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Study now, pay later at Southbank Institute

Southbank09_SBIT_1095.TN If you are looking to upgrade your skills, get that first job, make a career change or gain a promotion, now is the time to realise your career ambitions.

Southbank Institute of Technology is the only public training provider in Queensland currently offering the Federal Government's FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP* scheme so you can study now and pay later. There's nothing stopping you from shaping your career.

Environmentalist wins Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award

SCUawards_TN A leading Lismore environmentalist, Gordon Fraser-Quick, has been named Southern Cross University's 2010 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.

Rugby league legend Steve Price has won the coveted Young Alumnus of the Year award.

UQ College to forge ahead with first CEO

The University of Queensland's UQ College is now up and running, following appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer, Mr Rod Arthur.

Mr Arthur's brief includes enrolling students in associate degree programs, initially in Business, in 2011.

RFACA Learn to Fly Scholarship Competition support

Airservices will provide almost $100,000 to the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia (RFACA) to assist with flight training of young recreational aviation devotees over the next three years.

The sponsorship agreement supports the RFACA Learn to Fly Scholarship Competition that will see four Australians assisted to achieve their pilot's licence each year of the agreement.

ACU lecturer inducted into AFL Hall of Fame

Dr Ross Smith, former St Kilda great and Senior Lecturer at Australian Catholic University (ACU) has been inducted into the Australian Football League's Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Melbourne.

He was honoured for his outstanding contribution to the development and growth of Australian Rules football as a player, coach and administrator.

Australian students and agronomists to demonstrate water efficiency tools in India

Syngenta has announced the names of 12 Australian agriculture students who will travel to India during July to demonstrate the use of two water efficiency tools to local rice farmers.

Mentoring care support for female international students

Care-Support_TN The Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition offers a free mentoring care support service for female international students.

The Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEFA)

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CEFA's mission is to ensure that as many young people as possible from rural Australia have the opportunity to pursue their chosen area of tertiary study, training or vocation by providing much needed financial assistance.

AgriFood-ISS Institute International Fellowships

AgriFood Skills Australia is offering three (3) International Fellowships in 2010, in conjunction with the International Specialised Skills (ISS) Institute.

These fellowships are valued at $10,000 each.

New Panasonic Chair in Environmental Sustainability announced

TimFlannery_TN Panasonic Australia has pledged $690,000 to fund environmental research and public education as part of a new Macquarie University eco initiative.

Professor Tim Flannery, an internationally acclaimed Australian scientist, explorer and conservationist, has been appointed as the inaugural chair.

Political pioneer receives Honorary Doctorate

Long-serving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate during Charles Darwin University's mid-year graduation ceremony held recently on the Casuarina campus.