Education

Many people think international students only study in Australia to get permanent residency. The latest research says it’s a little more complicated than that

New infrastructure is building '20 minute cities'. Beyond practical benefits, this approach is likely to offer considerable social and personal value – gains yet to be fully measured

Melbourne could become a learning city that creates, questions and shares knowledge, and listens to its future leaders and innovators

English classrooms help prepare young people to take part in democracy. But we’re teaching them to prioritise their own views rather than understanding differences of opinion

Sex testing in women’s sport is often framed around fairness, but this binary scrutiny oversimplifies the conversation and reinforces exclusion with real human costs

From Texas to Melbourne, the 2026 World Cup is revealing genuine human connection alongside persistent structural gaps. But what matters now is whether these lessons become permanent

School greening programs are bringing the latest research into classrooms – reshaping curriculum, teacher training and climate education in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and the Maldives

Three major inquiries over 35 years have reached the same conclusion: Australia's education system functions as a tool of colonial harm. So why hasn't it produced justice?

For fifteen years, teacher candidates from Melbourne have learned on Yolŋu Country in bilingual classrooms, showing what respectful collaboration between universities and Indigenous communities can look like