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Symptoms of success
The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) held their annual symposium in Canberra earlier this month
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Golden scholarship opportunity
Country music extraordinaire Troy Cassar-Daley has this year funded two Indigenous scholarships
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BackTrack offers a new start
BackTrack is a program offering young people the chance to get an education and training and gain employment.
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Job tips to help you succeed
In today’s workforce employers are looking beyond qualifications and selection criteria’s.
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Starting a career in physiotherapy
Gumbaynggir woman Bethany Brayne is settling into her new role as a physiotherapist for Lachlan Health Service at the Forbes District Hospital in NSW. bethany recently graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy from Sydney University. Bethany was one of seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students specialising in Allied Health who graduated. […]
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Considering a Public Service career?
Working for the Australian Government is proving to be the right career choice for both a university graduate and two former trainees. Sarah Richards from the Wongaibon people and Tegan Curtis from the Tjapukai people, entered the Australian Public Service (APS) through the Indigenous Australian Public Service Pathways Programs. Sarah, a former accounting graduate, is […]
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Students head to summer school
Students Anton Solomon and Paul Murde are from Horn Island in the Torres Strait, just north of Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland. Anton and Paul attend Tagai State College on Thursday Island and have to travel by ferry to get there each day. While other young people spend their holidays swimming and fishing, Paul […]
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Creative Change winners announced
Over 30,000 school students got involved in this year’s Generation One Creative Change competition. now in its third year, the competition has been a big hit with students and schools with $15,000 prize money up for the winning entries. To enter, students performed two songs and recorded them. In the primary division, students were asked […]
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UNSW doubles Indigenous enrolments
Funded by a $1.5 million donation from The Balnaves Foundation, the new centre Balnaves Place – Home of Nura Gili provides a central hub for Indigenous education on campus and will play a key role in doubling Indigenous student enrolments at UNSW to 500 by 2015. There are currently 263 Indigenous students studying at UNSW, […]
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‘My Story’ Competition
Send us your story and win cool prizes! My Story is Vibe’s writing, drawing and story-telling competition open to students of all ages. Stories can be written, drawn or captured with a mobile phone, Nintendo DS, iPod, Flip Camera, or XO laptop or other mobile device. By submitting a story on a chosen topic, you […]
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School’s in
Providing Aboriginal students with the opportunity for a holistic education is a core value of Guildford Grammar school in Perth, WA. The program has been formally running since 2005, though the school has been taking Indigenous students for about a decade. “It really is at the core of everything the school does – it’s not […]
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Joelene Puntoriero
This month›s Young Achiever is an Indigenous science scholar, who has won the prestigious Mulpha Leadership Award at an International Science School. Joelene Puntoriero from Noonamah near Humpty Doo, NT, was selected for the award from 150 of the world’s top secondary-school science students who attended the renowned Professor Harry Messel International Science School (ISS). […]
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Heading in The Right Direction
Peter Hoehn, a teacher at Tullawong state high school says, “in order to get to where you want to go in life you need clear goals.” The school runs an innovative program in indigenous leadership, health and cultural awareness that is making a real difference in students’ lives. Tullawong State High School, in Caboolture, is […]
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Bound For Adventure
Recently, 27 indigenous students, from the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation’s partner schools across NSW and QLD, took on a week-long outward bound wilderness adventure in the Namadgi national park, act. The students came back raving about how many new friends they made and how much they learnt. Taking students away from their usual environment and […]
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Changing Places
Moving away from home for the first time for many young people can be really exciting, but not knowing anyone in a new town can also be pretty daunting. Having to support yourself financially and study without family support can be even tougher. The Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (IYMP) makes the transition of moving from […]
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Higher Learning Booklet
A booklet highlighting the success of Indigenous graduates at Griffith University is now available to Indigenous secondary-school students. Titled, Aspire-Inspire-Achieve, the booklet aims to inspire Indigenous students to follow in the graduates’ footsteps and complete their tertiary education. “Over the past year I have been interviewing a selection of recent and past graduates and collecting […]
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