Feature Story
Building a love of science
Questacon’s Find Your Science Hero project is building a love of science among young Indigenous students. Developed in 2012 by the Questacon ScienceLines Indigenous Outreach… Continue reading
Schooling
Feature Story
Saibai Island student’s higher education ambition
Support from family and Australian Government initiatives helped Adeah Kabi become the first student from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait to transition directly from… Continue reading
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Black and Deadly and staying in school
Black and Deadly is a series of regular workshops and gatherings for Indigenous female students aged 13 to 18 who are at risk of disengaging… Continue reading
Announcement
Stats show steady improvement for Indigenous students
Minister for School Education Peter Garrett has welcomed the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report Schools, Australia 2012 that shows an improvement in school… Continue reading
Announcement
New Murri Clinic Delivers More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
Indigenous residents of the Acacia Ridge area of South Brisbane are enjoying better access to community health services with the opening of a revamped health… Continue reading
Announcement
Whitelion giving Tasmanian youth the courage to grow
A program aimed at helping vulnerable young Indigenous Australians in Tasmania is proving successful in placing them in employment and training and keeping them out… Continue reading
Announcement
St John’s Catholic College helping to close the gap
Parliamentary Secretary for School Education Senator Jacinta Collins today visited St John’s Catholic College in Darwin—a school making great inroads into improving the wellbeing of… Continue reading
Feature Story
Community approach boosts school attendance
For the Mornington Island community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, encouraging students to attend school has sometimes been a struggle, but a new community approach is making all the difference. Continue reading
Announcement
Southside students get a sporting chance
Indigenous students in Southside, Queensland, will benefit from a new Sporting Chance Academy, run by the Leroy Loggins Foundation, helping them stay in school and… Continue reading
Announcement
Female Indigenous students get a sporting chance
Three hundred female indigenous students in Queensland and Northern NSW will benefit from new Sporting Chance programs, run by Titans 4 Tomorrow (T4T), helping them… Continue reading