Education by Christopher Harris
Premium Content  HSC students were marked down in their English exams and assessments because their work did not conform to teachers social values around cultural appropriation and gender stereotyping. Education experts say the exams have been hijacked by activist markers unfairly Âapplying their own progressive judgments about what is culturally appropriate in students work. Feedback from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) released this week said students could improve by considering appropriate concepts that have cultural sensitivity and are relevant to current times and avoiding cultural appropriations that rely on familiar or offensive stereotypes .  That is despite the student and school remaining anonymous to the marker.
Education by Christopher Harris
Premium Content  HSC students were marked down in their English exams and assessments because their work did not conform to teachers social values around cultural appropriation and gender stereotyping. Education experts say the exams have been hijacked by activist markers unfairly Âapplying their own progressive judgments about what is culturally appropriate in students work. Feedback from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) released this week said students could improve by considering appropriate concepts that have cultural sensitivity and are relevant to current times and avoiding cultural appropriations that rely on familiar or offensive stereotypes .  That is despite the student and school remaining anonymous to the marker.
Revealed: Full list of uni course ATAR cut-offs The minimum ATAR for Queensland university courses has been revealed with entry ranks plummeting for major courses. SEE THE LIST
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Subscriber only University courses are now easier to get into for Queensland students, with ATAR cut-offs today revealing a number of courses have had their entry ranks reduced. The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre today released its minimum ATAR ranks for all courses across the state. It comes as experts say ATAR cut-offs for university entrants should be more responsive to market demand, as predictions that fields like law, science and business with higher requirements may not necessarily result in employment.
Alan Tudge expected to clean up messy job-ready legislation
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The first big test for the new Education Minister, Alan Tudge, will come as universities implement the Job-ready Graduates (JRG) Package in the new year and are hit head on with soaring enrolments in the face of COVID-19.
Alan Tudge has the right background for managing the international student crisis.
Alex Ellinghausen
Education expert Andrew Norton said the JRG legislation is meant to encourage students to apply for courses where there is jobs demand, and to more accurately reflect the cost of teaching.
But there are anomalies in the fees and subsidies schedule that will distort demand.