News & Views NSW teachers to get ‘historic’ pay rise The starting salary for graduate teachers in NSW state schools will rise from $75,791 to $85,000, as part of a new four-year pay deal.
Soapbox How we can reduce barriers in the way of care careers People who choose the education, caring and human services professions want to help others. Why is the path to these careers so challenging?
Soapbox I was a child during the Iraq war. Now I’m a doctor urging the world to protect education during emergencies Education denied to millions of children worldwide due to war, disaster, and displacement. Help protect their right to learn with Education Cannot Wait.
News & Views ‘The war against women must stop’: UNESCO is dedicating International Day of Education to Afghan girls and women On International Day of Education, UNESCO highlights that girls and women in Afghanistan are still fighting for their right to education.
News & Views ‘Teachers are playing catchup’: How the pandemic and climate-related disasters impacted the wellbeing & educational development of disadvantaged children The Schools Plus 2022 Insight Report reveals the impact of the pandemic on children’s wellbeing and areas where students are falling behind.
News & Views The teacher shortage plan must do more to recruit and retain First Nations teachers The federal government’s plan sets out ways to increase respect and ease teachers’ workloads, but the draft doesn’t give detail into how.
News & Views Malala tells world leaders to get serious about educating girls UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai has called upon world leaders to make schools and education safe for girls around the world.
News & Views New plans in the making to tackle teacher shortage in NSW An alarming record of teachers are leaving the education profession, but a new initiative could reverse this trend of teacher shortage.
News & Views High school girls need to know engineering is an enviable career We need to encourage school girls to consider careers in STEM, engineering in particular, writes Dr Mahdokht Shaibani.
Climate Eighty young people on their concerns, challenges and what needs fixing In youth policy and service delivery the idea of youth voice and participation is an uncontested “good thing”. But which youth voices? Who is heard and who is left out?
Politics The 2022 Election will be different “Whichever way you cut it, the May 2022 Federal Election will be different because we are a different nation in a different world.”
News & Views ‘An extraordinary waste of public money’: Private schools overfunded by more than $120 million The federal and NSW governments delivered $120 million in overfunding to 130 private schools in 2020, a new report shows.
