Education

NSW teachers strongly supported Chris Minns in the election. Now the withdrawal of a deal for pay rises that could help ease chronic staff shortages in public schools raises the risk of more industrial action.

The controversial filling of a seven-figure-salary role at UNSW Sydney has been referred to the state’s anti-corruption body.

The Women’s Forum of Australia, which has links to far-right politics, is behind the campaign pressuring big retailers to pull adolescent sex-education book Welcome to Sex from their shelves.

The unease of a minority of vice-chancellors has stopped a campaign aimed at tackling sexual violence on university campuses.

As fallout from the PwC scandal continues, universities emerge as another sector exploited by the largest consultancy firms.

Students will see their debt grow by almost $5 billion on June 1, in the largest inflation-related hike since the 1990s, as the government funding pool for tertiary places shrinks.

A confidential report warns that Australian academics are at risk of harassment, harm and intimidation from foreign governments and corporations.

South Australia is hammering out what could be a model for preschool education nationally, with a royal commission headed by former prime minister Julia Gillard.

A standardised test for graduating teachers, informed by management consultancy firm McKinsey, is contributing to the crisis in schools.

Disabled students in public schools are missing out on $600 million a year, because of onerous and unfair funding arrangements.