The Commonwealth Learning Scholarships Programme was introduced to assist students from low socio-economic backgrounds, particularly those from rural and regional areas and Indigenous students, who are Australian citizens or holders of permanent humanitarian visas, with costs associated with higher education. There are two scholarships - one for educational costs and one for accommodation costs. Both are merit-based, non-repayable and target…
Daily Archives February 19, 2006
School children moving interstate will now be better supported by a nationally agreed system for transferring student information from one school to another. All state and territory education departments and the non-government schools sector have agreed to implement the Interstate Student Data Transfer Note (ISDTN) from January 2006. This national system will enhance the ability of the student's new school…
The Australian senior executive of 2020 will need very different skills to today’s business leaders, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group for Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA). Strong general management skills, as well as industry and functional training to develop specialist expertise are amongst the needs forecasted in this report. Link: Australian Executives of 2020 Will…