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Uni experience an ‘eye opener’
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students have gotten a real world insight into the opportunities available at university.
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Young scholars head to England
Four talented young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been awarded scholarships to study overseas.
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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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Help’s at Hand to Further Your Education
Would you like some help to continue your education or move away to study at TAFE or university? Or are you still not sure what you want to do after school? If the answer is yes, then read on for a list of programs and web resources to help you with your post-school study and […]
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Charlie Perkins Scholarships to send Indigenous Australians to Oxford
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced that the Government will provide $132,000 to the Charlie Perkins Trust for Children and Students which will give two talented Indigenous Australians the opportunity to study at the University of Oxford for up to three years. Ms Gillard said the Rudd Government was pleased to be able […]
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Dodson joins UNSW
Pat Dodson – one of Australia’s most prominent Aboriginal leaders and former Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation – will head up a new Indigenous unit at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Pat Dodson takes up his professorial appointment in the Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit next Monday (2 March). The […]
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Indigenous Higher Education Centres
style=”BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: auto 0cm”>New South Wales Australian Catholic University Yalbalinga Indigenous Education Unit Charles Sturt University Indigenous Support Service Macquarie University – Warawara – Department of Indigenous StudiesSouthern Cross University Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian PeoplesUniversity of Newcastle Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre Wollotuka School of Aboriginal StudiesUniversity of New England Oorala Centre […]
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Jacks road to success
His own life experiences are the inspiration for Jack Manning-Bancroft’s plans for maximising Indigenous student retention across the nation. There is a simple clarity and matter-of-factness about everything Jack Manning-Bancroft says and does that is at the heart of his youthful success. The son of Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft and actor/playwright Ned Manning was fortunate […]
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Murdoch University helps Indigenous students become vets
Murdoch University’s Waardong Professional Education Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students offers alternative entry for Indigenous people into Veterinary Science. There are currently nine students undertaking the program. To date, 12 students have graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Biology Degree and 10 have completed their final two years of clinical […]
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Pathways to Progress
One of the most important ways to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous people in rural and remote communities is to encourage more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to work in the health industry. And there is so much more to a career in health than just being a doctor or nurse, which […]
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Financial help for Indigenous uni students
Tax-free Equity Scholarships are available to help Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students find the money they need to go to uni. Indigenous students starting or continuing uni mid-year in 2008 can now apply for scholarships online. Equity Scholarships aim to increase participation in higher education by students needing financial assistance. Put simply, any student […]
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Students get a taste of uni life at Summer School
Students get a taste of uni life at Summer School Twenty-two Indigenous students from across Australia took part in the 2007 Young Leaders Summer School, which ran from December 2 to 15 at Melbourne University’s Trinity College. The students came from all over – from Worawa Aboriginal College and Mooroopna Secondary College in Victoria, to […]
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Welcome Words
NSW public school students will now acknowledge Aboriginal Australians as the original custodians of the land, thanks to new guidelines released by the NSW Department of Education and Training. The guidelines, which will go out to all NSW public schools and TAFEs, propose that the Aboriginal Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country be performed […]
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Indigenous high school students from Ipswich get a taste of the future
Story: Careers calling Deciding what you want to do with yourself when you leave school can be pretty tough. How do you know what you like? What kind of choices are out there? If only you could get a taste of what a job was like before you committed to it. An initiative funded by […]
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Do you know what you want to do when you leave school?
Story: The Future Beckons Working out what you want to do when you leave school can be confusing and stressful. But the Australian Government through the Department of Education, Science and Training has created a whole bunch of resources for you to use to help you make those all-important decisions. Job Guide Job Guide is […]
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New awards have been introduced to recognise the achievements of outstanding vocational students
Story: Honour Roll Students who excelled in Vocational Education and Training (VET) during 2005 have been recognised at the inaugural Australian Vocational Student Awards. The awards have been introduced to highlight the value and importance of VET, and to reward outstanding senior secondary students who have undertaken a VET in Schools program or a School-based […]
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