From the rules governing RAT tests to hints on how to survive your first day at work after a holiday, click below to be informed.

Relevant and stimulating reads to get you up to speed on the news and views about education in the media.

Masks, tests, ventilation: How the 2022 school year will be conducted.

We’ve gone a little left field to offer creative suggestions for hitting the ground running (or at least not crawling).

Plans will be announced over the next few days, says the PM after National Cabinet fails to agree on how schools should reopen, and stay open, amid the Omicron COVID-19 outbreak.

Withdrawing labour remains a live option if more isn’t done for worker safety during the most transmissible phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia’s existing teacher shortages and demanding workloads.

The start of the 2022 school year must be planned and cautious and education workers must be properly resourced, properly protected and properly consulted to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Teachers’ unions are pushing back against plans to allow school staff who have been in close contact with a COVID case to keep working on-site, warning the looming change will increase the risk of coronavirus spreading.

To ensure the safety of staff, students and school communities, the Independent Education Union Victoria Tasmania calls for the following provisions, safeguards and assurances:

Need a quick primer on what’s making news in education ahead of the return to school? Here’s your one-stop shop for all the latest.

Australia has a long history, or our story, of students walking out of the classroom to demand change be made.

You are what you read… Stock up on some nutritious mind food with this selection of education and union articles.

The teaching profession is grappling with teacher burnout and a potential teacher supply shortage.

Holidays can be expensive, especially over the long summer break for school staff if they are only entitled to pro-rata leave.

If, as expected, there are more vacancies than usual this summer, how do you ensure you get the position you want?

This was not an easy year to start out as a Rep. Here, some new Reps share how they performed their duties in another year dominated by lockdowns and remote learning.

The latest “Work Shouldn’t Hurt” (WSH) survey reveals that unionised workplaces are the safest.

A visionary campaign is calling on all levels of government to fund a locally approved First Nations educator in every Australian primary school. 

Legal experts say the bill does nothing to protect LGBTQ+ students and teachers and allows more, not less, discrimination by religious schools.