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Joint effortVideoTaster program for teens with defence sector training

School leavers are being given a taste of what working in the defence sector is like through a new program designed to lure teenagers who are unsure whether it is the right career for them.

Ben Harvey

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Getting the messageCommentsPremium
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New tool to help WA parents boost kids’ literacy

A new text message service from Edith Cowan University offering WA parents tips on how to help develop their kids’ love of reading is being hailed as an Australia-first literacy innovation.

Sarah Ison

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Failure to protectPremium
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Perth private school in payout over predator teacher

A prestigious school in the Perth hills will pay a former student significant damages over the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a former teacher.

Emily Moulton

EducationUni peak body praises NSW student plan

The peak body for Australian universities has lauded the NSW government for its international student reintroduction plan, now being reviewed by Canberra.

Angelo Risso

New investigationPremiumFresh claims of child sex abuse at Castledare

People who have suffered or witnessed abuse at the boys’ school are being urged to come forward amid new allegations.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationIntl students to return to NSW under plan

International students will return to NSW under a state government pilot plan, with 250 students to come to Sydney each fortnight from mid-year.

Angelo Risso

Higher educationCommentsPremiumAustralian unis hold their own in global rankings

The University of WA has held its position among the top 10 institutions in Australia and within the top 100 globally on the latest world comparison measures.

Bethany Hiatt

Priority accessCommentsPremiumTeachers ‘front line workers’ who need vaccine: Union

The teachers’ union is demanding urgent access to COVID-19 vaccinations for school staff and have called on the Federal Government to set out a timetable for getting the job done.

Bethany Hiatt

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Read the riot actCommentsPremium
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WA Catholic schools caught using dumped reading program

Dozens of WA schools are still using the discredited ‘Reading Recovery’ early intervention program that has been dumped elsewhere, and despite the WA Education Department not promoting it for 15 years.

Bethany Hiatt

READ THE LETTER IN FULLCommentsPremiumElite boys’ school installs vape detectors in toilets

Parents across WA have been warned about the rise of e-cigarettes in schools in the wake of an elite Perth boys’ school taking the extraordinary step of installing vape detectors in its toilets.

Ben O'Shea

EducationTeachers fear Melbourne classroom return

Some Melbourne teachers hold concerns about their impending return to VCE classrooms despite many still having no opportunity to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Callum Godde

Research bumpCommentsPremiumWhy China-US tensions may boost Aussie universities

Growing tensions Washington and Beijing have the world worried but Australia’s top diplomat in the United States sees an opportunity

Sarah Ison

AustraliaPremiumForeign spies target uni students in Australia

Foreign countries are spying on international students in Australia, as universities become a battleground for espionage.

NATASHA BITA

maths warningCommentsPremiumExperts say curriculum changes will make kids worse

Maths experts from across Australia have put their names to an open letter warning changes to the nation’s curriculum aimed at improving kids’ results will actually make them worse.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationExperts to vet next sexual consent videos

A respectful relationships panel of more than 20 organisations will develop new resources for schools after consent videos went viral for all the wrong reasons.

Marion Rae

Education reformCommentsPremiumUnis must ‘think different’ on international students

Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge says universities will need to change the way they do business on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sarah Ison

EducationChildcare relief for locked down families

The federal department of education has declared a local area emergency for Victoria, unlocking extra absence days and fee waivers.

Marion Rae

Controversial decisionCommentsPremiumEx-MP to keep doctorate despite gay rights stance

ECU has decided to let former Liberal MP Barry House keep an honorary doctorate, despite demands from a gay rights group it should strip him of the degree because of his parliamentary voting record.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationRetired NSW veterans to get free training

Retired veterans in NSW will have access to free training in a bid by the NSW government to boost their employment opportunities.

LIV CASBEN

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‘They didn’t listen’Premium
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Pleas for help unanswered as teacher assaulted kids

A Perth District Court has been told that South Thornlie Primary School ‘let down’ students who were sexually and indecently assaulted by a teacher, refusing to believe them when they spoke up.

Sarah Steger

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The West Australian exclusive
Let them flyCommentsPremium
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International students can ‘save Australian uni jobs’

Overseas students from low risk countries should be allowed into Australia to help safeguard the university sector from another devastating wave of job losses, says an industry leader.

Sarah Ison

Stem giveawayHow to help win part of $25k for your school

Students will have the chance to win their school a share of $25,000 by collecting coupons in Saturday editions of The West Australian over the next four weeks.

Feeling inspiredLocal teens have big plans to pursue university studies

Two Katanning Senior High School students have looked to their mothers for inspiration to pursue university studies after an educational leadership program at UWA.

Kellie Balaam

On the slideCommentsPremiumSum-thing’s wrong: Aussie maths results don’t add up

While we may once have believed we were among the leading education nations, international comparisons in recent years have often thrown that categorisation into doubt.