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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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Cody Morris
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Doctor in the House Cody Morris always knew he wanted to be a doctor. So when his high school careers advisor told him that he would never make it, Cody refused to be discouraged. He is now in his second year of medicine at Adelaide University. “The careers advisor […]
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Helping Out
HEAD: Shining Examples INTRO: Outstanding staff and students honoured at annual awards. STORY: The achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff at TAFE Colleges across NSW have been recognised at the 16th annual TAFE NSW Gili Awards. Held as part of NAIDOC Week, The Gili Awards celebrate the role of education in […]
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Testing Times (Exams)
End of year exams can really stress you out. Here’s how to cope. Facing your end of year exams can be a really stressful time. All that revision to do, and what if you don’t get good enough marks? Carrying all that worry around can really take its toll, but there are things you can […]
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Cherisse Buzzacott
Story: She’s TER-iffic! A student from the Northern Territory records a top TER. Finishing year 12 is a pretty deadly achievement. All those years of school, the hours of study required to pass, the pressure and the stress of those final exams – it’s a wonder anyone manages it at all. But one young woman […]
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