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Education
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Teachers set to agree on new pay deal
- . 21 December 2022
Around 25,000 Melbourne Catholic teachers at 295 schools are about to receive upgraded pay and conditions under a new workplace deal. Source: Herald Sun.
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‘Strongest of Catholic education advocates’ eyes new challenges
- . 20 December 2022
Dr Lee-Anne Perry will leave her role as executive director of the Queensland Catholic Education Commission at the end of January. Source: The Catholic Leader.
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Catholic sector welcomes Commonwealth education review
- . 19 December 2022
The National Catholic Education Commission has welcomed the Albanese Government’s “holistic approach” to reviewing education reform in the early childhood, school and tertiary education sectors.
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New look for Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools
- . 16 December 2022
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools has launched a new brand and visual identity, which aims to bring to life the purpose of its schools – to inspire and enable every student to flourish and enrich the world.
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New co-educational Catholic precinct for Sydney’s Northern Beaches
- . 13 December 2022
Catholic Schools Broken Bay has revealed a new educational pathway for 2023 that will continue to transform Catholic education in the diocese.
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Opus Dei study centre lodges plans to expand
- . 13 December 2022
An Opus Dei study centre in northwest Sydney is looking to expand as the reach and popularity of the Catholic group grows. Source: Hills Shire Times.
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Career-changers to help fill NSW teacher shortage
- . 9 December 2022
A collaboration between Catholic education in the Parramatta and Bathurst dioceses and the not-for-profit Teach For Australia will see eight career-changers become teachers in Western Sydney schools next year. Source: ABC News.
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Trial program gets positive response from students
- . 8 December 2022
High school students who participated in an alternative religious education program that prioritised dialogue and access to media and technology found talking about religion more personally valuable than formally studying it, new Australian Catholic University research has found.
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School’s out for education chief after almost 50 years
- . 6 December 2022
Almost 50 years ago, a young Gerard Mowbray threw on his safari suit and took up his first teaching post at St Mary’s High, Gateshead, New South Wales – an all-girls school led by the Josephite Sisters. Source: MNnews.Today.