Articles from Australia
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Australia: EI affiliate IEU calls for a new, just and humane approach to asylum seekers
In a joint call with leaders of Australia’s major charities and social service groups, the Independent Education Union (IEU) is looking to change the government’s policy towards refugees and migrants in Australia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 August 2017 Australia: lifting students’ achievements via increased funding in education, not testing
Australian educators have warned against placing excessive emphasis on test results, arguing focus must be on ensuring all schools are receiving the funding and resources they need to deliver for students and raise student outcomes.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 July 2017 Australia: teachers are wary of increasing commercialisation in public schools
A new report reflects teachers’ concern about the influence of commercialisation in schools, on everything from the provision of tests through professional development courses for educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 April 2017 Australia: Disadvantaged students hit by resource shortages
Australian schools are significantly under-resourced, affecting student performance, according to newly released international data, demonstrating the importance of Gonski needs-based funding to ensure all schools have the resources they need.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 February 2017 Australia: calls for guaranteed preschool funding are made as government prepares for cuts
Educators have launched a campaign demanding sustainable funding for preschools, which they see as vital for a child’s development, giving them social and educational skills they need to achieve at school.
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Union renewal and development 26 January 2017 Education International’s Angelo Gavrielatos to receive the Order of Australia
For most Australians, Australia Day is cause for celebration and patriotic pride, but for Angelo Gavrielatos this year’s festivities include the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia for his work and dedication to education.
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Union renewal and development 23 January 2017 Australia: tertiary education loses historic leader
Colleagues from the higher education sector in Australia and around the world are remembering the life and work of Carolyn Allport, a founding leader of NTEU union who passed away last week.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2017 Australia: union calls for increased funding to support students with disabilities
In response to data released by state and federal governments, the Australian Education Union has highlighted the funding gap to support students with disability.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 October 2016 Australia: union rejects government funding plan for education
Education unionists have strongly rejected new financing arrangements for education proposed by the federal Education Minister, arguing that they would lead to a schools not receiving the minimum resources needed to provide quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 August 2016 Australia: Cuts hit public schools in remote areas of Northern Territory
A report shows that public schools’ per-student funding in Australia’s Northern Territory decreased by 6.7 per cent between 2012 and 2014, hitting public schools in remote areas and indigenous students the hardest.
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Standards and working conditions 17 August 2016 Australia: Support staff celebrated as vital for quality education
From 15-19 August, Australian teacher unionists will show their appreciation to support staff, recognising that, while schools could not function without support staff, they often do not get the professional recognition they deserve.
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Equity and inclusion 10 August 2016 Australia: teacher honoured for work with indigenous students
Teacher unionists have awarded an educator for her outstanding and ‘simple’ contribution to providing indigenous students with quality education, a welcomed respite of positive news amidst the Northern Territory’ youth detention abuse scandal.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 May 2016 Australian Government cuts to school funding exposed
Contrary to its call to implement needs-based funding to schools across the country, Australia’s coalition government’s budget has revealed that the neediest schools are set to lose financial support, a move that affects disadvantaged students.
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Equity and inclusion 29 February 2016 Australian teachers’ union calls on government to boost education funding
The Australian Education Union is gearing up for a $2 million TV advertising campaign aimed at garnering support for extra education funding under the so-called "Gonski programme."
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Equity and inclusion 11 February 2016 Treatment of asylum seeking students raises ire of Australian principal
A Melbourne principal is prepared to risk the threat of jail by speaking out against the ongoing plight of his high school students who continue to live in an asylum seeker detention centre.
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Equity and inclusion 27 October 2015 Australia’s education system still plagued by inequality
A new report has revealed that Australia’s schools lack the funding to keep up with the needs of a growing student population, and among those especially hit hard and left behind come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Standards and working conditions 31 August 2015 Australia: education unionists stand up for paid parental leave
The Australian Education Union has criticised the Abbott Government’s proposed changes to the Paid Parental Scheme, leading up to 47,000 national public educators to lose access to the Commonwealth’s Paid Parental Leave scheme.
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