Even if you don’t get into your preferred course, things have a way of working out. For 24-year-old Cameron Trought failing to get into medical school was a blow but he is now engaged in an interesting career in biomedical research, working with some of the finest medical researchers in the region and getting paid while his trainee doctor friends subsist on instant noodles.
  His story is one that many might find comfort in. Read more

We used to get a pen licence in primary school for showing proficiency in our writing, times have changed though and the new essential skill is being smart and security conscious online.
   Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the Security Research Institute (SRI) are developing a digital cyber security licence for Australian students and teachers. There will be stages to the license, each student levels up progressively. Read more

Australian founded EdTech company Zookal has launched Exam Prep Zookal Genius™ AI, a comprehensive, low-cost study for senior students preparing for their Year 11 and final year exams.
   The AI powered platform is capable of calibrating over 3.8 million pieces of exam content, does maths more accurately than ChatGPT, and renders multi-modal content; accurately rendered equations, chemical compounds, charts, graphs, images and diagrams. Read more

It's the exam end of the year and at this point a good night’s sleep should be a priority for students, pity digital devices often get in the way.
   The result of late-night scrolling is teenagers who wake up grumpy and don’t work as hard or as well as they can, could boarding school be the answer? Perhaps not in the sense of sending teenagers away but taking a leaf out of boarding schools’ policy on digital device use at night. Read more

To improve your physical and mental health, you need to allocate time for and keep yourself busy with various daily activities like exercise, eating well, work and study.
   Those who engage in various activities, you will find, both perform and learn to a high level. They’re not laid back, they are active participants in society. People who are employed can spend money on various activities and are more engaged than those who are unemployed. Read more

Technology and education seem to be inseparable right now, but the importance of teachers isn’t diminishing. According to at least one expert, the ability to excite students about a topic is uniquely human and very hard for technology to replicate.
   Stile Co-Founder and CEO, Daniel Pikler, an early mover in edtech around science resources, thinks the skill and relatability of a human instructor is very difficult to emulate. Read more