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 ...
More »Queensland Museum Network’s new partnership to support STEM
A new million dollar partnership aims to inspire young Queensland minds to aim high in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). With the support of a $3.95 million partnership announced last week between natural gas producer QGC ...
More »Education program delivers six-fold return to disadvantaged areas in NSW
A Commonwealth Government program has delivered a $54 million investment return for some of the state’s most disadvantaged communities, a KPMG audit released today has found. Delivered via a partnership of five major universities (University of Western Sydney, University of ...
More »Teach computer science, coding young
Teaching young kids computer science and coding is a good idea, argues a Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert, who says primary-aged children take to digital technology at a relatively fast rate. Jason Howarth, course director at the CSU school of ...
More »New resource to help kids get active
University of Canberra researchers have launched a new resource to get kids active earlier in life. The Physical Literacy Activities Yearbook (PLAY) comprises 200 activity suggestions to help teachers prepare and deliver fun physical education for primary school students. It ...
More »Online portal brings Barangaroo to the classroom
Lend Lease this week announced Discover Barangaroo, an online learning portal adding a new dimension to the state’s geography teaching syllabus. Lend Lease managing director for Barangaroo South, Andrew Wilson, said: “More than 60,000 NSW secondary school students who study geography each ...
More »Calls for maths shake-up to solve low levels of employment for people with disabilities
Children with disabilities who leave school without basic numeracy skills may struggle to gain employment later on, a Queensland University of Technology expert is arguing. Dr Bronwyn Ewing from QUT’s faculty of education pointed to the 2012 Human Rights Commission ...
More »NAB invests in young entrepreneurs
One of Australia’s biggest banks has announced the launch of a business program aimed at nurturing young entrepreneurs. NAB has partnered with the Foundation for Young Australians to deliver $20 Boss, a $1 million program designed to equip Australian students ...
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