The Turnbull Government has accepted all six recommendations made by the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) to improve Australia’s research training system. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham and the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Greg Hunt said the review found improvements should be made to ensure Australia’s research training system remains…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at opening of new facilities at Galilee Catholic School 4/11/2016 Simon Birmingham: Teachers, staff, parents, friends, members of the community, boys and girls, thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you all today to share in the opening of your new building. But importantly, as Archbishop Wilson has rightly…
DetailsSenator for South Australia and Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today officially opened the refurbished facilities at St John Bosco School in Brooklyn Park. Students and staff at St John Bosco School now have full use of the newly renovated Saint Francis De Sales and Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello Building comprising contemporary learning…
DetailsSouth Australian Senator and Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today officially opened two refurbished general learning areas as well as the two newly constructed classrooms at Calvary Lutheran Primary School in Morphett Vale. Students and staff at Calvary Lutheran Primary School now have full use of the refurbished and new learning areas, as…
DetailsMore than 3000 students, professionals and researchers will get funding from the Turnbull Government to pursue overseas learning and research opportunities next year. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today announced the recipients of the Turnbull Government’s 2017 Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships and Endeavour Mobility Grants which provide opportunities for Australians to undertake…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Super Wednesday panel discussion on 891 ABC Adelaide with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Matthew Abraham: It’s Super Wednesday, when we get politicians who are local to their bootstraps but also walk the federal stage with influence and we have three this morning. In our studio, Kate Ellis, a Labor MP for Adelaide;…
DetailsCreating a new laser system for satellite tracking and mitigating the impacts of space debris, investigating how smartphones can assist people with a disability to navigate essential services, and developing high-performance batteries for electric vehicles are among 989 new research projects that will receive funding from the Turnbull Government. Minister for Education and Training Simon…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: It’s a real pleasure to be here today in Wodonga with Cathy McGowan, discussing everything across the Education and Training portfolio from the earliest years of child care and early learning, through schooling, through TAFEs, through universities, through community colleges, getting that full appreciation of the importance of education and training to, in…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Simon Birmingham: Thank you, thank you very much Ms Bradford and to you, to Katrine Hildyard, the local State MP for this area, Mayor Rosenberg, leaders of Lutheran education, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. It’s a real pleasure to be here with you all today to celebrate this opening of your new…
DetailsI congratulate Dr Michele Bruniges AM, Secretary of the Department of Education and Training, for her appointment to a significant OECD role that measures the performance of students and education systems around the world. From April next year Dr Bruniges will chair the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Governing Board. PISA is a triennial…
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