Registration Open for A Well-skilled Future: Tailoring VET to the Emerging Labour Market. Registration is open for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research research forum, A Well-Skilled Future: Tailoring Vocational Education and Training (VET) to the Emerging Labour Market. The forum will cover research from the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and…
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ABS holds high hopes for online census returns. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says it expects more than a tenth of all households to respond online to today's census. [ABC News: Breaking Stories]
Oil price surge hits share markets. Global oil markets have been rattled by a pipeline spill in Alaska, sending prices sharply higher. [ABC News: Breaking Stories]
Joyce rejoices at biofuel backing. NATIONALS senator Barnaby Joyce said he was encouraged by reports senior Government ministers were trying to fast-track Australia's biodiesel industry. By AAP. [Herald Sun | Breaking News]
Don Edgar writes in The Age about the need to re-think schooling and learning and the role of the wider world, starting with the community. Personally, I don't think there is any other way forward.. [Source: The Age]
The Australian IT Section reports: AUSTRALIANS could use electronic voting systems in next year's federal election if a proposed trial goes ahead. The proposal arises from a report by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters on the 2004 federal election, published in October. Among its recommendations are a trial of electronic voting systems for use by blind and visually…
The impact of podcasting and voice technologies on global e-learning practice is the focus of Edition 10 of The Knowledge Tree: an e-Journal of Learning Innovation. Published by the national training system's e-learning strategy, the 2005-2006 Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), Edition 10 contains contributions from voice specialists who discuss the latest innovations and their applications for education and training.…
More and more parents are willing to make big sacrifices to send their children to private schools. And the schools are coming up with ways to help them pay. David Rood and Chee Chee Leung explain how - and why - they do it. Link: Average income, private school.
The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has commenced a new and important study into teacher retention. The study will explore the experiences of early career teachers, with findings set to inform teacher recruitment and retention strategies. Link: Retaining Effective Early Career Teachers.