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The Baird review final report into the legislation that governs international education in Australia is now complete and includes recommendations for how the legislation can be strengthened to better protect international students and the integrity of the Australian international education sector. Australian Education International, 9 March 2010.
The Baird review final report into the legislation that governs international education in Australia is now complete and includes recommendations for how the legislation can be strengthened to better protect international students and the integrity of the Australian international education sector. Australian Education International, 9 March 2010.
Social networking companies including YouTube, Facebook and MySpace are likely to announce new education initiatives to help users protect themselves online. Representatives from Australia's top social networking sites were called to a crisis meeting last week after the defacing of Facebook tribute pages for two murdered Australian children. The Australian, 8 March 2010.
Social networking companies including YouTube, Facebook and MySpace are likely to announce new education initiatives to help users protect themselves online. Representatives from Australia's top social networking sites were called to a crisis meeting last week after the defacing of Facebook tribute pages for two murdered Australian children. The Australian, 8 March 2010.
Arnhem Land elder Gulumbu Yunupingu, a world-renowned Indigenous artist, has been chosen to represent Australian women at an International Women's Day function in Shanghai, China. The function, which celebrates the achievements of women across the world, is being held in the Australian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo in the lead up to the official opening of the World Expo on 1 May. Northern Territory Government, 8 March 2010.
Thirty students from remote parts of NSW will use the latest technology including laptops, interactive whiteboards,
web streaming and videoconferencing as part of a new virtual selective school. The NSW Government's new xsel program allows academically gifted students in remote areas to remain at home, close to their family and friends, instead of travelling to regional centres to attend selective schools. NSW Minister for Education and Training, 23 February 2010.
Speaking at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, Ms Gillard said that following on from the success of the My School website, which publishes rich achievement information about each of Australia's schools, it is now time for the Government to implement a similar tool at the university level. The My University website will inform students about institutions, courses and pathways and showcase the quality of Australia's higher education providers. DEEWR, 3 March 2010.
Most people who engage in controversial debate on social networking sites do so because they feel safer behind a PC than in the front bar, says a Northern Territory academic. Charles Darwin University Psychology lecturer, Dr Peter Forster said social networking sites have taken on a role as powerful social indicators, as mainstream Australia signs-up and shares views about the hot topics of the day. CDU, 1 March 2010.
Australia's web-users are at the forefront of the social networking craze, posting, poking and Twittering nearly seven hours a month - more than the United States, Britain or Japan. The figure, taken by Nielsen research, compares with a global average of five-and-a-half hours, making Australians the 'world's most prolific users of social media'. News.com.au, February 26 2010.
Education Services Australia Limited has been established through the merger of Curriculum Corporation and Education.au Limited and commenced operations on 1 March 2010. It will build on the existing expertise and reputations of Curriculum Corporation and Education.au Limited to provide efficient education services to meet the future needs of all education sectors, particularly in relation to the implementation of national initiatives such as the National Curriculum and the Digital Education Revolution. ESA, 1 March 2010.
