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…
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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…
Read More →The Federal Budget and Regional Australia
Article published by Regional Australia Institute The Federal Budget 2016-17 has been released with a focus on creating long term growth and jobs. The measures have been described by commentators as…
Read More →Federal budget 2016: education experts react
Article written for The Conversation by Glenn C. Savage, Conor King, John Fischetti, Megan O’Connell & Perter Goss The government is spruiking a focus on education to drive innovation in…
Read More →Call for Papers: Unsettling Place and Space.
Editors: Sarah Pinto, Shelley Hannigan, Emma Charlton and Bernadette Walker-Gibbs This edited collection will examine the ways in which considerations of place and/or space can be unsettling. It will draw…
Read More →DEAL OR NO DEAL? BRINGING SMALL CITIES INTO THE NATIONAL CITIES AGENDA
Article published by Regional Australia Institute Australia’s 31 small cities are a diverse, growing and highly productive network of urban areas. They are already home to 4.5 million people and…
Read More →What’s so hard about teaching? Words of advice for new teachers
Article written by Misty Adoniou for The Conversation The first term of the school year is coming to a close. For most beginning teachers the school holidays cannot come soon…
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