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WA’s ATAR results revealed for class of 2025

Thousands of year 12 students have now received their West Australian Certificate of Education, marking the official end of 13 years at school. The Tertiary Institutions Service Centre has revealed 10,265 of those students achieved an ATAR, slightly more than in 2024.

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Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?

As the summer holidays begin, parents may feel concerned their children will “forget how to spell their own names” during the long school break. Or there may be worries about forgetting times tables, slipping reading levels and generally falling behind. Parents may wonder if it’s better to maintain some kind of academic routine during the break. The short answer: a light touch is plenty.

Dr Vesife Hatisaru

This was the hardest ATAR exam question WA students faced. Can you solve it?

For Dr Vesife Hatisaru, solving mathematics equations can be likened to watching Netflix or going for a walk along the beach – in other words, it’s something she does to unwind and have fun. But Hatisaru, a lecturer in mathematics education at Edith Cowan University and former high school teacher, says that didn’t come without years of practice and frustration.

Dr Julie Boston

ECU hosts inspiring kick-start to PEAC

The annual PEAC Induction Program gives Year 4 students from across the northern suburbs an opportunity to meet fellow high-potential learners, participate in fun thought-provoking workshops, and engage with expert academics and students from ECU.

Professor Dawn Penney

ECU makes history with nation's first AIESEP Specialist Seminar

ECU in Bunbury has made history by hosting Australia's first AIESEP Specialist Seminar, uniting global leaders in Health and Physical Education to explore critical issues of body politics in movement.

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Virtual Reality emerges as a supportive space for self-disclosure, with nature settings leading the way

New research suggests VR may play a meaningful role in future mental-health support, and the design of the virtual space itself can make a surprising difference to how comfortable people feel opening up.

Major NHMRC grant backs ECU study set to resolve decades of uncertainty on N-nitrosamines and disease

A team led by Associate Professor Catherine Bondonno has been awarded more than $1.7 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate N-nitrosamine formation and chronic disease.

X is facilitating nonconsensual sexual AI-generated images. The law – and society – must catch up

X (formerly Twitter) has become a site for the rapid spread of artificial intelligence-generated nonconsensual sexual images (also known as "deepfakes").

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