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...
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...
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...
No school for son, so dad plans his own
AN Altona Meadows father plans to open a registered private autism school in Melbourne's west.Stephen Morgan, who in November was named Annecto's carer of...
Universities ‘duped’ by spending cuts
VICTORIA University could lose more than $4 million a year under the federal government's plan to cut university funding to boost money for schools.The...
Call to stop Werribee’s 45-metre mountain of trash
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are urging Wyndham Council to scrap plans for a 45-metre mountain of trash at its Werribee landfill site.
About 20 people met in Wyndham...
Wyndham students make case for change
David Velevski hopes his experience debating at a recent youth convention in Canberra will stand him in good stead for a career in law.The...
Benefits of early reading
A NEW program that encourages Wyndham parents to read to their children from a young age is being offered through Wyndham Park and The...
At home in Manorvale, crowd adores PM
DURING a day of new leadership whispers, a week of vicious electioneering and a month of sliding opinion polls, Prime Minister Julia Gillard beamed...
Wyndham kinders fall behind national benchmark
CHILDREN enrolled at Wyndham's council-run kindergartens are falling behind a new national benchmark of 15 hours of preschool each week.Three months out from a...
$200m for TAFEs ‘won’t lower fees’
VICTORIA University hopes it will be given a share of the $200 million in funding the state government is returning to TAFEs.The government cut...
Second shot at life for Mowbray
TEACHERS at a new Melton school will soon dust off the shelves to educate a new generation of students at the former Mowbray College...
Playground’s real work at Hoppers Crossing secondary
STUDENTS at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College are about to learn what it’s like to work in the building industry.The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning...
Back-to-school cost pain
PARENTS across Wyndham are struggling to meet the costs of sending their children back to school, with welfare organisations inundated with calls for help.Families...
Rounding out 20 years at Cambridge Primary
WERRIBEE'S Cambridge Primary School has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Pupils took to the oval last week to form a number 20 to feature in...
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Unit, house go up in flames
Wyndham fire fighters were kept busy on Sunday battling house fires in both Hoppers Crossing and Truganina.
A single-storey unit in Sheahan Crescent, Hoppers Crossing,...
