The Victorian Government funded Safe Schools program claiming to help schools combat homophobia and transphobia, is quite the contrary – it will socially engineer young minds with unproven fringe academic ideas writes Dinesh Malhotra. Especially designed as anti-bullying for young people from the LGBTI communities, the program teaches schools, orRead More →
Melbourne, Oct 28: The Australia India Institute (AII), a global centre for the scholarly study and public understanding of contemporary India, has appointed Andrew Robb, AO, and Amit Dasgupta as Distinguished Fellows. Both Mr Robb and Mr Dasgupta join the AII after long and distinguished careers which have – in separateRead More →
Ahead of the commencement of VCE exams on 18 October 2016, Professor Justin Beilby, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia provides some tips to ace it. Top five tips for exam success and how to remain calm and focused in order to succeed. Know your learning style There are 7 differentRead More →
Melbourne, September 14: Narre Warren South resident, Vaiga Karthik, 4, emerged as the People’s Choice winner in the inaugural SBS National Languages Competition. Nearly 20,000 students aged 4 to18 years, entered the nationwide competition –themed ‘what does learning language mean to you?’ The inaugural 2016 SBS National Languages Competition aimedRead More →
Hoppers Crossing, August 30: The Grange P-12 College in Melbourne’s west is the second mainstream school in Victoria to introduce Hindi as a language subject in its curriculum. Hindi was introduced this year at the primary campus of the College beginning from P-2 grade levels, which is expected to beRead More →
Melbourne, August 31: Secondary school teacher, Manu Chopra, who taught Mathematics at McKinnon Secondary College, in Melbourne’s East; has accused his former colleagues of racial discrimination alleging they referred to him as a “brown-skinned man”. He was allegedly told he made the staff room look like “Angelina Jolie’s family”. HeRead More →
Melbourne, August 23: Southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, the 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne was packed to the rafters, complete with Festival Ambassador, Vidya Balan. From the prestigious Westpac Indian Film Festival of Melbourne awards to IFFM Equality Award to Festival guest, Pakistani actor Fawad Khan;Read More →
Melbourne, August 12: The best and brightest international students and education providers in Victoria will be recognised at this year’s International Education Awards. Minister for International Education Steve Herbert today officially opened nominations for the awards, which recognise the strength of our providers, research excellence and the accomplishments of internationalRead More →
Whose robot will reign supreme at the 2016 RoboCup Junior state finals? Melbourne, August 15: Hundreds of custom-made robots built by the finest young minds in the state are set to compete in the 2016 RoboCup Junior finals at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday, August 16. RoboCup Junior bringsRead More →
Access to Australian International education made easier Effective 1 July 2016, the application process for student visas has been streamlined and simplified. Melbourne, July 24: Pre-July 2016, there were 7 student visa subclasses 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575 and 576 and these subclass resided on the type of courseRead More →