Education Talking Points | 10/08/2017

In today’s talking points:  Australia’s international education industry has continued to grow at impressive rates; The University of South Australia and  Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology have agreed to open a joint college in Xi’an campus; China is  improving education for disabled children; Chinese students will be able to watch traditional opera free of charge. Australia’s international education hits new …

Education Talking Points | 02/08/2017

In today’s talking points: Education minister Susan Close has announced $67.5 million will be spent to boost results in the state’s struggling public primary schools; Victorian students may have to take literacy and numeracy test for VCE; More and more Chinese students join overseas tours; Chinese undergraduates who perform poorly would not continue their courses.  SA Government Prompt to …

Education Talking Points | 25/07/2017

In today’s talking points: An education lecturer at UNSW call for selective primary schools; Chinese Education is being exported abroad; Chinese parents are willing to spend fortunes on children’s higher education overseas; A college in eastern China uses big-data analysis to better subsidize underprivileged students. Call for Selective Primary Schools in NSW Jae Jung, an education …

Education Talking Points | 14/07/2017

In today’s talking points: Portfolio-based alternative to HSC exams and ATAR score; More funding needed to meet wifi and computer demands in schools; Australia looking to China to improve STEM education; Student and staff traffic between China and Australia continues to grow. A portfolio-based alternative to HSC exams and ATAR score? Thanks to the introduction of …

Education Talking Points | 6/07/2017

  In today’s talking points: Education city being proposed for Melbourne’s western suburbs; Australian National University and University of Canberra make top 100 ranking; Chinese online education industry booming; Student and staff traffic between China and Australia continues to grow. Education City Being Proposed for Melbourne’s Western Suburbs A potential $30 billion dollar super city is …

Education Talking Points | 28/06/2017

In today’s talking points: More Australian students should learn Mandarin; Educational travel popular amongst Chinese parents;Success to bilingual classes in Adelaide schools; Enough support in the classroom for children with autism?

Education Talking Points | 20/06/2017

In today’s talking points: A service to help state schools build valuable alumni networks; The great cost of dropping out; Braille test papers to be introduced for College English Test (CET-4); As Start-Up success stories continue to inspire grads to create their own businesses, what advice can seasoned entrepreneurs offer?

Education Talking Points | 9/06/2017

In today’s talking points: Australian university ranked 20th place in the 2018 QS World University Rankings; Adidas and China’s Ministry Of Education (MOE) to train 20 million students across 20,000 Chinese schools as a part of the government’s TV education initiatives;China’s 2017 top 100 philanthropist list continue to make significant investments into Australian Australian University Makes Top 20 …

Education Talking Points | 31/05/2017

In today’s talking points: The Yarra Ranges Tech School (YRTS) is the first of 10 tech schools being built in Victoria;Boosting Australian exports, international student numbers have risen by 14 per cent this year; PricewaterhouseCoopers has employing year 12 students as accountants straight out of school; HSC students will begin learning about pre-1788 Aboriginal history. Melbourne’s First Tech …

Education Talking Points | 27/04/2017

In today’s talking points: Chinese education mode sets sail to find new opportunities abroad; Chinese teachers fill skills gap in the NT; New unit announced to bolster NSW schools; Time is ripe for WA to scoop up international students Chinese education mode sets sail to find new opportunities abroad The seminar of the Chinese and …