All posts tagged "students"

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  Health and Medicine

  Poor air quality in classrooms detrimental to kids’ wellbeing and learning

  Australian schools need better ventilation to improve student health and productivity, says new UNSW research.

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  News and Views

  What’s the purpose of homework?

  As schools go back around the country, some parents will be questioning the purpose of their primary-aged children’s homework. Dr Katina Zammitt...

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  School interventions less effective for severe and group bullying

  A recent study of bullying victims’ experiences has found that while school intervention in bullying reduced or eliminated the practice in 67%...

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  Updated My School website gives parents access to data on student growth

  NSW Education Standards Authority Chief Executive Officer Paul Martin has recognised schools making progress in literacy and numeracy across NSW.

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  Southern Cross University students win highly competitive soil judging competition

  A team of Southern Cross University students received a perpetual trophy for their win at the annual Soil Science Australia, National Soil...

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  Monash University puts focus on mental health of students, staff

  Monash University is developing an Australian-first digital resource to help students and staff identify when they are at risk of mental health...

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  Science and Technology

  Student-engineered solutions at the nexus of law and science

  An idea to label food to indicate the use of antibiotics to prevent the emergence of superbugs has seen a multidisciplinary team...

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  News and Views

  School’s back so slow down and save lives

  As thousands of children return to the classroom, the Victorian Government is reminding drivers to take extra care around schools and keep...

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  Beyond the bushfires, what can teachers do to help their kids?

  In a little over two weeks, more than three million Australian students will return to school, ready to start a new year....

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  Healing runs in the family

  Medical student Sherise Ansell is following in her father’s footsteps, as she prepares to graduate as a doctor from The University of...