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The uni degree for jobs that don't exist yet

Animal Logic  made its name doing digital effects for films such as <i>Happy Feet</I>.

UTS has joined forces with special effects company Animal Logic to offer a new postgraduate degree in animation and visual effects, in a joint venture pitched at making Australia a leader in the burgeoning virtual reality industry.

The one thing students need more than high test scores

Elementary Student at Art Gallery Generic

While politicians have traded blame for the underwhelming NAPLAN results this week, there are some schools trying to take a more rounded measure of student progress. And the insights are what many suspected all along: there are things that matter a lot more than a good test score.

Taking the unis to the students

University of Wollongong in Dubai enrolments have surged by 41 per cent in the past five years.

Building campuses offshore can be a risky business for Australia's universities. But a new invitation from India could change all that.

Sydney schools hit with 'propaganda'

Urban Growth's public relations specialist, Holly Langler, giving a lesson to school children.

NSW Labor has labelled a children's book being distributed to the state's schools by the NSW government as "propaganda" for highlighting the benefits of the government's multi-billion dollar re-development of the Bays Precinct in central Sydney.

HSC reforms push 'progressive' issues

NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli with students at Cherrybrook Technology High School.

Students will focus on the environment, the role of women and the role of Aboriginal leaders in modern Australian history, in a set of reforms to the HSC syllabus to be announced by the Board of Studies on Wednesday.

Brighton Grammar expels students

Boys from Melbourne boys' school Brighton Grammar created a 'young sluts' Instagram account.

Brighton Grammar has expelled two students who set up an Instagram account that featured photos of young girls and invited people to vote for the "slut of the year".