On 18 February 2016, the President of UNESCO’s General Conference, Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa, and UNESCO’s Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, will sign two international recommendations on education: the Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education and the Recommendation Concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training. More...
17 février 2016
Signing the new UNESCO Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education
61st Session of the Editorial Board of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning
The Editorial Board of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) will meet in Hamburg on 1 December 2015 to evaluate the quality and progress of this comparative education and lifelong learning journal. The Board, which is chaired by the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Arne Carlsen, comprises twelve members (six men and six women) who are representatives of the global education scholarly and policymaking communities. More...
New literacy and numeracy curriculum framework adopted in Afghanistan
Approximately 10 million people without literacy, numeracy and basic skills in Afghanistan will benefit from a newly adopted curriculum framework for youth and adult literacy and basic education. The new curriculum was endorsed at a 3-day validation workshop in Kabul in late November 2015, which brought together more than 100 stakeholders. More...
Singapore invests in lifelong learning to boost country’s economy
The Government of Singapore will devote 20 million Singapore dollars to research on lifelong learning between 2016 and 2020. This investment, the government believes, will help provide a better understanding of how to best utilize its citizens’ skills, link performance to productivity, stimulate employment, and encourage innovation in learning technologies, andragogy and pedagogy. More...
Human toll of insecure work to be examined at inquiry
By Andrew MacDonald. The experiences of higher education staff who have spent a combined total of more than 500 years in casual or insecure work will be brought to light on Wednesday 10 February, when National Tertiary Education Union representatives appear before the Victorian Government’s Labour Hire and Insecure Work Inquiry. More...
News of reduced gap in year 12 attainment rates welcome, yet destinations remain an issue
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union welcomes news that there has been an increase in year 12 attainment rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, while cautioning that this outcome is not particularly cause for celebration. More...
16 février 2016
NTEU welcomes Universities Australia's Respect. Now. Always. campaign
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) applauds Universities Australia (UA) on the launch of its new campaign aimed at preventing sexual assault and harassment on university campuses. More...
NTEU claims Future of Higher Education Workforce Report a lost opportunity
By Jeannie Rea. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says that today’s release of a report entitled Australian Higher Education Workforce of the Future undertaken by PWC on behalf of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA) adds little, if anything, to the understanding of the workforce issues confronting our universities. More...
The NTEU completely supports the provision of A&TSI-specific services on campus
By Celeste Liddle. Over the past few days, there has been a lot of coverage regarding a former Aboriginal employee of QUT who has chosen to take legal action under the Racial Discrimination Act with regards to racism and discrimination she experienced whilst an employee. For the purposes of this post, we are not going to revisit her case in the hope that due process will be followed and a satisfactory agreement will be reached. Instead, the NTEU wishes to address the damaging and outlandish claims made in the coverage of this case by the mainstream media to attempt to better educate the public on the worth and need for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander places on campus. More...
NUS launches Talk About It Survey
By Jeannie Rea. Today, the National Union of Students (NUS) Women’s Department has released the results from the 2015 ‘Talk About It,’ survey, revealing a range of alarming statistics about the experiences of women studying at Australian Universities. More...
