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Faculty adjunct Gleeson wins major literary medal[20 February 2012]
Adjunct associate professor, and distinguished alumna, Libby Gleeson AM has been awarded the 2011 Dromkeen Medal for children's literature. More
Professor honoured by Children's Book Council[20 February 2012]
Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts Robyn Ewing has been invited to deliver the prestigious Maurice Saxby Lecture for the Children's Book Council for 2012. More
Adjunct Professor named as Oz Day Ambassador[31 January 2012]
Adjunct Professor Paul Brock AM was named an Australia Day ambassador for 2012 to his community, the Hills Shire, in recognition of his contribution to education. More
Stop measuring; start fixing![13 December 2011]
Governments should stop measuring predictors of failure among Australian schoolchildren ... and start addressing them, according to Professor Johanna Wyn. More
Fellowship recognises research excellence[24 November 2011]
Professorial Research Fellow Professor Peter Freebody has been elected a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. More
Multiculturalism: Australia, Canada and China[22 November 2011]
Scholars from Australia, China and Canada have met at a major international conference to compare their countries' experiences of multiculturalism. More
On boards for scholarly research journals[17 November 2011]
Professor Michael Jacobson has been invited to join the editorial boards of two international peer-reviewed journals. More
'Call to action' for teaching alumni[17 November 2011]
Teacher alumni are being urged to become mentors for new generations of pre-service teachers, in a call to action by Associate Professor Di Bloomfield. More
Address to graduands - November 4, 2011[9 November 2011]
Occasional address to Science, and Education and Social Work graduands on November 4, 2011, by Dr Timothy Wright, headmaster of Shore School. More
Public education torn by free-market ideology[2 November 2011]
Australian public education has never recovered from the reintroduction of state aid for non-government schools, according to Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Sherington. More
Staying at school until 17 not good for all[26 October 2011]
Research showing national economic benefit from keeping children in school for longer is flawed, according to Honorary Professor in Education Susan Groundwater-Smith. More
From radical social work to social justice[19 October 2011]
Mobilising community interest in social-justice values is the key to improving social-work practice, according to Professor of Social Work and Social Justice Jude Irwin. More