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25 years of the Educational Publishing Awards of Australia The combined efforts of educators and educational publishers will be celebrated in the 25th Educational Publishing Awards of Australia on Thursday 20 September 2018.

High ATARs not everything: top principal A top Principal thinks concern about ATARs needed to be matched with understanding of the emotional and social qualities that teachers need and ATAR results are “not everything” when selecting future teachers.

Nature Primary wins Canon grant The Nature School Primary (NSW) has won Canon’s 2018 Grants Program for a photographic project whereby students will create a high quality, accurate, photographic field guide of local flora and fauna.

Five years for teachers to feel confident To stop early career teachers from exiting the profession, support in the first five years of work is essential with a study finding Victorian teachers gained confidence by the end of that period after struggling with confidence issues initially.

New school resources for Type 1 Diabetics The Vic Government is helping students with type 1 diabetes by releasing the new Diabetes Guidelines – Supporting Students with Type 1 Diabetes in Victorian Schools and the Diabetes at School online education package.

Aussie teachers working harder than their OS colleagues Funding cuts to Australian public schools are having a detrimental effect on teachers’ workload and the participation rates for early childhood education.

Wakakirri announces Victorian Secondary Story Dance Challenge winners Victoria’s Secondary Challenge winners for the 2018 Wakakirri Story Dance Challenge were Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, Dromana College and Mount Erin Secondary College.

South Australia has first Year 12 end-of-year electronic exam In a nod to the changing technological face of education more than 2000 students will become the first in Australia to sit a Year 12 end-of-year electronic exam.

A 10-year plan for women in STEM The Australian Academy of Science is consulting to develop a 10-year plan to boost women in STEM, an initiative from the 2018–19 Budget.

NSW’s best educators awarded A diverse range of NSW teachers have been recognised for their contribution to education at the Australian College of Educators (NSW Branch) Excellence in Education Awards.

Victorian is top Aussie Secondary Maths Teacher Mindset learning has proven a winner for Victorian teacher, Hayley Dureau with the Mount Waverley Secondary College Leading Teacher and Head of Student Voice receiving the 2018 Outstanding Secondary Teacher award.

Australian students feel unprepared for globalised world Australian students are a pretty anxious lot and if they’re nervous about what’s happening in their school lives they’re just as concerned about what awaits them post school, indicating that there isn’t enough being done to prepare them for a fast-paced globalised workforce.   According to a recent survey, international experience is shown to be lacking. While more than half of students (59%) say this is key to their future career prospects, one in three (37%) do not feel the curriculum delivers international experience.