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Grattan Institute Education Director, Ben Jensen, says it could take up to five years for some Australian schools to reach the national standard.
Topics: education, education-industry, australia
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It's become clear that for some rural families children's educations have become a casualty of the drought.
Topics: education-industry, access-to-education, distance-education, drought, toowoomba-4350
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Indian students are returning to Australia to study, following a five year slump in the education industry that was sparked by attacks against Indian students, dodgy colleges, and tough visa requirements.
Topics: industry, education-industry, adult-education, australia, india
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Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been appointed as chair of a global education program that aims to get the world's poorest children into school.
Topics: access-to-education, education-industry, children, community-and-society, australia, united-states
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Kimberly Van Lathum is among 80 boarders who returned to the Cathedral College yesterday, but despite her excitement to see her friends and begin another year of study, the drought back at her family's cattle property in Barcaldine in Western Queensland is at the back of her mind. Assistant Principal Residential at the College Ron Armstrong says there were mixed emotions among children and their parents as they arrived at the school.
Topics: secondary-schools, education-industry, access-to-education, distance-education, rural-youth, youth, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: secondary-schools, education-industry, access-to-education, distance-education, rural-youth, youth, rockhampton-4700
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Thousands of students this week will be packing their bags, polishing their shoes and donning their school uniforms for the first time in 2014.
Topics: secondary-schools, education-industry, access-to-education, distance-education, rural-youth, youth, rockhampton-4700
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A group that supports international students in Adelaide will have some of its funding restored by the SA Government.
Topics: university-and-further-education, education-industry, states-and-territories, immigration, sa, adelaide-5000
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It is hoped a $5 million state-of-the-art skills training facility in the Hunter will go a long way to ensuring local businesses have the workforce they require.
Topics: education-industry, rutherford-2320, newcastle-2300
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Australian curriculum should be non-political and developed by world experts who have spent their lives working in education.
Topics: parliament, education-industry, education, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia
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The Tomaree Community College says it is well placed to survive the state government's reform of vocational training.
Topics: vocational, education-industry, access-to-education, adult-education, community-education, anna-bay-2316, newcastle-2300
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The Education Union says there are unanswered questions about states that did not sign up to Gonski reforms.
Topics: federal-government, education-industry, australia
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There are calls for the Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture in southern NSW to re-open as part of a review into the state's agricultural education system. Professor Jim Pratley was given a year to analyse the system with a fine toothcomb, initially with a view to boost enrolments at a tertiary level. He makes some recommendations. Sarah Thompson from the NSW Farmers Association talks to David Claughton about them.
Topics: education-industry, agricultural-policy, women-in-agriculture, sydney-2000
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One of the University of Wollongong's leading figures says he still loves the Illawarra but its time to take on new challenges.
Topics: education-industry, regional-development, university-of-wollongong-2522, wollongong-2500
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Topics: distance-education, university-and-further-education, access-to-education, education-industry, grain, beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, animal-science, emerald-4720
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Around 40 students graduated from the Emerald Ag College on Friday, and despite a rocky start to the year, students and administrators alike are feeling positive about the future. College Director Tony Robinson says he hasn't heard of any students at a loss for a job in the new year.
Topics: distance-education, university-and-further-education, access-to-education, education-industry, grain, beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, animal-science, emerald-4720
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Akubras served as mortarboards at the Emerald Agricultural College at the first graduation under new management.
Topics: distance-education, university-and-further-education, access-to-education, education-industry, grain, beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, animal-science, emerald-4720
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After a decade of strong growth in Australia's business ties with Asia, an annual survey is this year reporting a marginal fall in Australia's overall engagement with Asia.
The report by Asialink believes the drop is a "temporary pause" influenced by the global economic downturn.
The report concludes engagement has dropped largely due to a decrease in Australian investment, particularly in China.
The annual Asialink-PwC Index of Engagement was released in Melbourne at a dinner attended by Prime Minister Tony Abbott tonight.
Topics: education-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, asia, japan, china, indonesia, india, australia
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Exchange students in China and Australia say Chinese high school students are under immense social pressure to succeed at school.
Topics: education, access-to-education, education-industry, mathematics-education, science-and-technology, science, research, australia, sydney-2000, china, asia
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After two dark years and a big week of change, is there some light at the end of the tunnel for the beleaguered Bendigo TAFE?
Topics: education-industry, education, university-and-further-education, work, bendigo-3550, castlemaine-3450
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The Illawarra appears to have won a battle to retain its Department of Education southern regional office.
Topics: education-industry, warilla-2528, wollongong-2500, wagga-wagga-2650
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In the first weeks of the Abbott Government, Treasurer Joe Hockey was criticised for talking about a budget blowout while announcing the Government will not proceed with at least seven revenue-raising measures proposed by the former government.
One of the initiatives scrapped was a $2,000 cap on tax deductions for self-education expenses.
Fact Check examines Opposition treasury spokesman Chris Bowen's criticism of the Government's decision to scrap the cap.
Topics: tax, alp, education, professional-development, education-industry, continuing-education, adult-education, access-to-education, university-and-further-education, chris-bowen, rural, australia, university-of-new-england-2351, the-university-of-sydney-2006, university-of-melbourne-3010
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Duncan Taylor, President of the Isolated Children's Parents Association says an $80 million funding increase to rural education is very welcome.
Topics: education-industry, access-to-education, distance-education, rural-youth, dubbo-2830
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