Australia Balks at Bids by Equity Firms. A flurry of foreign bids for Australian companies has touched a nationalistic nerve and drawn calls for a more protectionist government stance. By TIM JOHNSTON. [NYT > Business]
Monthly Archives January 2006
Richard Teese: THE principals of MacRobertson Girls' School and Melbourne High School have mounted a remarkable defence of their schools as historical champions of meritocratic equity ("Select schools benefit all state students", Opinion, 27/11). Not that that was the point they should have addressed. Which was why have more. But alas, how history deserts those unfaithful to it, who present…
TWO private schools that compete for students in Melbourne's outer south-east are having merger talks. Toorak College and The Peninsula School have announced a feasibility study into the benefits of merging the two Mornington Peninsula schools. The talks could lead to a merger by 2008. It is true that we have some significant differences
CensusAtSchool Data Now Available. Over 112,000 students from 2,744 schools nationwide have completed the first stage of this project - the questionnaire stage. Data from the questionaire is now available to teachers and students. Also available from the website are prepared samples, tables and classroom resources. The data gained from the questionnaire can be applied to a range of classroom…
EdNA Begins Change from VET to VTE. Over the next few months, references to the term vocational education and training (VET) on the EdNA web site will be amended to vocational and technical education (VTE) to bring the site into line with changes made at the national level. This will include the newsletter which will be VTE and ACE e-News…
State-wide Youth Engagement Forum. Are you interested in Community Based VCAL Programmes? This forum is for Community VCAL practitioners, managers and stakeholders who collaborate to create alternative and engaging education programs for young people who are disengaged from mainstream schooling. Youth Commitments. This is for LLEN members and stakeholders interested in establishing a collaborative regional approach to sharing responsibility for…
The problems and challenges of education for gifted students in the Asia-Pacific region are to be discussed at a conference that begins today in Taipei. The Ninth Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness is being held until Friday in Taipei along with the Children and Youth Creativity Olympia Camp. More than 600 people from 28 different countries and 278 youths from eight…
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