Thousands of primary and secondary students in Sydney and Melbourne are preparing for selective entrance exams. If successful, students will gain entry into a selective secondary school, with other high-achievers, or an “opportunity class”, which is an academic stream for years 5 and 6 in a mixed-ability primary school. Fully selective and partially selective schools in New South […] … learn more→

The government often claims that Indonesia has been ranked the highest for the number of scientific publications in Southeast Asia. Data from the Scimago scientific journal ranking system, for example, shows that in 2020 Indonesia’s research productivity will be in the 21st position in the world – up 15 places from the previous three years. This ranking has the potential to continue […] … learn more→

Do not ever trust these people who offer courses such as this artificial intelligence course and earning an AI ML online certificate in the later section. Great Learning is a default payer and scammer. This person [email protected] is simply a liar and never to be trusted … learn more→

Baby boomers, millennials, generation Z … The terms are multiplying to identify groups within Western societies and designate groups of individuals of the same age who share common practices and experiences, distinct from those who preceded them . Presumably this renewed recent interest in the idea of generations in the scientific world as in the general public holds at least in […] … learn more→

Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has called on Australian universities to “start a conversation about how we can support greater differentiation and specialisation in the university sector. We have 39 comprehensive universities, which may not be an optimal model for the quality of teaching or research in this country.” This is a worthy aspiration, depending on what […] … learn more→

The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on June 15, 2021, that she and her husband Dan Jewett had given US$2.7 billion to 286 organizations, including universities, arts organizations and other nonprofits. It was her third announcement of this kind since she first publicly discussed her giving intentions in May 2019. Scott has donated about $8.5 billion to a constellation of […] … learn more→

Already 62% of parents believe their children are behind in learning, according to a survey conducted by the National PTA and Learning Heroes. The transition from in-person to remote learning in 2020 has disrupted students’ academic work. We’ve assembled a panel of academics to talk about how summer schools should be supporting students this year. Here, five […] … learn more→

Press articles are multiplying on the “great oral” , novelty of the 2021 baccalaureate. Reading them, a certain anxiety would affect the students who are preparing to take this test, but also some teachers responsible for evaluating them. In a deeper way, the widespread fear of speaking in public is grafted onto this situation. Naomi Osaka has given an […] … learn more→

The petition presented to parliament last week calling for trans women to be excluded from women’s sport is simply the latest round in a difficult and volatile global debate. Organised by Save Women’s Sport Australasia, the petition challenges Sport New Zealand’s “draft guiding principles for the participation of transgender players in sport” for failing to consult widely enough. […] … learn more→

Skepticism has long reigned about Chinese universities and the publications of their researchers. But, over the past twenty years, the situation has changed dramatically. The Chinese state has invested in universities, reformed them to make them world leaders. What is the current state of affairs? Chinese universities are part of a system that may have been inspired by that of the […] … learn more→