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Rabobank brings farm financial skills workshops to Pittsworth and Goondiwindi

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Primary producers in the Pittsworth and Goondiwindi districts have the opportunity to expand their knowledge, free of charge, at a series of Rabo Client Council workshops designed to help provide the financial skills critical to managing an agricultural enterprise.   The practical Financial Skills Workshops – providing farmers with an opportunity to both upskill and network – … Continued

Reinforcing the right to disconnect for school staff

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Thursday 13 June 2024 Reinforcing the right to disconnect for school staff The Independent Education Union rejects a push by employer groups to limit the right to disconnect for teachers and support staff in independent schools, submitted to the Fair Work Commission this week as it reviews modern awards. The Association of Independent Schools (AIS), … Continued

La Trobe applauds new explicit teaching approach

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As the first university to lead the direction and move to Science of Learning approaches in our teaching degrees, La Trobe University applauds the Victorian Government announcement it will embed evidence-based teaching and learning into every classroom, including the use of systematic synthetic phonics in the early years. La Trobe’s School of Education, led by Professor … Continued

2024 My First Speech competition begins

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The 2024 edition of the national My First Speech competition for year 10, 11 and 12 students opened today and is now accepting submissions. The competition asks students to write and record a 90-second speech on a topic they are passionate about as if they are making their first speech in the House of Representatives. A … Continued

Generation Quantum: Skills training goes Outback

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IN A BOOTCAMP held in Dubbo, the last big town before hitting the Outback, high school students got to ask some unusual questions: how do you manipulate data at the atomic level? Can particles really be in two places at once? And how do you get a job in this blossoming high-tech industry? Led by prominent … Continued

Call for school board to take action following historic staff strike

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The Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (IEU-QNT) is calling on the Ipswich Girls Grammar School (IGGS) and Ipswich Junior Grammar School (IJGS) Board of Trustees to take the action needed to ensure quality working conditions and quality education continue at the school. IEU-QNT organiser Andrew Elphinstone said the union had yesterday … Continued

New report identifies opportunity to strengthen VET qualifications in the wake of generative AI

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New report indicates VET qualifications in marketing and communications, conveyancing and insurance broking may be most impacted A new report by the Future Skills Organisation (FSO) and Mandala Partners proposes an approach to help identify the finance, technology and business Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications most likely to be impacted by generative artificial intelligence … Continued

CA ANZ Media Release – Extended renewal sees CA ANZ maintain position as only TEQSA accredited accounting body

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11 June 2024    MEDIA RELEASE    EXTENDED RENEWAL SEES CA ANZ MAINTAIN POSITION AS ONLY TEQSA ACCREDITED ACCOUNTING BODY   Australia’s national Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has renewed the registration of Chartered Accountants ANZ (CA ANZ) as an Institute of Higher Education for the maximum allowable period of seven years, until … Continued

Australia joins UN celebration of the first 100 years of the quantum era

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Celebrating and revealing the beauty of the science that we use daily to connect with the world, light our homes, fight disease, and scan our groceries. The United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Australia’s physicists are inviting scientific, cultural and industry organisations across the country to … Continued

Speaker takes Parliament to regional Western Australia

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This week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Milton Dick MP is in regional Western Australia, 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 and … Continued