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TAFE plan has‘failed miserably’
SAVAGE state government cuts to TAFE funding have forced steep drops in enrolments, new figures reveal. The Education Department’s 2013 Victorian Training Market Quarterly Report…
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Who to trust? Principal’s dilemma
A WYNDHAM principal is urging the state and federal governments to come clean about the formulas they are using to calculate future funding under the…
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Reprieve for Glen Devon Primary School site
THE site of the former Glen Devon Primary School has been left out of a pilot project that will allow nine disused schools across Melbourne…
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Werribee campus staff to walk out
STAFF at Melbourne University’s Werribee campus will stage stopwork meetings today to campaign for improvements in job security and career development. National Tertiary Education Union…
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Government schools need state support, says principal
– See: Sign up for Gonski or lose millions: PM PRINCIPAL Michael Fawcett says Tarneit Senior College is a textbook example of the need for…
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Sign up for Gonski or lose millions: PM
SCHOOLS in Wyndham need “more funding not less”, says Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she increases pressure on Victoria to sign up for the Gonski…
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Wyndham schools first to test-drive NBN
STUDENTS will be among the first Wyndham residents to benefit from the high-speed National Broadband Network as technicians prepare to install cabling to 2700 premises…
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More makeshift classrooms in Tarneit
TWO Tarneit schools will be forced to turn to portable classrooms next year after missing out on funding for stage two works in last week’s…
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State budget: Wyndham to get two new schools
TWO new schools will be built in Wyndham following a surprise state budget allocation. Premier Denis Napthine announced on Monday that next week’s budget would…
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Gonski reforms a ‘negative impact’
SAVAGE cuts to Victoria University will heavily affect disadvantaged students, according to VU supporters. The Weekly has reported VU could lose up to $4.4 million…
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High hopes for higher learning in Wyndham
MORE higher education options will be available in Wyndham as Ballarat University prepares to launch a locally based bachelor degree and Deakin University considers plans…
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Sigh of relief as pay dispute ends
TEACHERS at Wyndham’s public schools are back to planning excursions and extracurricular activities after a lengthy pay dispute with the state government ended last week.…
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