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Category: Education Training

Agriculture needs to do more to attract and educate young people

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MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 27 June, 2024 As Australia’s agriculture industry continues to struggle with labour shortages, universities in other countries better prepare their students to work in agriculture. That’s the finding contained in Kathryn Fleay’s Nuffield Scholarship report, released today. Kathryn, an agronomy and operations manager from Western Australia’s wheatbelt, researched how Australia could shore … Continued

Q Project revolutionises evidence-informed education to empower teachers

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A new report from Monash University’s Q Project, highlights the key ways in which educators are being supported to use research evidence in their classrooms. Despite widespread calls for research-informed improvement in Australian education, there is very little evidence about best practice use of research and how it can be supported in schools and systems.  … Continued

Union Call Labelled A Stunt

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A union call for a parliamentary inquiry into wage underpayments is a political stunt, according to the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA).   The Executive Director of AHEIA, Craig Laughton, said today the call from the hierarchy of the National Tertiary Education Union comes in the wake of acknowledgements by the industry watchdog, the … Continued

Union Call Labelled A Stunt

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A union call for a parliamentary inquiry into wage underpayments is a political stunt, according to the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA).   The Executive Director of AHEIA, Craig Laughton, said today the call from the hierarchy of the National Tertiary Education Union comes in the wake of acknowledgements by the industry watchdog, the … Continued

A “positive right” for Christian Schools

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26 June 2024 – For Immediate Release A “positive right” for Christian Schools   More than 2,200 signed postcards were delivered to the Prime Minister in conjunction with the launch of a new campaign for a “positive right” for Christian schools and other religious educational institutions. This comes off the back of the ‘Faith In … Continued

Rabobank co-hosts farm financial skills workshops in Finley and Coleambally with Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia

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Farmers in the Finley and Coleambally districts have the opportunity to expand their knowledge, free of charge, at a series of Rabo Client Council workshops – co-hosted with Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) – designed to help provide the financial skills critical to managing an agricultural enterprise.   The practical Financial Skills Workshops – providing farmers with … Continued

University wage theft on track to exceed $382 million nationally

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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called for an urgent federal parliamentary inquiry into university wage theft, which is on track to exceed $382 million nationally. The NTEU has today released new data showing confirmed underpayments to university staff are now standing at more than $203 million in recent years. Additionally, universities’ annual reports reveal a further … Continued