There are new caps for uni places in 2027. What does this mean for domestic students?

Yan Krukov/ Pexels For senior school students, anxiety about exams and university offers is a common part of the Year 12 experience. But new university enrolment caps for domestic students

Victoria’s Year 12 exam website has been hacked – here are 3 ways students can handle academic stress

SolStock/Getty Images Yesterday evening, an unknown hacker posted messages on the Victorian exam authority website, saying they had accessed 2026 Year 12 exam papers. Year 12 students are in the

AI marking means uni assessments could theoretically never be read by a human. What now?

There’s a doomsday scenario where uni students hand in work generated by artificial intelligence (AI), which is then marked by AI and university assessment no longer involves any humans at

CCTV is touted as a safety measure for daycare centres. But does it work?

Stephen Andrews/ Pexels CCTV has been promoted as one way to make early learning safer in the wake of ongoing reports of child abuse and neglect. It’s certainly something families

1 in 10 long daycares don’t provide food – this means some kids might be going hungry

Helena Lopes/ Pexels Some long daycare services provide children with breakfast, morning and afternoon tea and a hot lunch. But others do not provide any food all. This means the

AI has turned university assessments into a ‘wicked problem’ – and we don’t have all the answers

Pexels, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NC Since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022, there have been rising concerns about university assessments. Are we testing students’ learning? Or simply their

Civics education in Australian schools isn’t up to scratch. 3 things could improve it

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a plan to make civics and citizenship education compulsory for all Year 9 and 10 students. This follows concerns at state and federal

Most uni students now use AI, but that doesn’t mean they like it

Xavier Arnau/Getty via Canva, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY-NC The university experience has changed drastically since artificial intelligence (AI) became widely available four years ago. Students are increasingly using AI

AI use is now universal in higher education. Why are universities failing to adapt?

Artificial intelligence (AI) use among university students is now near-universal in many countries. Yet, as of a year ago, fewer than one in five universities in a 90-country UNESCO survey

Holocaust education will soon become compulsory in schools. Our research shows how it can be done well

Andrei Antipov/Getty Images Australia’s education ministers have agreed to update the national curriculum to include teachings of the Holocaust, Jewish history and the contributions of Jewish Australians. It follows concerns