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New Research

Australian workforce futures: a national workforce development strategy

08 March 2010This report recommends a fundamental overhaul in the way the nation approaches and supports workforce development at a national, industry and enterprise level.

International student security: globalization, state, university

07 March 2010This paper looks at the human security of students who cross national borders for the purposes of formal study.

Not rocket science: a roadmap for arts and cultural research and development

01 March 2010The Australian arts should be funded to carry out research and to innovate in exactly the same ways as the technological sciences.
Community safety of international students in Melbourne

Community safety of international students in Melbourne

17 February 2010More than half of international students surveyed in this study (57%) said they found Australia was less safe than they had expected.
Report on government services 2010

Report on government services 2010

01 February 2010Governments spent over $136 billion on the services covered in this year's report, equivalent to around 13 per cent of Australia's national income.
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Early childhood

Integrating services for young children and their families

Integrating services for young children and their families

15 February 2010This policy brief explores the rationale behind government efforts to integrate services and the implications for policy makers and practitioners. 

A flying start for Queensland children

08 February 2010The Queensland Government has launched a discussion paper on the future of education as part of its plan to provide all Queensland children with a flying start in life.

Vocational education and training

Commentary

Australia-India: reimagining the relationship

15 February 2010First, let’s fix the education problems. Then let’s recognise the missing link in Australia–India relations, writes Robin Jeffrey in Inside Story

From queue to pool: skilled migration gets a makeover

11 February 2010Peter Mares analyses the latest changes to Australia’s migration program for Inside Story

Young people finding their way in a new era

16 December 2009Young people need a choice of pathways argues Tom Karmel
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Audio

Interview with Michael Dockery on 'Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training'

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09 November 2009In this interview, Steve Davis talks with researcher Michael Dockery about his report that explicitly attempts to measure 'cultural attachment' and its relationship with post-compulsory education and training.

Unsettled

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12 October 2009Digital Campus is a biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. This episode debate the "Google issue".

Schools

Turning 18: pathways and plans

Turning 18: pathways and plans

09 March 2010The longitudinal Life Chances Study has followed some 140 young people from diverse backgrounds since they were infants. This report documents the altest stage of the project.

Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye

05 March 2010Recent Commonwealth Treasury intergenerational reports have failed to consider the very different challenges that arise for the Indigenous population as a consequence of demographic ageing.

Young people's writing: attitudes, behaviour and the role of technology

04 March 2010This report outlines the findings from 3001 pupils aged 8-16 from England and Scotland surveyed on their attitudes to writing. It explores gender, age and socio-economic differences.

Video

The professor

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09 October 2009This episode explores Marcia Langton's life and career and examines the influences and experiences that have shaped her.

Immersive learning – it's game on!

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05 October 2009Immersive learning includes the use of virtual worlds and serious games, simulations, role plays, and virtual environments, technologies and activities that support collaboration.

Education policy

Websites

Edna

05 October 2009Edna is Australia's gateway to resources and services for education and training. 

Ketupa.net

25 September 2009 This site profiles major media groups in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

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Framework for measuring wellbeing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010
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Turning 18: pathways and plans
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Australian workforce futures: a national workforce development strategy
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Draft national curriculum in English, maths, science and history

Books

The Australian Long Story

The Australian Long Story

  • Editor: Mandy Sayer
  • Penguin Australia
In this collection, acclaimed writer Mandy Sayer brings together nine of the best Australian examples of the long story - tales that combine the intensity of the short story with the complexity of a novel.
The Best Australian Essays 2009

The Best Australian Essays 2009

  • Edited by Robyn Davidson
  • Black Inc
This year’s Best Australian Essays ranges far and wide. There are portraits of Michael Jackson, Samuel Beckett, the kookaburra, Julia Gillard and Charles Darwin.

Noticeboard

Policy Guides

Involving students in peer review: Case studies and practical strategies for university teaching

This guide has been developed as a resource for teaching staff and course/subject coordinators who are considering integrating student peer review in their subjects.

28-01-10

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