In a quest to boost Tasmania’s education outcomes and lift participation rates, the University of Tasmania today launched the Children’s University Tasmania. The project was launched today with education and training minister Jeremy Rockliff at the Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart, ...
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Central Queensland University and Fitzroy Basin Association are helping teachers find science education paradise in Gladstone for Science Week. Teachers from around Queensland will converge on CQUniversity Gladstone in August, for a hands-on weekend to help them bring science to ...
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Monash University has partnered with the Melbourne Football Club to deliver the club’s Read Like a Demon literacy program. The program is aimed at inspiring a love of reading and to improve literacy among primary school students. It offers students ...
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Report: Prioritise public funding for sustainable school model
The government needs to give greater priority to funding schools enrolling students most at risk of leaving school and to develop sustainable funding policies for the future. In a new report – Australian Education Review – Lyndsay Connors and Jim ...
More »QELi and Optus partner to bring technology to the classrooms of tomorrow
With technology set to play an increased role in the classrooms of tomorrow, the Queensland Education Leadership Institute (QELi) and Optus have joined forces to help schools accelerate their plans to digitalise education. Under a recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding, the ...
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High-schoolers learn about future jobs in biofuels
Queensland’s top science students engaged in a week-long challenge to learn about the biofuels industry in order to support future jobs. Sixteen students joined the Queensland University of Technology’s Process Engineering Challenge at QUT’s Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant in late June. The ...
More »Word Mania 2015 calls on students to exercise their literacy skills
Online education resource, LiteracyPlanet, has officially launched LiteracyPlanet WordMania 2015 and is calling on primary school children around Australia to exercise their literacy skills and help reach the goal of 10 million minutes of literacy development. LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2015 ...
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