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NSW universities to make early offers to IB students International Baccalaureate students will get early offers from a number of Sydney universities based on their predicted results, up to three weeks ahead of the new December 21 round of offers for HSC students.

Leading change and innovative practice: Building teacher capacity There is a rumour that when joints get brittle, skin crisps and wrinkles from constant exposure to the elements, and the muscles relax, and relax, and relax, PE teachers have no other option than to seek school headships. What do you think? Regardless of what their pedigree is, what we can agree on is that the role of principals is becoming more and more complex.

Better-off parents are turning away from private schools Parents are choosing a public school instead of an independent, reversing the drift to private that has worried commentators. Analysis by the ABS for Fairfax Newspapers shows enrollments have increased proportionately by almost 7 per cent since 2006.

2018 named ‘Year of Women in School Leadership’ A developmental undertaking to improve the occupational opportunities of women working in Australia’s schools has been announced. The ‘Year of Women in Leadership’ will run throughout 2018 

BPAY offers new schools $1000 rebate on set-up costs The first 50 schools to become BPAY Billers before 30 March 2018 will receive a $1000 rebate towards their BPAY set-up costs and will automatically go into a draw to win a $10,000 grant.

Townsville Christian school to close secondary and boarding Following criticism as part of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Shalom Christian College will only accept primary students next year, cutting its enrolment by more than half and ceasing its role as an indigenous boarding school.

NSW schools face delays in spending money they have earned A new NSW Auditor-General's report on sharing school and community facilities says there are "significant delays" in approving $56 million worth of projects that schools will pay for themselves with money raised through leasing their playgrounds and classrooms to community groups.

Study finds boys could benefit from greater number of girls in schools Studying the reading test scores of more than 200,000 15-year-olds from over 8000 mixed-sex schools around the world, researchers discovered that boys’ performance was significantly better in schools where more than 60% of the pupils were girls.

Risks and rewards in accelerating technology and social shifts Accelerating technology and social shifts are driving massive change in the economy, with fast-paced innovation transforming industries old and new and generating tremendous new opportunities for value creation. But Australian Students are at risk of being left behind.

100 scholarships for teachers in RMIT App Development with Swift online program 100 online scholarships for teachers are on offer as part of the new RMIT App Development with Swift curriculum. The Online program starts on 20 November while a new vocational education short course will be taught on campus from February 2018.

High schoolers take on futuristic space design challenge Ten high schools from Australia and New Zealand are one step closer to representing the Australasian region at the International Space Settlement Competition at Kennedy Space Centre as Space Design Competitions Australia announces finalists for the 2017 Australian Space Design Competition.

ClassCoach Maths tutoring will help rural and remote students Two UQ Business School MBA Graduates have launched ClassCoach, an online Maths tutoring system with the aim of helping rural and remote school students and young adults that are struggling with Maths and will benefit from one-to-one interactive tutoring.