by Emanie Darwiche | Oct 25, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Education, News
Aboriginal Literacy Day is an important date founded by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) that is celebrated by both Indigenous people and their allies. It is a powerful reminder of the significance of encouraging reading among Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
by Marcus Stevanoski | Oct 24, 2023 | Education, News
High school students from across the Illawarra joined Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis last Friday at Edmund Rice College for their fifth annual Sustainability Conference. The student-led event saw teachers and students from several schools, from St Mary’s in...
by Andrew Truong | Oct 23, 2023 | Education, News
The recent NSW high school phone ban has some experts concerned for students with requests for more research to be done to support the new policy. On October 8 a new policy from the NSW government rendered mobile phones unusable for the school day in order to...
by Russell Haylock | Oct 20, 2023 | Education, Govt & Politics, News, Sport, Tech & Research
Former English cricket captain and current Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Sir Ian Botham visited UOW’s Innovation Campus earlier this week, touring facilities and meeting with local business leaders as part of a day-long visit to the city....
by Layney Britton | Oct 19, 2023 | Education, Govt & Politics, News
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) activities ramp up at the University of Wollongong this week to remind the community “just how bad” the situation is. Kate Simpson, secretary of the Wollongong branch of Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), assisted running the...
by Emanie Darwiche | Oct 12, 2023 | Education, Govt & Politics, News
Concerns have been raised about how primary school students, ages 5 to 12, will adjust to a financial landscape dominated by digital transactions as Australia continues its push towards becoming a cashless society. Bankstown South Public School’s Parents and...
