‘It just got too hard’: how Year 12 subject cuts are affecting students’ access to uni

FatCamera/Getty Images This month the ABC reported student enrolments at a central Queensland public high school had fallen by 12.5% over a 15-month period. The school, which is also facing

My kids and I are so fed up with each other as the holidays come to an end. How can we reset?

Oliver Rossi/ Getty Images I remember visiting a friend with three young boys at the end of a particularly busy school holiday period. Her youngest moped into the kitchen whining

Beyond $50k arts degrees: what has Job-ready Graduates done to postgrad study?

Igor Suka/ Getty Images Under the Morrison government’s Job-ready Graduates scheme, the price of arts degrees more than doubled to over A$50,000. But while attention has understandably been focused on

Why is it so hard for unis to agree on a definition of ‘antisemitism’?

DAVID GRAY/Contributor via Getty Images Australian universities will have to adopt their own definitions of racism as of next year. This includes antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism towards First Nations people.

How can universities better protect students and staff from antisemitism?

This week, the royal commission into antisemitism has heard repeated accounts from Jewish university staff and students about antisemitic incidents on Australian campuses. Many have described feeling let down by

More than 50% of Australian university assignments used AI. How should unis respond?

Maskot/Getty Images Last week, the US software company Turnitin revealed 53.6% of Australian tertiary education submissions run through its system used some form of AI in the period from October

Four ways to help your teen (and yourself) spend more time away from devices

Dejan Marjanovic/Getty Images Phones and devices have become inextricably linked with everyday life. They store our credit cards, provide critical bus updates, and allow us to communicate whenever we need

Choosing your senior maths subjects? Here’s what to consider

Matt Cardy/Stringer via Getty Images Choosing a senior maths subject is truly like finding the Goldilocks option. Too difficult, and students may become overwhelmed and underperform. Too easy, and they

Female graduates are earning less than their male peers. What might be causing the gap?

A young woman graduating from university should be starting her career on a level playing field with her male colleagues. However, the latest data collected in Australia’s Graduates Outcome Survey

We assume students see pictures in their minds as they learn. But not everyone can

Matthew Horwood/Stringer via Getty Images Picture a bright red apple. Most people can do this easily. They imagine the apple’s shape, colour and shine. But for others, the image is