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SPERA is conducting a survey of members and supporters. The survey is aimed at helping SPERA revise its mission and aims, help shape its future work, and draft a submission…
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Rural Society Special Edition: Rural Higher Education- Call for Abstracts extended
This special edition of Rural Society invites research that transcends simple explanations around rural students’ access to higher education to deeply explore how rurality may become associated with higher participation…
Read More →Country school principals take leadership challenge
An Article in Adelaide’s Independent News Country education and regional schools around Australia are benefiting from the ‘first crop’ of rural Masters graduates, with Flinders University calling for enrollments for the second…
Read More →THE FUTURE OF WORK: SETTING KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS
Making sense of the competing messages surrounding the future of work can be a daunting and difficult task, particularly for parents and friends wanting to ensure their children’s success. In…
Read More →Improving teaching in rural schools – we need to stop borrowing approaches from overseas
Simon White wrote in The Conversation on 6th September 2016 While statistics might show Australia has an oversupply of teachers, this masks the reality that many rural schools find it…
Read More →May 2016 Newsletter
From the President Mr Brian O’Neill Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter for the 2016. A great deal has been happening with SPERA and I am happy to…
Read More →Grants and Opportunities – 2017 Science and Innovation Awards
Applications for the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources 2017 Science and Innovation Awards are now open. If you are aged 18 to 35, and focused on Agriculture, Fisheries…
Read More →Call for Abstracts: 2016 SPERA/ISFIRE Conference
Rural Education: Place, Pedagogies, Partnerships and Possibilities SPERA, in partnership with the SiMERR National Research Centre at the University of New England, invites you to submit abstracts for the 32nd…
Read More →Transparency needed in teacher recruitment: The smoke may be clearing in the ATAR battle
ACER recently reported that: In recent debates about ATARs we have lost sight of what matters most in teacher recruitment: selecting high-quality candidates to ensure a strong profession, says Lawrence…
Read More →Labor will need more than scholarships to make teaching science an attractive career
Shaun Belward wrote in The Conversation on 20th May 2016 Labor has proposed to invest $400 million to ensure that all high school science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) teachers…
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