New Zealand is cracking down on school attendance. Is it missing the bigger picture?

Marty Melville/Getty Images Each morning, thousands of parents across New Zealand make the same tricky judgement call: is their child well enough to go to school? There are now concerns

Thinking of accelerating a Year 12 subject? Here’s what to consider

kelvinjay/Getty Images As term three rolls around, students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are starting to plan their subject pathways for their senior years. Some students may be considering

What boom in international students? The total number living in Australia is lower than before the pandemic

International students have become a flashpoint in immigration and education debates in recent years. Since international student numbers surged after the pandemic lockdowns, they have been blamed for housing pressures

‘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