TAFE Futures findings released. Dr Peter Kell has released his findings on the investigation into the TAFE system. The independent inquiry, which ran across the country during July and August, was based on submissions, public hearings and private consultations. The TAFE Futures Inquiry was established by the Australian Education Union to determine how TAFE can best operate in the future…
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Students to get second chance at elite courses. Theage.com.au - Sat Feb 17, 08:50 pm GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education] STUDENTS will have a second chance of getting into Melbourne University's medicine and law courses under a new American-European-style degree system. The system, dubbed the Melbourne Model and to be launched in 2008, would also help reduce pressure faced by…
Skills for a nation: A blueprint for improving education and training 2007-2017. In this document the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is promoting a series of policies that will help make the education system better, and help power the Australian economy through the first half of the 21st Century. It has sections on early childhood and primary school…
School buses to get subsidy for seatbelts. School buses in regional areas will be fitted with seatbelts under a $40 million scheme announced by the Federal Government. [School Education Headlines]
Australia lagging in education, says Swan. Australia could fall behind developing Asian countries, including China and India, in education after years of neglect, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Mr Swan said that in order to take advantage of the growth in Asia and the booming Indian and Chinese economies, Australia would have to invest heavily in education. Business Spectator, 21 May…
Slight Changes In Climate May Trigger Abrupt Ecosystem Responses. Slight changes in climate may trigger major abrupt ecosystem responses that are not easily reversible. Some of these responses, including insect outbreaks, wildfire, and forest dieback, may adversely affect people and ecosystems and their plants and animals. [ScienceDaily: Latest Science News]
Survey to provide snapshot of teaching workforce. Information gathered from a new survey of staff in Australian schools will provide a much-needed demographic picture of the Australian teaching workforce and highlight specific workforce issues. The Staff in Australia's Schools Survey is being conducted by ACER with the assistance of the Australian College of Educators (ACE). Over 20,000 teachers and school…
Elite schools dominate uni places. Theage.com.au - Fri Feb 16, 08:15 pm GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
Closer Toward High-yield Fusion Reactor: Revolutionary Circuit Fires Thousands Of Times Without Flaw. An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine facility. [ScienceDaily Headlines]