Conor Duffy

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

With the university sector in crisis, thousands face losing their jobs as unions blame poor management and students say they've lost hope.

Australia's education minister believes a new super commission will address rising school dropout rates, but he still needs to convince the states to support a greater federal role, writes Conor Duffy. 

Australia's long overdue reforms to improve safety across the nation's childcare centres are a start but still a long way off best practice compared to other countries, writes Conor Duffy.

The University of Technology Sydney is suspending more than 100 courses as it prepares for a controversial redundancy program to save $100 million.

Sami Muamar says the grief, anguish and mental toll of constant death have forced him to leave the job he loves.

The annual test of literacy and numeracy for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 shows some isolated improvements but largely stable results.

For the roughly one third of students who are falling behind, experts say it's crucial to intervene early and restore confidence.

The spending on alumni events in May comes as the university says it needs to sack 400 staff to save $100 million.

A University of Sydney-led paper undertook Australia's first peer-targeted study of unpaid work for childcare workers, amid a crisis of confidence across the sector.