Tag: Distance Education
NT teachers pay dispute comes to an end
After more than 15 months of negotiations, the NT's Education Union has agreed to accept the NT Government's pay offer.[MORE]
Govt to close TAFE nursing courses: MP
The Member for Burrinjuck, Katrina Hodgkinson, says the New South Wales Government is going to close enrolled nurse training courses at the Cootamundra TAFE college.[MORE]
Calls for changes to transport subsidy
The Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA) says recent talks with the New South Wales Department of Transport signal improvements to the Private Vehicle Conveyance Subsidy are not far away.[MORE]
NT Govt scraps satellite dish location
The Northern Territory Government has scrapped its plan to build a satellite dish on the grounds of the Northern Territory Open Education Centre.[MORE]
Distance education families feeling internet costs
Parents with children studying distance education say they are being slugged with excessive internet fees to access vital lessons.[MORE]
World wide web not even Tasmania-wide, education conference hears
Tasmanian parents have raised concerns about the effects internet black spots are having on children studying by distance.[MORE]
Nationals want country education council
The South Australian Nationals are calling for the creation of a country education council.[MORE]
TAFE upgrade for Victor Harbor
Work is to start next year on a new TAFE campus at Victor Harbor, costing more than $9 million.[MORE]
Remote gifted students to get 'virtual' classroom
The New South Wales Government is proposing to establish a 'virtual selective class' for gifted and talented students in western NSW.[MORE]
CQU's future to be reviewed
Queensland's Education Minister Rod Welford says concern about declining student numbers prompted a Treasury review of the Central Queensland University (CQU).[MORE]
Parents raise remote education issues at ICPA conference
More than 150 parents attended the 36th annual Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA) state conference last week in Hillston.[MORE]
Poor response to homestays scheme unsurprising: ICPA
A rural parents' group says it is not surprised by the lack of response to a new Government homestay program for students from the bush.[MORE]
Cyber teaching for Goldfields students
The shortage of teachers means students in the Goldfields will be taught some subjects via video and phone conferencing when classes resume next week.[MORE]
Rural skills centres want role in education reforms
Tasmania's rural schools and training centres are working to raise their profiles, to ensure they are not forgotten under the State Government's Tasmania Tomorrow education reforms.[MORE]
Balranald distance education centre to close
The New South Wales Department of Education says it will close a distance education centre at Balranald, in southern NSW, at the end of the school year.[MORE]
Motlop heads new Indigenous Education board
The Northern Territory Education Minister has announced the make-up of the council that will advise her on Indigenous education. [MORE]
Indigenous education gap remains wide
An international student assessment reveals there's been little improvement in Indigenous performance over the last six years.[MORE]
TAFE teachers concerned about future: union
Teachers in New South Wales say they are concerned plans to restructure the TAFE system will see key services cut and jobs lost.[MORE]
Education union pushes new governments on Indigenous education
The Northern Territory branch of the Australian Education Union wants the Member for Arnhem Malarndirri McCarthy to be included in Territory Labor's new cabinet.[MORE]
Labor makes no promises on remote primary teachers
The ALP says its education revolution doesn't extend to promising that all Northern Territory students in remote communities will get a primary school teacher. [MORE]
Not enough remote teachers to cope with expected influx: union
The Australian Education Union is calling on the Federal Opposition's education spokesman to come clean on his plans for remote education when he visits Darwin today.[MORE]
Election funding pledge draws mixed ICPA response
A pre-election promise by the Coalition this week has met with a mixed response from the Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA).[MORE]
ICPA wants remote students' grants boosted
The Isolated Children's Parents' Association (ICPA) says a Coalition election promise for more money to help students in remote areas to go university does not go far enough.[MORE]
TAFE to go mobile with training
TAFE colleges in Western Australia are planning to launch mobile training facilities to take teaching into remote Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Council backs call for more speed cameras
The Road Safety Council believes Western Australia needs more speed cameras after eight people died on the state's roads over the long weekend.[MORE]
