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Recent headlines . . .
School withdraws from new education system
TAS - Rosny College has refused to join
the Tasmania Tomorrow system after 75% of teachers at the
school voted against the transition.
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More pay for teachers, despite 'overcrowding'
QLD - Queensland premier Anna Bligh defends
school class sizes, stating extra funds would be used to
'pay teachers more rather than reduce class sizes even further'.
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newspaper report
'Super Schools' on schedule
SA - Work has begun on the $323 million
project to merge 20 schools into six new 'super schools'.
Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith said work was "on
schedule".
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newspaper report
$500,000 school stimulus campaign 'justified'
NSW - The opposition justifies spending
$500,000 of taxpayer money to retrieve documents on how
the stimulus package is being spent in New South Wales.
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newspaper report
More funding needed for special needs students
SA - The teachers union urges the government
to increase funding for special needs students, claiming
that the facilities are inadequate.
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newspaper report
Melbourne Business School ranks well
VIC - The Melbourne Business School has
increased its global ranking by nine places, making it in
17th place.
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newspaper report
$1 million upgrade for Tasmanian rural health
school
TAS - University of Tasmania's Rural
Clinical School at Burnie will be receiving new lecture
rooms and a medical simulation centre as part of Minister
Nicola Roxon plan to upgrade medical care in the region.
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newspaper report
Utopia region gets a 'school of its own'
NT - The Arlparra High School, the first
secondary school in the Utopia region, opens its doors to
students for the first time.
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newspaper report
Opinion . . .
Good education is about people, not bricks
and mortar
NATIONAL - Sinclair Davidson looks at
how Australia can fight off recession, despite the 'extraordinary
waste' of the education stimulus package.
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newspaper report
Good news . . .
All eight in top 100
NATIONAL - Australia's Group of Eight
research universities have all been placed in Times Higher
Education global top 100.
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International
Off with their headmasters
UK - Shadow children's Secretary Michael
Gove states that if he gains power, he will replace the
headmasters of at least 60 "sink schools".
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Football greats and
world leaders back education scheme
WORLD - Many world leaders and professional footballers
have backed 1GOAL, a campaign by FIFA to 'mobilize' governments
from low-income countries to focus on schooling and education.
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newspaper report
ACEL Noticeboard
How can corporate Australia support our schools?
Business Class: How Can Corporate Australia Support
Our Schools? is to be held at Melbourne's iconic
NGV International on October 20 and will feature a panel
of leading figures from some of the most influential and
respected organisations operating in the Australian education
landscape today.
The panel put in place by Spheres of Influence to debate
the issue of how corporate Australia can support our schools
features:
Prof. Brian J Caldwell, Managing Director, Educational Transformations;
Adam Smith, CEO, Foundation for Young Australians; Dr Steve
Holden, Managing Editor, Teacher Magazine; Jenny Lewis,
CEO, Australian Council of Educational Leaders, and Rupert
Macgregor, Executive Director, Australian Council of State
School Organisations.
''The aim is to disseminate the major issues on the
subject of corporate Australia's involvement in education
and create some tangible outcomes to help shape the future
of a subject that is gaining an increasing amount of attention
and has a significant bearing on the future education of
Australia's children and young people,' said Patrizia Torelli,
Managing Director, Spheres of Influence International.
The event comes at a time when the answer to the question
of corporate Australia's role in supporting our schools
is yet to be answered by Government. Speaking recently on
the
topic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education
The Hon Julia Gillard MP said: ''Clearly, we [The Rudd
Government] believe the engagement of corporate Australia
with schools has to be on the basis of making a genuine
difference, not on the basis of product promotion [...].
But I do believe that corporate Australia can play a role
in supporting our schools.'
It is critical that in the next few months the education
sector takes steps to develop a concerted viewpoint on how
corporate Australia can support our schools and Business
Class provides a significant opportunity to foster dialogue
on the subject.
Spheres of Influence aims to produce tangible outcomes with
which to move forward and ensure Australia is a world leader
in the responsible and mutually beneficial engagement of
the corporate world with schools.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting: http://www.sofiibusinessclass.eventbrite.com/
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