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Education
Honorary doctorates can leave real students feeling a little miffed
Even awarding a doctorate to an actual Muppet (as Southampton College did for Kermit the Frog) can bring about positive publicity for a university.
- by Mitchell Landrigan
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Education
We need to provide alternative to onslaught of negativity that is harming our children
In young people in particular, ‘sad crying’ is one way we reach out when we are frightened, anxious, or stressed, and need support. Crying activates the body in a healthy way. It is definitely not the moment to reject the person crying, to call on them to ‘toughen up’, or ‘to be a man’.
- by William McKeith
Education
Australian students go backwards in maths, reading and science: report
The proportion of Australian 15-year-olds reaching international baseline levels in maths, reading and science has fallen significantly.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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