Education
Uni students rally against funding cuts
Wednesday, April 17 2013
Today, students from some of Australia’s major universities protested against the Government’s proposed funding cuts to higher education to help......
Gonski goneski? States in a mutinous mood on school funding reform
Tuesday, April 16 2013
Julia Gillard will struggle to get agreement for her national schools overhaul, after Western Australia’s government appeared to reject the......
Gonski school funding plan ‘forgets’ Indigenous students
Monday, April 15 2013
The federal government has finally responded to the recommendations put forward by the Gonski review in 2011. promising over 10......
Experts cautiously welcome support for Aboriginal languages in NSW
Monday, April 8 2013
The NSW government has launched what it says is a new ‘partnership’ approach to Aboriginal affairs. The policy has a......
University Students Fight The Cuts
Wednesday, March 27 2013
Today the National Union of Students (NUS) led protests nationwide against course cuts, decreases in student representation, and the threat......
Tafe cut backlash
Tuesday, March 19 2013
Last year it was announced the Government will be slashing funding for fine arts courses in Tafes across NSW. After......
Latest MySchool results out – but what do they tell us?
Wednesday, March 13 2013
When Prime Minister Julia Gillard officially released the latest installment of the Government’s MySchool website, she heralded it as an......
Tackling Indigenous literacy at Adelaide Writers Week
Thursday, March 7 2013
Literacy levels in Indigenous Australians have long been much poorer than non-Indigenous Australians. Today, Indigenous authors Dylan Coleman, Ali Cobby......
African studies: Far from desirable in the Australian tertiary system
Monday, February 25 2013
Where have the opportunities to learn about Africa in Australian universities gone? It seems there’s a blind-spot when it comes......
‘Reading Blitz’ fails to target Indigenous learners
Monday, February 25 2013
Will Julia Gillard’s ‘reading blitz’ blow illiteracy out of the water? Or has the new policy failed to address the......