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Labor will need more than scholarships to make teaching science an attractive career

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Labor has proposed to invest $400 million to ensure that all high school science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) teachers are fully qualified.

While this education policy may look appealing, there is a distinct lack of breadth in what is on the table.

The aim of the...

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The Conservatives and the BBC – falling in love again?

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We who love and cherish the BBC, even from afar – and I am unashamedly one of them – have been awaiting with some anxiety the UK government’s white paper on the future of the corporation.

The culture secretary responsible for the review process leading up to this document, John Whittingdale, had made a number...

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