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Co-op bookshop to disappear from university shelves
The bookshop has been an icon of university life for 60 years, but is set to close its stores after being sold.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Teach phonics, yes, but don't pigeon-hole teachers
Teachers need to master much more than one approach to literacy, a school principal writes.
- by Jane Mueller
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Overseas student program for state schools over budget and overdue
A project to create a digital database of overseas students at Victorian government schools has blown out by almost $1 million and is almost three years late.
- by Adam Carey
Education
Monash Uni cancels 900 exams, disrupts 4000 students to counter virus
Monash University has postponed almost 900 exams scheduled for next week, disrupting 4000 students, as it seeks to ward off the potential spread of coronavirus.
- by Adam Carey
Education
Extreme education: the school with two students and the school with 3200
Amphitheatre Primary, with two students, is one of Victoria's smallest schools. At the other end of the scale is Hazel Glen College.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Monash Uni defers exams, warns students to avoid gathering in groups
Monash University has deferred its February exams and says any students stranded in China due to the coronavirus outbreak may be forced to defer their studies.
- by Adam Carey
Coronavirus outbreak
Concern, calm over coronavirus on first day at Sydney school
At Hurstville Public School, which has been the subject of a petition urging families who have been to China to keep their children home, parents have different levels of alarm.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Research
Researcher says ADHD sufferers deserve disability payments
A Queensland researcher who was "sceptical" of whether ADHD was a genuine neurological condition is now calling for disability payments for sufferers.
- by Stuart Layt
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'Far from normal': Gippsland students back to school after a hell of a summer
Schools in bushfire-affected communities start a school year this week in which "nothing is normal" and scars are not physical.
- by Adam Carey
Coronavirus outbreak
Students who have recently travelled to China told to stay home from school
School children who have recently travelled to China have been asked to stay home from school until after the two-week incubation period for coronavirus has ended.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Rachel Clun
Coronavirus outbreak
Education Minister rebukes schools for isolating pupils against advice
Some of Australia's most prestigious private schools have told parents to keep students who have recently been to China home as a precaution against coronavirus.
- by Nick Bonyhady