Education Awards nominations now open
27 July, 2022Nominations are now open for the 2022 WA Education Awards, with new categories including collective leadership, innovation and learning.
Grant supports free creative coding for kids
13 July, 2022The LEGO Foundation has provided a $5 million COVID Relief Support Grant to creative coding platform Scratch.
Asian Physics Olympiad won by Australian student
22 June, 2022Asia's toughest physics contest for high school students was won by a Sydney Year 12 student.
Learning STEM skills from resources sector
10 June, 2022STEM professionals from the resources and energy sector have visited 12 Queensland primary schools.
Solving skills shortages from the classroom
18 May, 2022An organisation working with schools to promote drone and geospatial skills development believes it could help solve the Australian construction skills shortage.
Flying Scientists inspire STEM students
29 April, 2022Queensland students will soon have the opportunity to take part in the Flying Scientists program.
Immersive VR educates students about bushfires
26 April, 2022A new VR experience developed by the University of SA is educating children about bushfires and helping them learn how to be safer in a bushfire incident.
Tackling violence in schools
19 April, 2022The WA Government has launched the third stage of a campaign aimed at combating violence in schools.
Vision-impaired students learn via 3D printing
30 March, 2022Access to 3D models is assisting the education of more than 1000 blind or low-vision public school students in NSW.
Could Minecraft be used to teach any subject?
22 March, 2022Free from constraints and easily modifiable, the Minecraft video game has the potential to be used as a game-based teaching method.
Robot innovations receive accolades
16 March, 2022Three schools from Sydney's south-west have been acknowledged for the work they are doing in the field of robotics.
Mapping competition highlights thermal stress in schools
14 March, 2022Heat exposure can negatively impact on learning, emerging evidence suggests.
Inclusive educational videos launched to support students
09 March, 2022A new school program featuring television star Humphrey B. Bear is being launched to help children with developmental challenges.
Top student inventors awarded in ICT comp
08 March, 2022The winners of the SAP Young ICT Explorers competition have been announced after a virtual finals event.
Using action video games to improve reading skills
18 January, 2022A new study from Université de Genève has found that playing action video games could actually help to enhance reading skills for children.
