Tag: education
Cash splash for local schools
Dilapidated classrooms and old halls at 16 schools in Hume and Whittlesea are set for a $4.2 million makeover.
Education Minister James Merlino last week...
Manufacturing workers thrown lifeline
La Trobe University is offering retrenched manufacturing workers a jobs lifeline.
The university has tailored a 17-week free program for staff made redundant by Ford,...
St Monica’s girls catch footy fever
Women’s increasing influential role in AFL is catching on at the grassroots level.
Since St Monica’s College began offering football for girls two years ago,...
Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage
Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College.
Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on...
Reading challenge accepted
Hume council has jumped on a global movement that encourages parents to read 1000 books to their children before they start primary school.
Mayor Adem...
Teach for Australia expands
Victoria’s brightest minds are proving their worth as teachers, working with secondary students in some of the state’s most challenging classrooms.
The state government has...
Family violence prevention should start at school
The Broadmeadows Legal Centre has called on the state government to take a long-term approach to family violence by tackling it in the classroom.
In...
Epping man charged after training scam raid
An Epping man is one of three men to have been charged with a series of offences relating to a criminal syndicate that allegedly...
Trade accreditation for caravan industry
A peak caravan industry body has partnered with Wodonga TAFE to offer formal qualifications in caravan manufacturing, servicing and repairs.
Caravan Industry Australia’s (CIA) industry...
Students with SmArts
Students from Hume Central Secondary College (HCSC) are getting a taste of university life as part of a program to encourage budding arts students...
Making sure all students eat up
A service that delivers school lunches to students who would otherwise go without is set to expand in Hume and Whittlesea.
Eat Up founder Lyndon...
Bubup Wilam fights for federal funding
A Thomastown childcare centre for Aboriginal children and families has taken its fight for federal government funding to the national capital.
Bubup Wilam for Early...
Broadmeadows special school finally opens
A Broadmeadows school for intellectually disabled students has finally opened its new early and middle-years campuses.
The Broadmeadows Special Development School’s Dimboola Road campus has...
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Conversations are key this White Ribbon Month
As White Ribbon Month gets under way, the organisation is working harder than ever to prevent violence against women by engaging men and boys...
