Friday 27 October, 2023 is World Teachers’ Day in Australia. The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) launched its annual World Teachers’ Day campaign — “Hats off to Teachers”. Teachers have the greatest in-school impact on the learning lives of our students. They should be...
An Australian first biobank will be established to improve and discover new treatments for children with genetic muscle diseases. The National Muscle Disease Bio-databank, co-led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash University, and Alfred Health, will advance research into understanding why children develop genetic muscle...
New podcast: Aussie Dads Hamish Blake, Ben Hannant, Gus Worland, Sean Szeps, John Butler, Stephen Page And More talk to Parenting Educator Maggie Dent about being…The Good Enough Dad There are 5.4 million dads* in Australia, and for LiSTNR’s new original podcast series, The Good...
Two-year-old Harley Rigby will inspire Queenslanders to turn their small change into support for sick kids, becoming the face of this year’s Woolworths Small Change Appeal to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Foundation. Throughout October, customers shopping at Woolworths supermarkets in Queensland will have the...
Will ‘overcharging’ make it explode? Ritesh Chugh debunks common battery myths Shutterstock In the world of lithium-ion batteries, smartphones take centre stage. Yet they’ve also sparked an ongoing debate: does prolonged (or overnight) charging wreak havoc on your battery? A number of factors determine a phone battery’s lifespan,...
Cancer in the family brings immense challenges. Thanks to Cancer Hub, finding support isn’t one of them. The immense challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. Families often have to make important treatment decisions while also navigating financial pressures, accommodation and parenting arrangements. Whether...
Law experts from Charles Darwin University (CDU) are advocating for significant reforms to Australia's parental leave system, emphasizing the need for substantial increases in paid parental leave. Their research indicates that Australia lags behind other countries with similar economies in terms of parental leave entitlements. Current...
Sally Larsen reports that the widespread beliefs about widening gaps are not shown in her research. If students have poor academic results early in school, do they continue to fall further and further behind as they move through their education? The intuitive answer to this question is...
Nearly 500,000 Australian kids go to after-school care. Researchers Alyssa Clare Milton, Ian Hickie, Karen Thorpe and Tom McClean report that it needs to be more than a babysitting service. Outside school hours care – also known as “school-aged care”, “OOSH”, or “afters” – is booming. As of 2020,...
How do we help those most at risk? ask researchers Melissa Cain and Joanne Quick There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy. NAPLAN results show that 16.2% of Year 3 students are at or below the national minimum standards in numeracy,...
