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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
Drama-in-schools initiative featured on ABC TV[14 October 2011]
The ABC's weeknight current affairs flagship program, 7.30, has highlighted a teacher-mentoring initiative being run by the faculty and Sydney Theatre Company. More
Testing schools fails students and teachers [22 September 2011]
NALPAN-like methods of comparing schools reduce learning opportunities and cause student interest to plummet, according to Professor of Education Peter Reimann. More