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Entries from December 2006

Pascal Conference 2007

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments


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NCVER Latest Apprentice and Trainee Statistics

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

NCVER has just released the June 2006 figures.
View them at www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/news/issue149.htm

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Record Low Unmet Demand Builds on Record Australian Apprenticeship Figures

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Gary Hardgrave today released a report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ” Education and Work Australia 2006″ that shows total unmet demand, where a person applies for but is unable to gain a place to study in a VTE course, continues to decline.
Figures reveal:
a 60% drop in unmet demand for VTE under the Howard [...]

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4th World Environment Education Congress 2007

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

The Abstract Submissions for this Congress in South Africa are due on 10th January 2007. Please visit www.weec2007.comto submit your submissions. Delegates will be advised of acceptance on 18th January 2007.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Committee if you have any queries.

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EU Lobbying Masterclass

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Dates for 2007:
February 1-2
April 25-26
September 27-28
November 15-16
Visit www.e-t-i.be for more details about understanding and managing the complexities of EU Lobbying.

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Christams wishes

December 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Christmas comes but once a year….and the time has come 
 
The Board and StaffOf Adult Learning
Australia 
wish all their members and fellow learners 
a happy and peaceful holiday. 
 
We hope you return 
rested and ready for another year of stimulating educational endeavour.

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Colloquium

December 11th, 2006 · No Comments


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2007 Conference -

December 11th, 2006 · No Comments

6th International Conference on Educational Leadership Leading Learning Communities: Strategy, Action and Reflection 1
5-16 September 2006, University of Wollongong
www.uow.edu.au/conferences/EDU2007/Home
Contact: Assoc. Prof Narottam Bhindi on 02 4221 5477

Keynote speakers: Andrew Cappie-Wood (NSW Director-General of Education and Training), Viviane Robinson (University of Auckland), Stephen Dinham (University of Wollongong), Eileen Piggot-Irvine (Unitec Institute, New Zealand) and Ken Rowe [...]

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Rural Health Conference

December 10th, 2006 · No Comments

9th National Rural Health Conference
7-10 March 2007, Albury NSW
Early Bird Registration until 15 December 2006
These are challenging times for country communities facing long-term loss of services and now serious shortages of water and the threat of a bad bushfire season.  But rural Australians are well known for their resilience and there is also a well developed – [...]

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Universities awarded for their excellence

December 10th, 2006 · No Comments

7 December 2006
 
$83 million for teaching excellence in
Australia’s universities 
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, today announced the twenty‑one universities which are being recognised for excellence with awards from the $83 million in the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund for 2007.
 
The Australian Government introduced the fund under the Our Universities: [...]

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