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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Anglican Church of Australia is launching a social media campaign to tackle the root causes of domestic violence. The You May Have Heard It Said campaign echoes the words of Jesus and contrast the unhealthy attitudes that can lead to domestic violence with healthy ones. For example: ‘You may have … Continued
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The Australian Council of Engineering Deans (ACED) and Engineers Australia have released the Australian Engineering Education Statistics 2012 – 2022 Report, providing a comprehensive overview of Australia’s engineering education landscape. The report captures key data on graduate numbers, quality indicators, student demographics, inclusion and diversity, academic staff, and ACED member profiles, offering valuable insights into … Continued
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STEPS will host its annual Autism Treehouse Christmas Party at the Kawana Sports Precinct from 9am to 2pm on Sunday 24 November 2024. This family-friendly, inclusive community event is designed for young people living with disabilities and autism. The event will feature expect rides, water slides, a petting zoo, a rock-climbing wall, a chance to … Continued
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The Victorian Women’s Health Service Network (WHSN) is holding an online launch of Margins to Mainstream: Preventing violence against women with disabilities (M2M) and the WHSN’s bid for investment in the 2025-26 Victorian state budget. The event, scheduled for 11am – 12pm on November 25, 2024, includes a keynote address from Dr Wei Leng Kwok. … Continued
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Territorians will be able to access a greater variety of allied health services with the expansion of the Northern Territory’s first and only professionally supervised, student-delivered, multidisciplinary health centre. Charles Darwin University (CDU) has appointed its first clinical Allied Health Services Manager, Fiona Tipping, who will oversee the expansion of CDUs existing allied health services … Continued
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A damning new report has uncovered a shocking governance crisis in Australian universities, with 306 senior executives now earning more than their state premiers. The National Tertiary Education Union’s Ending Bad Governance – For Good report, released today, includes new analysis of executive pay which has almost no relationship between university staff or student numbers, … Continued
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Bi–partisan federal support to include review of priority access to critical surgery. A united and unprecedented position statement from Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ) and Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) will be made to the Federal Government to improve access for women wanting preventative mastectomies due to high genetic risk. 5-10% of … Continued
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There are indications higher education staff are deserting their principal union. The Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA) said that the impact for higher education staff is that their inputs will be lost in matters of governance and workplace operations. The peak university industrial relations body said that the latest changes in the National Tertiary … Continued
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Statement from Professor Theo Farrell, Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University: We are deeply disappointed by the failure of the Senate to pass the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (ESOS), which would have brought certainty to what has been an extremely challenging time for many universities in Australia. We note with dismay … Continued
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La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne have begun a million dollar project to compile a four-volume collection of key documents that tell the story of Australian history from an Aboriginal perspective, which will be sent to remote community schools across Australia and will eventually be in every school and public library. The Ngura … Continued
