E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on LAFM Tasmania Talks with Brian Carlton Topics: Programme for International Student Assessment; Turnbull Government’s Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes reforms; 07/12/16 11:37AM Brian Carlton: The man who hopefully has some kind of plan in place is the Federal Minister for Education Simon Birmingham; I have him on the line now. Minister, good…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 891 Adelaide with Spence Denny Topics: Programme for International Student Assessment report; Turnbull Government’s Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes reforms 07/12/2016 09:05AM Spence Denny: Well we've seen another fall in the standard of 15-year-old Australian school students. Now this is a test specifically done on that age group; it's data from…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Programme for International Student Assessment report; Turnbull Government’s Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes reforms 07/12/2016 08:07AM Brooke Corte: Well we've seen this morning new international data which has certainly prompted concerns about the teaching of core subjects in Australian schools. Figures have shown students in Australia…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Kim Landers Topics: Programme for International Student Assessment; Turnbull Government’s Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes; Energy security 7 December 2016 7:10AM Kim Landers: Well Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Education and Training and he joins me from Melbourne. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Kim. Good to…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 TODAY with Lisa Wilkinson Topics: Programme for International Student Assessment; Turnbull Government’s Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes reforms 07 December 2016 06:20AM Lisa Wilkinson: Well Australia’s high school students are up to two years behind the world’s best pupils. That’s according to a new report…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Universities Australia and CASE Philanthropy Capacity Building Symposium 07/12/2016 09:30AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you, Glyn. It’s a wonderful gathering in the round here today; a fabulous theatre. So, thank you for the opportunity to come along and to you, to other vice-chancellors present; Scott, Margaret, Jane – I’m sure there…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley Topics: VET Student Loans; Vocational education ombudsman; Provider and course eligibility; Higher education reform 06/12/2016 05:36PM Tom Tilley: Shalailah Medhora reporting on the crackdown on the VET sector, the changes the Government introduced into Parliament, and they’ll come into effect in January. And, as you…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Australia India Leadership Dialogue 05/12/2016 07:30 PM Simon Birmingham: … colleagues, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Senator James McGrath, the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, who I am [indistinct] to hearing from a little later this evening, the Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann, former parliamentary colleague and esteemed former…
An innovative approach to teaching STEM subjects saw Flinders University lecturer Associate Professor Karen Burke da Silva take top honours at the Australian Awards for University Teaching tonight in Canberra. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Awards recognise university teachers who are constantly seeking out ways to build on success, improve their…
The Turnbull Government’s legislation to rebuild vocational education and training has passed the Parliament, delivering a system that students and taxpayers can trust and ending the rip-offs and rorts that plagued Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP scheme. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the new VET Student Loans program would begin from 1 January…