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Australian Educator Winter 2012
Arthur Hamilton Award
An Indigenous mentoring program has won Gympie State High School the AEU's Arthur Hamilton Award.
The Australian TAFE Teacher Spring 2012
Education for Sustainability Alliance
Currently there is not enough attention or funding being given to sustainability within our education system. Join the Alliance by signing a petition to ask that the Federal and State Environment and Education Ministers provide adequate funding to the AuSSI program so that the initiative is fully optimised to reach 100% of Australian schools by 2015.
Literacy and Numeracy Funding a Good Interim Measure
AEU Media Release - 8 May 2012. The Australian Education Union welcomed the Federal Government’s budget commitment to extend a highly successful literacy and numeracy program for schools with an investment of $240 million over 18 months.
AEU Federal Office Statement on the Funding Cuts to Victorian TAFE
The huge funding cuts announced by the Victorian government to its TAFE institutes will damage the TAFE sector in Victoria and the Victorian economy and community. They will also change the national VET system forever.
National Framework Welcomed - 27 April 2012
The Australian Education Union today welcomed the release of the draft national framework for teacher performance and development.
Leaders Must Act on Gonski Review at COAG
AEU Media Release - 12 April 2012. Tomorrow’s COAG meeting in Canberra is an important test of the commitment of the nation’s leaders to improving the education of children, the Australian Education Union said today.