1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (575+ words) Ally Sweeney no longer has childcare for her daughter after the centre she attended was abruptly shut down by the regulator. But for four-year-old Blake, Edge Early Learning Higgins already felt unsafe, the Canberra mum and tow truck driver tells…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago  (530+ words) Universities have failed to take a trauma-informed approach when caring for students affected by ongoing conflicts in Gaza, a royal commission has heard. The commission into anti-Semitism in Australia has heard evidence an Australian National University student was asked to…...

22+ hour, 45+ min ago  (311+ words) A last-minute government deal could avert childcare chaos for thousands of families as a major public school strike looms next week. The Victorian government put a revised pay deal to the Australian Education Union late on Thursday in a bid…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (517+ words) A university student with family killed in Gaza has described how she was asked to provide death certificates to get an exam extension. The student had asked for more time on an assessment while grieving several relatives who died at…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (514+ words) Civil rights groups are urging universities to protect academic freedom and the right to peaceful protest as vice chancellors front the royal commission into anti-Semitism. The Australian National University is one of a number of tertiary institutions facing questions over…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (549+ words) A university's top official has revealed how campus rules had to be changed after a Jewish professor's office was occupied by pro-Palestine protesters. A royal commission heard on Tuesday that Melbourne University physics academic Steven Prawer was targeted in 2024 over…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (373+ words) Universities will be subject to new standards requiring them to combat racism as the education minister foreshadows fines for providers that fail to stamp out the problem. Governance standards that come into force on Monday will require tertiary institutions to…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (299+ words) Jewish students will describe their "horrific" experiences with anti-Semitism while pro-Palestine activists defend their freedom of expression as an inquiry turns its focus to universities. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will probe the experiences of students and…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (488+ words) Australia's universities will be forced to publish consultancy expenditure, the decisions of governance meetings and salaries of executives under a set of new federal principles. A new standard on preventing and responding to racism, which will force universities to adopt…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (565+ words) Five out of five stars for the excellent The Canberra Times editorial on the planned cuts to public library services in the ACT ("Library cuts spark community outrage", July 9). As the editorial says, rates continue to rise, the debt situation…...