Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th September 2013 - Can a corporate giant also be a social entrepreneur? Nadia Boyce explores how education is putting the business back into the social and the social back into the business.
Traditional…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th August 2013 -
Applications are open for the 2013 Anti-Poverty Awards which aim to recognise and highlight the individuals and schools across Australia who are making a difference in addressing…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 29th July 2013 -
Mental health Not for Profit, beyondblue has been appointed by the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Ageing to lead a national mental health initiative for secondary…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th May 2013 -
Not for Profit providers of ethics classes in government schools will become eligible for Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status after Federal Government lobbying.
Currently,…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th February 2013 -
Public schools are missing out on financial and ‘in-kind’ support from philanthropic foundations and trusts and instead relying on fetes and more traditional fundraising,…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th January 2013 - Some of Australia's leading companies and research centres are partnering with state high schools to help reverse declining student enrolments in maths and science subjects.…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 1st August 2012 -
A film designed to increase awareness of Autism in Australian schools has had its distribution funded by the Australian Government.
What are you doing? is a short film produced by…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th September 2011 -
Schools will be able to choose whether to employ a chaplain or a secular student welfare worker under changed to the National School Chaplaincy Program announced by the Gillard Government.…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th June 2011 -
Australian businesses are lagging behind community organisations in forming partnerships with schools, and should be doing more to assist in achieving strong student outcomes,…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 - Government Schools in Australia need to become better fundraisers like their private school counterparts, according to Dr. Daniel McDiarmid, CEO of consultancy firm Global Philanthropic.…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 28th September 2010 -
The Victorian Brumby Government has provided $1 million to establish a new foundation that makes it easier for businesses to support public education projects.
Education Minister…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 9th September 2010 -
One in five education institutions hit the $1 million mark within 5 years of focusing on fundraising, a new Australian benchmarking study has found.
The third bi-annual benchmarking…