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Every Victorian Year 12 student will have COVID-19 factored into their...

By Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Monash University; Christine Grové, Monash University, and Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash University Over the weekend, Victorian Education Minister, James Merlino, announced the individual...
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JobTrainer explained: what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?

By Peter Hurley, Victoria University The Australian government has announced a A$2 billion skills package it has dubbed JobTrainer. It follows JobKeeper, the wage subsidy program...
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‘I love Australia’: 3 things international students want Australians to know

By Angela Lehmann, Australian National University A recent statement from China’s education bureau warned Chinese students about studying in Australia due to “racist incidents” during...
Education
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COVID-19 has thrown year 12 students’ lives into chaos. So what...

By Philip Roberts, University of Canberra Schools have been progressively moving classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there is uncertainty over what the...
COVID-19
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Year 12 can be stressful, but setting strong and healthy goals...

By Joanne Dickson, Edith Cowan University Research shows anxiety levels are high for many students in year 12 as they focus on academic goals that...
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What actually is an ATAR? First of all it’s a rank,...

By Tim Pitman, Curtin University The Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) is a number mainly used by universities to select which students, out of high...
Education
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