The University of New England was the first Australian university established outside a capital city. With a history extending back to the 1920s, UNE has a well-earned reputation as one of Australia’s great teaching, training and research universities.
Its graduates consistently rate their experience at UNE highly, a reflection of the University’s commitment to student support. More than 75,000 people now hold UNE qualifications, with many in senior positions in Australia and overseas. UNE has built up its academic profile to the point where it now has more than 500 PhD candidates, an important sign of the University’s academic vigour and rigour.
Some 80 years ago, Nagasaki residents faced the seemingly impossible task of rebuilding a devastated city. A similar challenge faces those in Gaza today.
An Australian study suggests early education is not making as much of a difference as it should when it comes to young children’s development and learning.
Indigenous Australians’ median age at death is still just 63. That’s four years short of the age pension – let alone being able to enjoy a long retirement.
If the results are disappointing, try not to catastrophise them. For one thing, NAPLAN was done about four months ago – students will have made progress since then.
A delegation of women attending the Australian Women’s Conference in Brisbane in 1909.
State Library of Queensland
Tamworth Council is the first to sign a Close the Gap agreement with local Aboriginal groups. Could it be a template for other regional areas to follow?