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Aspiring students and community members can delve into course offerings and tour cutting-edge facilities at La Trobe University’s Mildura Open Day next Wednesday, 14 August. School leavers, people wanting to change careers, retrain or re-enter the workforce can find out about pathways, subject areas of interest and the impact of tertiary education at the Open … Continued
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More than 60 critical TAFE jobs in northern Victoria are set to be scrapped under a major restructure which would have devastating economic and social impacts. Regional Victoria’s largest vocational education provider Goulburn Ovens TAFE (GOTAFE) is planning to cut 61 professional staff in a proposed restructure that will directly impact a total of 117 … Continued
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The Australian Government is pursuing policies that are inconsistent and confusing immigration and education policy in a manner that is putting the livelihood of more than 30,000 Australians employed in the international education sector at risk. That’s the position of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent skills training and … Continued
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7 August 2024 Tomorrow, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Milton Dick MP will be in Canberra, as part of the Parliament in Schools program. Students will learn about federation, democracy and the Australian Parliament, as well as hear first-hand from the Speaker and their local member on what a typical day looks like in their electorate … Continued
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New South Wales mixed farmer Stuart Tait has taken out the 2024 Rabobank Business Management Prize from a field of some of Australia’s and New Zealand’s leading farmers. An “impressive business plan that was truly entrepreneurial in comprehensively strategising the expansion opportunities” for his family’s farming enterprise, based near Mandurama on the NSW Central Tablelands, … Continued
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Primary producers in Central Western New South Wales have the opportunity to develop skills to assist with family farm succession and business transition at free Rabo Client Council-hosted information sessions. The practical Business Transition and Succession Planning information sessions will be held in Dubbo and Orange in early September. The initiative has been spearheaded and … Continued
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National Science Week Education stories up for grabs now around Australia Neurodiversity, teenage attention spans and the school-aged brain How do you count koalas? 200+ schools make fake blood Inflatable DNA: meet the molecular biologist-turned-balloon artist teaching kids what makes them unique – multiple locations, ACT You could have a science career in government – … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has labelled Universities Australia’s threat to 14,000 jobs a cruel and unfair attack on higher education staff. At a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, Universities Australia warned 14,000 staff could face job cuts under the federal government’s proposed changes to international student numbers. NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes said … Continued
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Visitors to La Trobe University’s Albury-Wodonga Open Day can start their Sunday with a free breakfast and coffee before getting hands-on experience of learning in the campus’ multimillion-dollar science labs and nursing simulation facilities. Current students will be on hand to share their experience of a wide range of courses and to show visitors around … Continued
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What do Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock, NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year Dr Casey Sullivan, Rhodes Scholar and international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson and marine biologist and documentary film star Dr Alex Schnell have in common? They are all former public school students from regional NSW and all have agreed to join an … Continued
