Into the sausage machine

Academia is being swamped by auto-generated AI slop shamelessly stealing the research of real academics and even the memories and experiences of themselves and their subjects.

The plagiarism generation?

It’s easy to find media articles claiming plagiarism is increasing among university students but while AI certainly poses a range of challenges for academic integrity, is plagiarism increasing as much as we think it is?

How’s your kid doing?

Research suggests brief, repeated check-ins can provide a more accurate basis for decision-making around students’ mental health and potentially reduce the number of students flagged for further support.

The power of paper

The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books due to declining test scores, so should Australia follow suit?

A decade late and millions of dollars short

Analysis of school funding has shown the ideals of the 2011 Gonski review are falling well short in Victoria, forcing some schools to prioritise affordability over educational growth.

High school blues

The move from primary to secondary school is a major transition for many children, marked by new environments, new peers and increasing expectations. But while the jump signals growing up and greater independence, it also triggers a significant decline in student wellbeing, according to new research from Adelaide University.

Why can’t we read?

Australians spend more money per capita on education than most comparable nations but NAPLAN results indicate one in three primary and secondary students don’t reach basic national standards in reading and writing.

Teachers need houses

With median house prices in Sydney more than 13 times a teacher’s salary, housing affordability has become one of the most significant threats to sustaining NSW’s teaching workforce.

Making people

Early childhood educators do some of the most important work in the country and our failure to honour them and pay them properly is undermining our future in the name of short-term thrift.

Tackling teacher burnout

Teachers are often described as the backbone of our education system. But what’s less visible is the emotional load they carry every day, and how that load is quietly shaping whether they stay or leave the profession.

Moments mean more than hours

A new report suggests that quality of care is still a stronger and more consistent predictor of a child’s outcomes than the number of hours they spend in early education and parenting remains the most important factor of all.

Who’s reading your paper?

The research produced by Western universities is routinely shared with or stolen by hostile authoritarian states, forcing the sector to reconcile their dual roles as producers of confidential defence and security research and development on one hand and as open hubs of global knowledge exchange on the other.