March
Crackdown on ultra-early uni offers in Year 12 to boost enrolments
Universities have been told they have to rein in the practice of making early offers of a guaranteed place to Year 12 students.
- Julie Hare
June 2023
Setting a new direction for higher education
Opportunities for transformational change and reshaping higher education
November 2022
Why early university offers may be bad for students
Early offers to study at university made before final year 12 exams have been sat are distorting the educational experience, promoting underachievement and adding to discipline issues, experts say.
- Julie Hare
October 2021
Elbow bumps in, jabs done and masks on, students head back to class
Students started to return to classrooms on Tuesday with a mix of joy and trepidation.
- Julie Hare
July 2021
Learner profiles prove that ATAR is not everything
With one if five students not completing school, work is underway to create alternatives to the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank.
- Julie Hare
June 2021
Despite delta variant, international student plans forge ahead
The virus strain is playing havoc in Australian cities but there is hope it will not affect the planned return of international students.
- Julie Hare
November 2020
Class of 2020: 'The world is our oyster, just not right now'
As final year exams finish, Australia's more than 180,000 school leavers are heading out into an uncertain world.
- Robert Bolton
'Brutal' year for Victorian students approaches end
For final-year students approaching the VCE, it's been hard – but there have been some good lessons.
- Robert Bolton
September 2020
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New $154m tech hub to 'fundamentally change' the way TAFE delivers
Just launched by TAFE NSW, the Digital Technology Hub will offer specialist training programs co-designed and co-delivered with industry and universities.
- Mark Eggleton
July 2020
Giving up NAPLAN for 2020 was a mistake
Without the standardised tests, parents and teachers lack data on how to assess whether students are suffering from homeschooling.
- Robert Bolton
June 2020
La Trobe breaks down the barriers to university entry
La Trobe University lets year 12 students try out a course and get credit for it if they do well.
- Robert Bolton
May 2020
- Opinion
- Education
Virus shock is a chance to fix universities for good
Forget the hand-wringing over foreign students. The first priority is to make post-school education work better for Australia.
- Bill Scales
How will the pandemic affect Year 12 students?
Losing weeks of face-to-face teaching has raised questions about how ready the class of 2020 will be for their final exams.
- Natasha Boddy
Victoria goes back to school at last
In announcing the reopening of schools from May 26, Premier Daniel Andrews said the past four weeks had made a "profound difference" in the state's COVID-19 fight.
- Natasha Boddy
April 2020
No repeating, no Year 13 but questions linger about final-year exams
The education minister said students will be able to get ATARS so they can go to uni, college or work. It's up to the states to work out what to do with final year exams.
- Robert Bolton
'School is going to look very different'
For Year 12 students in Victoria, end-of-year exams will be postponed to at least December. The GAT test will be moved from June to October or November.
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- Natasha Boddy
March 2020
School's out, and Year 12 students are worried
All states say they are going ahead with exams but just preparing for them is proving difficult.
- Robert Bolton
December 2019
'I knew I could go further with that': How students game the ATAR
Experts warn that too much emphasis is being put on achieving a winning score on the university entrance rankings. Try telling that to students.
- Robert Bolton
