Education
Sydney's top private schools reveal extravagant new building plans
A $25 million library designed to look like a Scottish castle is just one of the extravagant new features planned for Sydney's elite private schools.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Education
Rewind - University life
"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Education
Spike in calls to sex assault helplines as uni O-weeks begin
Advocacy groups have demanded an independent taskforce to increase transparency on universities' responses to sexual violence complaints.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Health
Company behind botched medical exam has track record of failure
The education-testing company behind a bungled exam that left 1200 trainee doctors distraught this week has a well-documented history of stuff-ups.
- by Jenny Noyes & Kate Aubusson
Education
Principals facing high rates of violence, bullying in schools: survey
More than a third of Australian principals are experiencing physical violence and bullying at work and more than half are being threatened with violence.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
Hundreds of trainee doctors forced to resit $1800 exam after 'unknown technical fault'
Hundreds of trainee doctors will be forced to resit a high-stakes medical exam after a technical glitch locked candidates out of an online test before they finished on Monday.
- by Megan Gorrey
Education
NSW primary school suspensions skyrocket
The number of suspensions handed out at NSW primary schools has increased by 10 per cent in two years.
- by Pallavi Singhal & Nigel Gladstone
Education
It's worth getting a degree even if what you learn is useless
There's a case against education, and it's surprisingly persuasive.
- by Peter Martin
Education
'Plood, pove, moul': teachers push back against year 1 phonics test
Teachers and academics have criticised the test for taking a narrow view of literacy teaching and wasting resources.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
'Children deserve fully qualified teachers': education review under fire
Teachers groups say a new push to make it easier to enter the profession would be similar to letting tradies into operating theatres to conduct surgeries, and will not be tolerated by parents.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
'Short-sighted': Sydney's new schools to be built without air conditioning
Parents say the decision not to install air conditioning in four new Sydney schools is "short-sighted" and will become a major issue as the schools fill up, despite the Department of Education's move towards better insulation and ventilation being included in building design.
- by Pallavi Singhal