EDUCATION

Despite the silence the past few days over the $60,000 scholarship given by the Whitehouse Institute of Design to Frances Abbott, the scandal is far from over. On Wednesday, Newscom.au reported that the institute was vandalised overnight to protest the apparently political decision of Whitehouse to grant the scholarship to the then Opposition leader's daughter.

Jim Carrey took off his funny mask for a moment to deliver an emotional speech at the Maharishi University of Management in Iowa on Saturday. The “Dumb and Dumber To” star has had a heartfelt message to the 2014 graduates of the school during his commencement address.

International students from Indonesia and Malaysia were hurt in a Perth bus crash.

Actor, producer and screenwriter Charlie Day imparted wisdom, life lessons, and knowledge not just to the graduates of Merrimack College but to the greater sphere of netizens as well. His commencement address to the Class 2014 of his alma mater on Sunday which was uploaded on YouTube has gone viral and has already amassed over 980,000 views in just a matter of two days.

La Trobe University was appalled when it learnt that Australian porn actress Angela White filmed one of her X-rated scenes inside the library of its Bundoora campus in the early part of 2014.

Elin Nordegren has taken a swing at her doomed marriage to Tiger Woods in her graduation speech. Four years after her divorce from the golf prodigy, the Swedish beauty has finally finished her psychology degree at the Rollins College in Florida on Saturday.

Australian former Prime Minister now Chair of Board of Directors for Global Partnership for Education Julia Gillard will answer question on Education on May 8

When thirsty for beer, students in the University of Wellington in New Zealand all just need to hunt and kill rats in exchange for a bottle. The university's Science Society Department just recently launched a program called Beer Trap which aims to help keep Wellington rat-free.

Australia is boosting its counter-intelligence capabilities after it discovered that China is establishing a large cover information network in leading Australian universities.

Getting into one (1) Ivy League school is already a tough endeavor for most high school students getting into college. But for Kwasi Enin, the odds went all in his favor as he got accepted to all eight (8) Ivy League schools. Now the New York senior of Long Island just needs to make the tough decision as to which school he will be attending in September.

New York's liberal arts college, Skidmore College, is offering students a chance to study a sociology course that uses one of Hollywood's controversial stars as a way to dissect gender identity, media, fame and entertainment.

Westboro Baptist Church is now targeting an Australian high school. The Margaret River Senior High School in WA attracted the unwanted attention of the infamous U.S. anti-gay group after it announced plans to perform a production about the life of Matthew Shepard, a victim of gay hate crime in the U.S.

New South Wales released over the weekend the state's dress code for public school teachers. The code bans the tutors from wearing jandals, T-shirts, any apparel with alcohol advertising and daggy clothes when at school.

New Zealand universities have failed to rank in Time Higher Education's most prestigious 100 universities after dropping to 200 from a previous rank of 150. The world university rankings list was recently released with five Australian universities making it to the Top 100. The rankings revealed that universities in the U.S. and UK are consistently rated high by top scholars.

Many porn stars use screen names when appearing on triple X-rated flicks. Although their faces and different private parts of their anatomy are exposed for the whole world to see, their real names often remain unknown until they become too old or get rich and eventually retire from the porn industry. One young female porn star, who also is a freshman at Duke University, boldly admits her job when people recognise her and ask if it was her (or was it her body) which they saw on a porn movie.

Scientists found that there lies beauty behind complicated mathematical formulae

Australian primary school principals in Victoria have decided to stop religious education from being taught in their schools despite a standing requirement to offer them to the students.

Apple Australia and New Zealand now feature Pope Francis Comics for kids

Ex-pm Julia Gillard appointed chairwoman for The Global Partnership for Education

University of Toronto student Wongene Daniel Kim was too shy to go to class with girls so he went to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, hoping that it would help him convince his professor to reconsider his grade. It didn’t.

A poll revealed that Aussie kids learn to play with smartphone first over tying their shoe laces.

If you had a boring childhood when you hated going to school, there is a distinct possibility that you did not have Kaitlin Pearson as your teacher.

The principal at Swanson Primary School in New Zealand has banned playground rules and saw a remarkable decrease of bullying among children. The removal of playground rules was part of an experiment conducted by researchers from Auckland University of Technology and Otago University who were looking for ways to encourage children to engage in active play.

Nineteen-year-old student Tyler Lawrence is surely regretting his decision to join the Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity in Wilmington College in Ohio. It's because of the brotherhood's harsh initiation rites in late November 2013, he lost one of his nuts.

The Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has just launched its trial "Thunderstorm Tracker" Online Radar for the Southeast Queensland area. According to the official Web site of the Australian Government BOM, the "Thunderstorm Tracker" aims to show the expected position and location of thunderstorms up to 30 minutes before it happens. It is reportedly based on data that is obtained from weather radar and is an extension of the BOM's radar capabilities.

The New Zealand Family Planning Association (NZFPA) plans to introduce 5-year-old Kiwi children to sex education. NZFPA is an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) which promotes contraception, sterilisation and abortion. The NZFPA is moving ahead with its plans of educating children as young as 5 years old on the concepts of contraception and abortion. Planned Parenthood is pushing for children in New Zealand to be educated on what a condom does while doing away wi...

New Zealand's education achievement ranking has dropped, according the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report released Dec. 3.

Canada has fallen out of the global top 10 in international math education standings, sending education leaders scrambling for decorum.

New Zealand's Auckland and Australia's Sydney and Melbourne made it to the list of world's top cities for students. Auckland's international student industry is boosted by ranking no. 18 out of 50 cities in Quacquarelli Symonds Best Students Cities list.