Articles from Australia
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2023 The positive force of student activism for Indigenous Australian rights
Grace Franco
October 14, 2023. A normal date for most people around the world, but in Australia, it is the date to change history.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2023 Australia: Better access to higher education for Indigenous students in major reform of the sector
The Australian government has announced a set of reforms aiming to increase access to higher education for Indigenous students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. All Indigenous students will be guaranteed a Commonwealth-supported place at the university of their choice.
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Leading the profession 26 April 2023 Ways to empower teachers of the world
Steven Kolber
It is time for teachers to be empowered to shape their work and their world, here are some approaches to achieve it!
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Leading the profession 25 April 2023 Teachers as democracy workers
Keith Heggart
The work of teachers is something of a contradiction. Governments, policy-makers, educators and parents are often quick to point out the importance of education for young people – and that necessarily highlights the value of teachers. Yet at the same time, in many countries around the world, the profession of...
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Leading the profession 16 August 2022 Australia: Death of Ted Murphy – an outstanding champion of strong public education system and academic freedom
The global education union community is saddened by the untimely passing on 8 August of Ted Murphy, former National Assistant Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in Australia, at the age of 65.
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Union renewal and development 4 December 2021 AEU Australia: International cooperation effecting change
Education International President and Australian Education Union (AEU) Federal Secretary, Susan Hopgood, explains how her union got started in international cooperation and highlights key moments that made a difference.
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Leading the profession 8 September 2021 Australia: Court upholds University of Sydney’s collective agreement protecting academic freedom
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in Australia has welcomed a landmark Federal Court judgment ruling that University of Sydney staff have a legal right to be protected from disciplinary action when exercising intellectual and academic freedom.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 February 2021 “Digital equity audits are necessary for public schools in Australia”, by Jonathon Guy.
Jonathon Guy
The pandemic has revealed longstanding but often overlooked digital inequality among Australian students. A digital equity audit is a necessary first step to fixing the issue.
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Climate action and literacy 8 January 2021 “Can 2021 be the Critical Year for Climate Change Mobilisation?”, by Susan Hopgood.
Susan Hopgood
As we enter 2021 and wish each other a Happy New Year, the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines is a good reason for optimism regarding humanity’s most immediate threat. Unfortunately, when it comes to our most urgent long-term danger – climate change – there is no vaccine, no bright path before...
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Equity and inclusion 18 December 2020 Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education unionists highlight the need for collegial and professional support in public education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) experience little or no employer-provided collegial and professional support across the public education system. Instead, they draw on opportunities to meet other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers and workers in the education and training industry. Many of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 November 2020 Australia: Union calls for increased public education funding to reduce ‘vast inequities’ in sector
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has reiterated its demand for increased and proper funding of public education. Its call comes as the COVID-19 pandemic highlights long-standing inequities in education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 October 2020 Australia: Educators act against poverty and on mental health issues
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has invited its members to participate in the national Anti-Poverty Week and to support the wellbeing and mental health of students and colleagues.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 August 2020 Australia: Education unionists join campaign to end COVID for all
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has joined the call to support vulnerable nations through the #EndCOVIDForAll campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 July 2020 Australia: Union report highlights digital divide for public school students
The Australian Education Union has published a report showing a significant digital gap during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of digital inclusion for public school students.
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Standards and working conditions 17 January 2020 Global education trade union community mourns Australian Justice Trevor Olsson
Education International salutes the memory of Trevor Olsson, a highly respected jurist from Australia on the Joint International Labour Organisation/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel. Justice Olsson did much to promote the status of teachers over his 21 years of service.
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Climate action and literacy 9 January 2020 Australia: trade unions mobilise in the national bushfire crisis
Education International commends the Australian Council of Trade Unions for its prompt reaction to help communities affected by the raging bushfires and its call for donation and/or volunteering.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2019 Australia: University attacks a professor who defended students and academic integrity
International solidarity is mobilised after Murdoch University in Australia sues Associate Professor Gerd Schroeder-Turk for whistleblowing.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019 “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.
Dr. Robert Jeyakumar
I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...
“Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.