Noticias Oceanía

Australia needs to boost spending on vocational education and training

Publicado: 29 octubre 2020

Australia/October 29, 2020/Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au Despite Australia’s response to the coronavirus being up there with the best in the world, COVID-19 has badly damaged the economy. The country is now in its first recession in nearly 30 years and the number of people in receipt of unemployment benefits has doubled since February to 1.4 million. Many […]

Australia: Students have to resist attacks on universities. But how?

Publicado: 26 octubre 2020

Australia/October 26, 2020/by Anneke Demanuele/Source: https://redflag.org.au/ In early October, the Liberal government pushed through their “job-ready graduates package”. This “reform” is one the most significant attacks on higher education in Australian history. It will double the cost of many degrees, and those fee increases will sit alongside a shocking 11% reduction in government funding per student […]

New Zealand: Redundancies at Taranaki hotel management school as border remains closed to international students

Publicado: 17 octubre 2020

New Zealand/October 17, 2020/By: Brianna Mcilraith/Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/ Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution. As many as 25 employees at Taranaki’s international hotel management training school are facing redundancy because 60 per cent of its students have been unable to enter the country due […]

Universities accused of ‘sham contracting’ as wage scandal in Australia’s higher education sector deepens

Publicado: 16 octubre 2020

Australia/October 16, 2020/By national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy/Source: https://www.abc.net.au/ The wage theft scandal that has engulfed the tertiary sector this year is now moving to the Federal Court, with the National Tertiary Education Union and four former staff members pursuing private university JMC Academy. Key points: Unions are accusing the Sydney-based university of “sham […]

Australia: Victorian students return to schools after months of learning from home

Publicado: 13 octubre 2020

Australia/October 13, 2020/Source: https://www.abc.net.au/ The State Government has given assurances over the safety of school environments as hundreds of thousands of children return to face-to-face learning across Melbourne and regional Victoria this week, after two months of learning from home. About 584,000 children, from prep to year seven, and VCE students returned today, with schools given […]

Día Internacional de la Niña 2020

Publicado: 11 octubre 2020

Por: UNICEF “Mi voz, nuestro futuro en común” Hace 25 años, cerca de 30.000 mujeres y hombres de casi 200 países llegaron a Beijing, China, para asistir a la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, decididos a reconocer los derechos de las mujeres como derechos humanos. Como resultado de la conferencia, se aprobó la Declaración y […]