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Please find attached an announcement with regard to the seminar “North-South Exchange on Family Literacy”.
More information and country questionnaires can be downloaded from the UIL website
www.unesco.org/uil

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Coalition Government policies that aim to address the skills shortage in Australia are under-funded and will have little effect on the crisis, a detailed review by two RMIT University academics has found.
With the Howard Government pledging to spend $2.1 billion over 10 years on 100 additional technical colleges around Australia, an examination of its strategies [...]

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A national consumer education campaign promoting the consumption of ‘four plus’ servings of grain-based foods a day has been launched in Sydney this morning (Tues Oct 30).
The “4+ Serves A Day” campaign launch was addressed by Senator Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health & Ageing; Professor Linda Tapsell, Director of the Centre [...]

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Please find outlined below some of the upcoming public training programs being conducted by Diversity@Work.
As specialists in all areas of diversity and inclusion, we believe that these programs will prove beneficial for you or your organisation, whether you are a government body, corporation, employment service provider, recruiter or community organisation.
Along with these public forums, we [...]

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What would you teach if you had access to some really impressive information and communication technology, with all the bells and whistles, that simply screamed “skies the limit!”?
There is a project underway which is very close to just that.
Funded by the national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, the Pump Video project [...]

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Wednesday 31 October 2007
Reminder – Register now for e-Show n Tell
e-Show n Tell, held online 7–9 November, will showcase the latest developments and future directions of e-learning in Australia and internationally through live virtual classroom sessions and online forums.
Among the topics being discussed are the needs of an online teacher / trainer in the [...]

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Places are still available for the Dual Diagnosis Seminar, Wrest Point Casino Hobart from 9am-4pm .
Bookings can be made using one of the options below -
Phone 1800 800 560 freecall leave a message with your phone number include the area code a consultant will call back within 24hrs.
Email: seminar@thecaba.com.au include your organisations name, [...]

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The University of Melbourne is revolutionising higher education in Australia, becoming the first Australian university to introduce a comprehensive graduate school model of education.
Today the University officially unveiled the first of its graduate schools.
This bold move breaks with the status quo in Australian higher education and provides genuine diversity in Australia’s university sector. Melbourne’s [...]

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Three outstanding teachers were today recognised for their achievements as trade teachers at the Manufacturing Skills Australia Conference.
Mr Nicholas Viney received the Advanced Manufacturing Trade Teacher of the Year Award. Nick is a manufacturing teacher at Kangan Batman TAFE, VIC. He is a strong advocate of delivering customised training in the workplace [...]

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A new website accessibility tool has been developed in
Australia to improve learning for students and teachers with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or have low vision. 
The AccessED Accessibility Website Check will also improve website access for students in rural regions with slower internet connections or for people with access only to older computer systems. [...]

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