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‘Some things doctors do have no benefit, and some can harm people’

Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, one of Australia’s most eminent and awarded medical experts, is on a mission to improve a medical system rife with overtreatment, overdiagnosis, and the medicalisation of normal conditions.

Medicine and health

BioEYES open: How zebrafish capture budding scientists’ imaginations

A hands-on, fish-focused course offers an inspiring, authentic experience for high school students to see the scientific method from start to finish.

Medicine and health

The rise and rise of online learning

Thousands of teachers and students are choosing to teach and learn in virtual settings rather than face-to-face.

Education

Protecting Australian politics in schools

Australian politics as a Year 12 VCE subject is under threat, but learning how decisions are made and our future decided upon should be central to the curriculum.

Education

Continental drift: From Kenya to Melbourne, meeting the malaria challenge head-on

Jomo Kigotho knows from personal experience the devastating impacts of malaria. Now, the young scientist is part of a team that’s found a new weapon in the war against the disease-causing parasite.

Medicine and health

Post-COVID-19: Should we do Year 12 differently?

Of the many educational lessons to be learnt from 2020, one is that we could do the final year of school differently.

Education

From campus smarts to startup king

Ecommerce entrepreneur Adam Schwab, who has spun gold from tapping into what people want, says there are always lessons in new challenges.

Monash Life | Business and innovation

Mind gains: Why we should be offering psychology studies in high school

Offering psychology studies in high school, and valuing it through inclusion in the curriculum, will help students understand and cope with inevitable changes in the future.

Education

A year of missed opportunities

The lack of human connection has impacted the ability of pre-service teachers to cope with planning and thinking as “real future educators”.

Education

Why schools in Victoria need to focus on connection and wellbeing

With students set to return to school, we need to understand that social outcomes are equally as important as a focus on numeracy and literacy skills.

Education

Melbourne's term four return-to-school plans need rethinking

As schools prepare to reopen, bringing back the youngest and oldest students first, using the same logic as the term two return needs to be re-evaluated.

Education

Levelling the Year 12 playing field

The pandemic has paved the way for much-needed inclusive assessments in Victorian schools, taking into account more than just students’ academic capabilities.

Education

Extreme measures

One-off system-level literacy and numeracy tests such as NAPLAN fail to take into account contexts and individual differences among students.

Education futures

Beyond the ATAR

The qualities required to become a successful teacher run far deeper then students' academic rankings.

Education futures

Transfer of knowledge

There’s a range of mentoring programs at Monash University. Here, recent participants discuss the benefits of being involved.

Education

The ABC of changing lives

Greg McMahon, executive principal of Doveton College and Michael Devine, principal of Western Port Secondary College discuss how education is really the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Education

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‘Some things doctors do have no benefit, and some can harm people’

BioEYES open: How zebrafish capture budding scientists’ imaginations

The rise and rise of online learning

Protecting Australian politics in schools

Continental drift: From Kenya to Melbourne, meeting the malaria challenge head-on

Post-COVID-19: Should we do Year 12 differently?

From campus smarts to startup king

Mind gains: Why we should be offering psychology studies in high school

A year of missed opportunities

Why schools in Victoria need to focus on connection and wellbeing

Melbourne's term four return-to-school plans need rethinking

Levelling the Year 12 playing field

Extreme measures

Beyond the ATAR

Transfer of knowledge

The ABC of changing lives