early Childhood
- WorkSafe ACT ECEC service audit reveals occupational violence concerns [9/4]
- How to choose educational apps for pre-school children [8/4]
- Vic police are beating burnout with ‘no out of hours contact’ rule - will ECEC be next ? [7/4]
Vocational Education
- The VET course cost of federalism [9/4]
- TAFE restructure forces job cuts and a spill of hundreds of positions [7/4]
- Who knows what a VET course costs [7/4]
- ASQA Update - April 2021 [6/4]
Other
- Kids’ enjoyment of books remained strong during pandemic – study [8/4]
- Before you flunk the ATAR system, come up with a fairer way [8/4]
- Explainer : Skills for Education and Employment Program [6/4]
- ‘Our work didn’t stop’ : Department of Education graduates on getting on with the job amid the COVID storm [5/4]
26 March - 1 April 2021
Universities
- Group of Eight unis question value of more online education in driving pandemic recovery [1/4]
- Monash VC proposes more secure employment for PhD students [1/4]
- Rethinking student experience is an imperative for universities [1/4]
- Academics partner with industry and policy makers on new research [31/3]
- The state of insecure work in higher ed [30/3]
- Ten big questions about how universities are run [30/3]
- Universities Australia Health Check Review report [29/3]
- Enrolments in education degrees surge upward as new Job Ready changes kick in [29/3]
- 1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree. How did we get to this point ? [29/3]
- Getting grades right [31/3]
- It’s boom time for industry-focused short courses [28/3]
- In many respects, unis will smother academic freedom [27/3]
International Students
- International students to get alternate quarantine in plan to boost unis [NSW] [1/4]
- International education is critical to Australia’s future prosperity [31/3]
- Shaping the future of international education in Australia [31/3]
- Challenges and opportunities in international education [Minister] [31/3]
- Minister Tudge sets out what’s next for international education [31/3]
- Australia’s international student policy is a mess of contradictions [31/3]
- Australia needs an urgent ‘empathetic approach’ for international students : analyst [29/3]
- Tudge prescribes proof of shot in the arm for international arrivals [29/3]
- Australia international education roundtable meets government with “single voice” [26/3]
Schools
- We can't close schools every time there’s a COVID outbreak. Our traffic light system shows what to do instead [31/3]
- School is in for Australia’s first robot teacher [31/3]
- First Children’s University class graduates [31/3]
- What principals think about the review into teacher training [31/3]
- One third of Education Department child protection investigations relate to sexual misconduct [30/3]
- NSW school sectors unite to boost consent education [30/3]
- How do we address our underachievement problem ? [30/3]
- More exercise, fewer screens : New Australian guidelines for kids in OSHC [29/3]
- Does NSW really need a curriculum review ? [29/3]
- ‘It feels very political’ : Principals sorry schools rushed to sign plan to tackle consent [27/3]
- Australians praise teachers for efforts during COVID-19 lockdowns [26/3]
- Australian curriculum looking at expanding consent education [26/3]
Early Childhood
- New cabinet taskforce focussing on women’s issues welcomed by ECEC sector [31/3]
- Children need forms of expression, not instruction, Finnish leader says [30/3]
- Is there any additional ECEC support for families as Jobkeeper ends : [30/3]
- ACECQA brings out new educator-to-child ratio calculator for centre-based services [29/3]
Vocational Education
- New approach to student surveys [1/4]
- A new take on VET teaching capability [31/3]
- New Apprenticeships Body to Build Skills for Victorians [30/3]
- Upskilling Australia’s regional workforce [29/3]
- How to address the ‘dark arts’ of skills funding [28/3]
Other
- Skill Finder lands $2.7m government grant [1/4]
- $5 000 support for outer regional school leavers [1/4]
- The importance of teaching boys about brilliant women [31/3]
- What does innovation in education look like in 2021 ? [30/3]
- Canberra University plans to turn its campus inside out [28/3]
- How government plans to train IT workers, accountants into high school teachers [28/3]
- Parents, your kids are watching you. Sex education begins at home [26/3]