The Latest Breaking News from Mark Scott

University of Sydney students and staff blast new ‘draconian’ protest crackdown

Policy demands three days’ notice for demonstrations and approval for use of megaphones or putting up posters

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2024

Sydney uni policy 'strangles' protest rights: students

The University of Sydney has covertly introduced a policy that will make it hard for protests on campus after the recent removal of encampments on its grounds.

AAP · Jul 4, 2024

Campus holdout: University of Sydney tells Gaza protesters to leave but small group vows ‘encampment has not ended’

Muslim students’ association remains steadfast as vice-chancellor urges them to make way for festival to ring in new semester

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024

University of Sydney one of 15 higher education institutions not to have a position on the voice

Indigenous faculty members say the leadership of Australia’s oldest university could have been ‘much braver’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2023

ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X

The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

Robodebt royal commission report handed down – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023

Teacher training overhaul as educators quit classroom

There are hopes improvements in training new teachers for the modern classroom will reverse a rise in the number of educators leaving the profession.

AAP · Jul 6, 2023

ABC Ombudsman dismisses Nine newspaper complaint about Media Watch Red Alert segment

Host Paul Barry was deemed not to have breached editorial standards because the show was opinion, not news, after SMH and Age series on China

The Guardian - AU · Apr 19, 2023

A new review into how teachers are educated should acknowledge they learn throughout their careers (not just at the start)

Last August, the federal government set up an expert panel to look at the continuous improvement agenda in teacher education in Australia.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2023

Student teachers should spend more time on practical skills, less time on philosophy of education, panel recommends

An expert panel has outlined plans to radically reform degrees to improve teaching courses and address workforce shortages in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2023