This week, Q+A tackles Education in the Age of COVID.

Students and teachers are seeing the biggest disruption to our education system in generations. The debate over when to ease restrictions and re-open schools and universities is fraught, with different messages coming from State and Federal governments.

What’s the long-term impact of remote learning? What strategies could see teachers and students returned safely to schools?  How will our beleaguered tertiary sector recover? And has the pandemic made existing inequities even starker? 

Joining Hamish live on the panel:

Nick Coatsworth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Lisa Jackson Pulver, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney

Mark Scott, Secretary, NSW Department of Education

Lian Davies, Principal, Whittlesea Secondary College

With a live cross to:

Dan Tehan, Minister for Education

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*live streaming locally at:

SA 8.05pm; NT 8.05pm; WA 6.35pm

Q+A: Monday 27 April at 9.35pm AEST on ABC and iview