Articles from Australia
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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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 August 2015 Australia: widening gaps in achievement between advantaged and disadvantaged schools
The Australian Education Union has deplored the results of the latest National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy showing huge gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students and called for targeting funding allocated to schools.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 19 May 2015 Teacher union members fight to protect quality education from free trade
The Independent Education Union of Australia, an affiliate of Education International, is lobbying the country’s government to reject the inclusion of educational services into the controversial Trade in Services Agreement.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 May 2015 Australia: Increasing workload driving teachers out of the profession
Increasing workloads are the main reason teachers consider leaving the profession, according to new research from the Australian Education Union.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 March 2015 Australia: Privatisation of vocational training detrimental to students
Reacting to a recently published study, education unions have stressed that authorities of New South Wales must guarantee minimum public funding levels for technical and further education, and avoid the unchecked privatisation that has destroyed vocational education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 February 2015 Australia: Government must do more for students with disabilities
With an estimated 100,000 Australian students with a disability being denied financial support, the Abbott Government is being called upon to urgently deliver on its promise to increase funding to those who need it most.
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Equity and inclusion 27 November 2014 Australian movement demands better government care of child refugees
A group of prominent Australians are spearheading a movement calling on the Australian Government to do better when it comes to caring for children seeking refuge in the country.
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Equity and inclusion 27 November 2014 Australian movement demands better government care of child refugees
A group of prominent Australians are spearheading a movement calling on the Australian Government to do better when it comes to caring for children seeking refuge in the country.
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Union renewal and development 13 November 2014 Australia: Death of Rob Durbridge - a great education union leader
It is with great sadness we announce that Rob Durbridge, former Federal Secretary of the Australian Education Union, passed away on 10 November after a year-long battle with cancer.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 October 2014 Australia: New report reveals young teachers’ struggle to cope with diversity
According to the latest survey detailing teachers’ concerns, large class sizes, workloads, and worries of inadequate training to deal with the challenges of today’s classrooms were front and centre among issues affecting Australia’s educators.
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Standards and working conditions 2 October 2014 Australia: Quality education under the spotlight
What is quality education? This is the question members of the Independent Education Union (IEU), affiliated to Education International (EI), are debating today and tomorrow in Sydney, to celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2014 Unite Campaign global tour set to begin down under
Hundreds of educators, students and unionists are expected to fill the shore line of Sydney Harbour tomorrow as quality education is celebrated to mark the beginning of the end of the Unite Campaign.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 August 2014 Australia: Independent Public Schools drive is a failed policy, says education union
The Australian Education Union (AEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has reacted to the State of Tasmania’s indication that it did not support the Abbott Government’s plan to create a two-tier public school system.
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2014 Australia: Less equality for indigenous students and teachers
Universities in Australia are still far from granting equal opportunities to Indigenous students and staff, while indigenous programmes are under threat, according to Celeste Liddle, member and Indigenous Organiser at the Australian National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). ‘Cuts to funding and the lack of inclusive spaces within universities are hampering...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Australia: Senate backs Gonski funding for full six-year period
The Australian Education Union has called on Prime Minister Tony abbot to follow the recommendations of a Senate inquiry and reverse his decision to abandon the final two years of Gonski funding.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 February 2014 Australia: Gonski campaign hits the road
EI’s affiliate, the Australian Education Union (AEU) continues to pursue the objectives of EI’s Unite for Quality Education through its I give a Gonski campaign. For the next five weeks until 18 March, four vans will cover 23,000 km in Australia pressuring the continent’s government to deliver on quality education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 October 2013 Australia: Quality education campaign launched
The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has launched its Quality Education campaign at the National Carillon in Canberra in support of the EI Unite for Quality Education initiative and World Teachers’ Day.
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