PM offers something to smile about
Emma Macdonald As the principal of a low-fee independent school, Liz Hutton makes every dollar stretch to cover the costs of educating her rapidly expanding student body at the Brindabella Christian College.
No ACT school cuts under Gonski, Bourke says
Emma Macdonald, Bianca Hall ACT Education Minister Chris Bourke has flatly rejected the notion any ACT independent schools will lose out under school funding reforms, saying it was opposition scaremongering.
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Principals, parents ire over autonomy trial
Emma Macdonald Canberra's government school parents have called for a halt to any expansion of the school autonomy trial.
Capital teachers wary of cutbacks
Emma Macdonald A survey of nearly 200 ACT teachers and principals taking part in a trial to give principals greater budget power shows widespread opposition and fears it will lead to cost-cutting rather than...
ANU jumps six places in world uni rankings
Emma Macdonald ANU has clawed back six places to come 64th in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
ANU ready to make more Nobel laureates
Emma Macdonald As far as renovations go, the Australian National University's John Curtin School of Medical Research has undertaken one of the largest, longest and most expensive on campus.
ANU staff fear gag over cuts to music
Emma Macdonald Academics who are being made redundant from the Australian National University School of Music are fearful a gag order is included in their contracts to stop them speaking publicly about ANU...
ANU braces for changing of the guard
Emma Macdonald The ANU's most senior administrator has resigned and two of the senior executive are poised to announce their departure in coming weeks.
Taste of laneway culture becomes a capital idea
Emma Macdonald A little bit of Melbourne's cosmopolitan laneway culture is about to hit Canberra.
Territory leading the nation in physical education, says Barr
Emma Macdonald ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr thinks Australia should wait until the Olympic Games are over before it starts analysing the lack of gold medals in the national trophy chest.
Study on women's work in vegie plot
Emma Macdonald Women who feed their families by growing vegetables on small plots of land in Papua New Guinea will be the subject of a new University of Canberra research project into their business skills.
CIT enrolments firm in new market
Emma Macdonald The Canberra Institute of Technology has managed to hold onto enrolments this year despite unprecedented competition for students from the University of Canberra and Australian National University.
ANU scoops pool for research fellowships
Emma Macdonald The Australian National University has scooped the pool of Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowships, winning nearly $12 million and four out of 17 ARC Laureate Fellowships - more than any...
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Mountain of worries gives way to glimmer of hope
Emma Macdonald Christine Kallir Preece lies awake at night worrying.
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Insurance scheme trial welcomed in ACT
Emma Macdonald, Peter Jean Disability advocates have praised the ACT for agreeing to be one of the trial sites for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
ACT will lead trial disability scheme
Chris Johnson, Emma Macdonald The ACT will lead the nation with the largest of three trial launches for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after Chief Minister Katy Gallagher agreed to join with the federal government in...
The genesis of state aid
Emma Macdonald It seems so unlikely that a crumbling, decommissioned block of toilets could have changed the course of Australian political history.
World 'blunt instrument' ranking leaves ANU with a sharp reputation
Emma Macdonald The Australian National University has ranked in the top 10 universities in the world across six different subjects, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings.
Police investigate school incident in bullying row
Emma Macdonald Police are investigating an incident at Gilmore Primary School in which a long-running bullying issue turned into an angry mob scene involving students and their parents.
NSW principals learn pitfalls of autonomy
Emma Macdonald ACT school principals have known for a while what their NSW counterparts are just starting to find out - the road to autonomy is not without pitfalls.
