Young musicians can enter international competition from home

Young Australian musicians and singers have the chance to take part in an international music competition — without having to travel overseas....

08 October, 2026

9 ways students can deal with school setbacks and change

In other words, students who get better at handling adversity in academic life may also become better at handling disruption. And students who get better at handling disruption at school may become better at handling adversity....

08 October, 2026

Why popular culture still belongs in the classroom

The challenge for education is not to erect an artificial barrier between culture deemed worthy and culture deemed popular. It is to give students the skills to recognise the difference between simply consuming something and understanding it....

08 October, 2026

Roblox has been put on notice yet again over child safety concerns.

A key message for parents is that they must remain vigilant in monitoring their children’s use of games and other online platforms....

08 October, 2026

Why more than half of children and teens are using AI for personal reasons.

Knowing when certain ideas might be harmful or negative often depends on understanding the context and circumstances of each person....

07 October, 2026

How can Year 7 and 8 students make the most of their electives?

Many students in years 7 and 8 begin choosing their own electives at school for the first time, write researchers Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main. These are typically subjects such as technology, arts, languages and music, that are taken alongside core units, including English, maths...

06 October, 2026

Home solar is surging. So why do we still need the electricity grid?

Far better to build a resilient, integrated system where homes produce and store more electricity, power grids deal with two-way flows of power intelligently and large-scale renewables and storage cover the periods rooftop solar and batteries can’t respond to....

05 October, 2026

More pharmacists will be able to vaccinate children under 5

More pharmacists will be able to vaccinate children under 5. Here’s what you need to know....

04 October, 2026

A new ADHD drug targets three brain chemicals instead of two.

Early research has shown some promising results, but the full findings of a study looking at ADHD and anxiety have not yet been published....

03 October, 2026

Thriving Kids will start in October

Thriving Kids could be an opportunity to rethink disability support around children’s everyday lives rather than around appointments and therapy sessions. It could bring support closer to families and make communities more accessible rather than always asking children to adapt....

02 October, 2026