Education
NSW signs up for Gonski reforms but at TAFE’s expense
The NSW government made an historic move today by being the first of the states to sign on to the......
Gonski reforms COAGulating
Bad news for the Prime Minister’s Gonski education reforms with all of the states rejecting them at the Council of......
Uni students rally against funding cuts
Today, students from some of Australia’s major universities protested against the Government’s proposed funding cuts to higher education to help......
Gonski goneski? States in a mutinous mood on school funding reform
Julia Gillard will struggle to get agreement for her national schools overhaul, after Western Australia’s government appeared to reject the......
Gonski school funding plan ‘forgets’ Indigenous students
The federal government has finally responded to the recommendations put forward by the Gonski review in 2011. promising over 10......
Experts cautiously welcome support for Aboriginal languages in NSW
The NSW government has launched what it says is a new ‘partnership’ approach to Aboriginal affairs. The policy has a......
University Students Fight The Cuts
Today the National Union of Students (NUS) led protests nationwide against course cuts, decreases in student representation, and the threat......
Tafe cut backlash
Last year it was announced the Government will be slashing funding for fine arts courses in Tafes across NSW. After......
Latest MySchool results out – but what do they tell us?
When Prime Minister Julia Gillard officially released the latest installment of the Government’s MySchool website, she heralded it as an......
Tackling Indigenous literacy at Adelaide Writers Week
Literacy levels in Indigenous Australians have long been much poorer than non-Indigenous Australians. Today, Indigenous authors Dylan Coleman, Ali Cobby......