Early Learning

Family shopping for school backpack. | Newsreel

$2.7 billion price tag on back-to-school purchases

Back-to-school spending is tipped to inject around $2.7 billion into the Australian retail economy. New research by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) found the
Read more13 January 2025
Student doing homework on computer. | Newsreel

Parents feel the pain of back-to-school costs

More than a quarter of Australian parents are having difficulty affording an internet connection in their home, as they prepare to send their children back to school. A
Read more13 January 2025
Woman dropping child off. | Newsreel

Four steps to de-stress school or childcare drop-off

By Kylie Ridder You’re doing daycare or school drop-off, you’re already late for work, and your child’s lip starts to quiver. A tremble turns into a wail, a wail
Read more7 January 2025
Child care worker with children in centre. | Newsreel

Commission’s crucial steps to universal childcare

By Melissa Tham The Federal Government has released a highly-anticipated report into Australia’s childcare system. The report, by the Productivity Commission, says
Read more20 September 2024
Children at childcare centre. | Newsreel

Australia’s childcare ‘deserts’ mapped

Almost a quarter of Australians live in childcare ‘deserts’ with limited access to care and early education for their young children. An international study,
Read more21 August 2024
Australian indigenous children. | Newsreel

First Nations preschool numbers increase

The number of First Nations children attending pre-school has increased by 10 percent in two decades. The latest data for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows
Read more11 July 2024
Make teacher in classroom. | Newsreel

Support for teachers’ housing costs

Queensland’s regional and remote teachers will receive extra support to cover housing costs in next week’s State Budget. The Queensland Government’s $20.9 billion
Read more5 June 2024
John Palma (First Secretary to the PNG Minister for Education), Mary Hurwood (program project manager, QUT Engagement and Development), Francis Alua (PNG MP for Karimui-Nomane), Professor Mark Harvey (QUT Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and External Relations), Lucas Dawa Dekena (PNG Minister for Education), Professor Lori Lockyer (Executive Dean, QUT Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice), Professor Sue Irvine (Head of the QUT School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education), and Dr Uke Kombra (Secretary for the PNG Department of Education). | Newsreel

QUT boosts skills of PNG teachers

Thousands of teachers in Papua New Guinea will be upskilled through a new QUT diploma course. The Brisbane university is helping the country transition to a new school
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Equipment at The Australian Translational Genomics Centre. | Newsreel

Partnership provides precision cancer care

Queensland cancer patients will have easier access to clinical trials thanks to a new partnership between QUT and a non-profit research agency. The Brisbane
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Children in early learning setting. | Newsreel

New support for early childhood educators

Queensland’s current and future early childhood educators are now able to access extra financial support. New State Government initiatives include scholarships to fund
Read more17 March 2024