http://www.edunews.net/Australia/ India's FIRST and ONLY dedicated educational news site en-us 2007 National Network of Education Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:22:18 GMT Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:22:18 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Australia_deputy_PM_to_visit_India_over_edu_concerns_2656/ Sydney, Friday 21 August 2009: Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard today said she would visit India in a bid to soothe concerns over attacks on its students and dishonest education providers. Gillard recently launched a sweeping review of Australia's lucrative international education se... Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:22:17 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Aus_official_to_visit_India_over_education_concerns_2655/ SYDNEY - Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday said she would visit India in a bid to soothe concerns over attacks on its students and dishonest education providers. Gillard recently launched a sweeping review of Australia's lucrative international education sector in response t... Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:13:47 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Risk_to_Australia's_reputation_-_think_tank_2640/ MELBOURNE - Attacks on overseas students and dodgy education providers risk "poisoning" international attitudes to Australia and souring relations with China and India, a major think tank said Wednesday. The crisis facing Australia's international education sector could also destroy the country's t... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:30:31 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Attacks_on_Indians_cast_shadow_over_Australian_education_system_2611/ SYDNEY - Australia's booming $12 billion education industry seems to have come under a shadow following a string of attacks on Indian students that has now galvanised the government to act. At least a score of Indian students have either been attacked in public transport or waylaid near their house... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:40:51 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Now_Australian_vice_chancellors,_police_officials_head_for_India_to_assure_students_2566/ CANBERRA - Rattled by the spate of attacks against Indian students that has sparked protests in Melbourne and Sydney, the Australian government is sending yet another high-level delegation, comprising vice chancellors and even police officials, to New Delhi next week to explain the measures it has t... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:28:56 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Best_test_of_education_is_'results'_2163/ The Australian Council for Educational Research has called for greater accountability from students, teachers and schools, saying educational achievement needed to be measured on results and not assumed to improve with increased budgets or new computers. In a new paper Output Measurement in Educati... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:08:06 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Elite_students_exploit_uni_entry_scheme_2122/ STUDENTS from exclusive private schools appear to be exploiting a special consideration scheme to gain bonus points for university entry, claiming health disadvantages at much higher rates than their public school counterparts. A former Universities Admissions Centre assessor says the upsurge in cl... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:45:33 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Dollar_2.3bn_boost_for_indigenous_education_1972/ Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged $2.3 billion to improve indigenous education, in an effort to close the gap between Aboriginal and non-indigenous students. Saying she was "hit in the guts" by the extent of illiteracy among students in remote areas, she promised to slash red tape and... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:20:52 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Big_business_dominates_educational_planning_1641/ Joel Klein is in Australia to "spruik" his business-friendly school reforms courtesy of the giant Swiss bank UBS, the recipient of a multibillion-dollar bail-out from Swiss taxpayers, and dubbed the "world's biggest subprime loser" by The Age. The federal Education Minister, Julia Gillard, "welcome... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:12:35 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/The_most_ludicrous_educational_practice_ever_1515/ The superlative might diminish the statement but all the same, it is quite ludicrous, I think, that my daughter, who started school this years, starts and finishes school as a different time every day. Some days she starts at 7:45 in the morning, today she starts at 10:30, tomorrow 9:30. She finishe... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:15:58 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Gillard_vows_to_pursue_educational_equity_1487/ THE eagerly awaited Bradley review of higher education is on track to be submitted to government and released in December, paving the way for the Government to respond in February, Education Minister Julia Gillard said tonight. Giving the Sir Robert Menzies Oration at Melbourne University tonight, ... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:56:51 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Residents_express_satisfaction_with_educational_facilities_1337/ The people of Narromine have recently come forward and expressed their contentment with local education facilities, ranking the town as the most satisfactory - above Dubbo, Forbes and Parkes.Independent State MP Dawn Fardell said just under half of those responding to a survey of the electorate said... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:43:18 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Education_divide_reopening,_childhood_expert_warns_1324/ THE chance for Australian children to reach their potential, regardless of social class, is under growing threat, a leading childhood expert has warned. Australian Institute of Family Studies director Alan Hayes said evidence was mounting that access to quality education, the key driver of outcomes... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:14:33 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/The_Global_Emergency_and_the_Need_for_New_Research_and_Educational_Priorities_1235/ We are now facing a global emergency. The world`s leading climate scientists are warning that global warming must be stopped within a few years or the environmental, economic and social consequences will be catastrophic. The major challenge now facing humanity is to prevent runaway climate change ... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:24:48 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/New_lessons_to_be_learned_1032/ State school advocates, like the Australian Education Union, are at least consistent when they cite the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's research as evidence that Australia, supposedly, has a poor record when investing in education. In response to last year's release of the O... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:04:10 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Education_For_Young_People_With_Diabetes_Evaluated_723/ New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research's Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is set to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a structured educational programme for helping young people to manage their diabetes. The incidence of type 1... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:41 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Vantage_Learning_and_the_Australian_Council_for_Education_Research_Announce_Partnership_690/ SYDNEY, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vantage Learning, the world's leading provider of online assessment tools and instructional writing solutions, is pleased to announce it will provide computer-based essay scoring using Vantage's patented IntelliMetric(R) technology for the Australian Council for ... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:31:52 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Gillard_declares_'will'_to_fix_schools_688/ ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned the states the Government will demonstrate "political courage" to introduce greater transparency and controversial performance rankings for the nation's schools. Pledging to deliver a new reform agenda designed to lift poor children out of a life of ed... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:23:19 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/20_per_cent_of_young_Australians_out_of_work_and_education_681/ UP to 20 per cent of young Australians have failed to find full-time work or full-time education, raising fears of a 'lost' generation. According to new statistics, up to 20 per cent of Australians aged between 15 and 24 are not in full time work or education, a figure described by Acting Prime Min... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:00:39 GMT http://www.edunews.net/Australia/Call_for_standards_in_testing_Year_12_641/ ONE of the nation's leading education researchers has called for national minimum standards in fundamental skills that all students must meet before qualifying for their Year 12 certificate. Australian Council for Educational Research chief executive Geoff Masters said Year 12 certificates should c... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:54:28 GMT