Education
Times Higher Education rankings: six Australian universities in top 100
Two Australian universities have been listed among the top 50 institutions in the world, amid warnings that they could soon be overtaken by Chinese universities that are quickly rising in the global rankings.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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High expectations, attendance key to lifting NAPLAN scores: report
Student who feel their teachers have high expectations of them do better in NAPLAN and are three months ahead of their peers in their learning by year 9, according to research which shows a teacher's encouragement to work hard drives academic performance.
- by Alexandra Smith
Families join digital detox to stop creeping screen time
When Rachel and Chris Allison stopped to take a look at their family's technology habits, they noticed a growing problem.
- by Pallavi Singhal
'There was no internet': North Korean students arrive in Sydney
Until his early 20s, James* had no idea the internet existed. It was only after he escaped from North Korea that he leant about Google and Facebook.
- by Pallavi Singhal
The Australian universities with the worst employment outcomes
The universities that are the hardest to get into may not be delivering the best experience or employment outcomes for their students, new research shows.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Australian National University, University of Canberra graduates earn more
ACT graduates earn more and are more likely to get work, according to a new report.
- by Emily Baker
Why Sydney's top student athletes are looking at US universities
Kyle Sarigiannis, one of the state's top young soccer players and a high-achieving year 12 student, has his sights set on a leading US university with a prominent college sports program after the HSC.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Teacher sacked for using wrong HSC general mathematics syllabus
The teacher who taught the wrong maths course to HSC students since the beginning of the year has been formally sacked by the NSW Department of Education.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Year 12 students taught wrong HSC maths course
NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes has ordered an investigation after several year 11 and 12 students at a NSW high school discovered that they were being taught the wrong maths course since the beginning of the year, and will need to catch up in less than two months to sit their HSC exam.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Furore over Boy in Striped Pyjamas costume suggestion for Book Week
A suggestion that children dress up as the character from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has been slammed online.
- by Julie Power
One in five boys with behavioural problems lag behind in maths and reading
One in five boys in year 3 have an emotional or behavioural problem that sees them lag about 12 months behind their peers in reading and maths, according to new research which stresses that the mental health of young people needs to be a focus in primary schools.
- by Alexandra Smith