Although nearing the end of the summer break, education has had no such break.
The Current Month
- Meeting with BeyondBlue re Depression and Mental Health Guide
Held in Melbourne 31 January
I am in the process of producing the proposal/agreement document between ALSA and BeyondBlue. Draft contents and contributors have been agreed.
- ALTC Capstone Conference/ALSA Presentation
To be held in Brisbane 13-14 February
ALSA's presentation will be available on our website shortly.
- AsiaLSA Conference
To be held in Kuala Lumpur 10-17 February
Report to be presented at April Council.
- Base Funding Review Consultation Meeting
To be held in Sydney 20 February
ALSA's response to the Lomax Review is currently being prepared for submission. All contributions should be forwarded to me at
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as a matter of urgency.
Upcoming
- Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference
To be held in Coffs Harbour 18-20 May
The Education Team is currently preparing our submission/discussion paper on RRR in academia. Contributions/comments should be forwarded to Naomi at education
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- The fate of ALSAtv has been decided.
Webisodes will be created from April Council and July Conference to create greater access to Council to all students and LSS's. The logistics and substantive form are in the planning stages. Please note content will be restricted and in particular group discussion will not be included this will remain something offered only by attendance and participation. All suggestions should be forwarded to
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Policy Update
Presidents will have review an email from Alice in relation to the AQF/Honours paper currently being written. This paper will be workshopped in its final stages at April Council. All contributions/submissions should be made to Alice at education
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, please complete the survey that was attached to Alice's previous email as a matter of urgency.
I am now in the early stages of research into the HECS system. This paper is to be entitled "HECS in review" and is designed to be a go to guide for students and LSS's alike to help provide a comprehensive understanding in light of the recent HECS changes, and in consideration of the issues facing JD students and PLT students. This paper will be a great supplement to the most recent ALSA media release that briefly outlined the changes to the HECS system this year. I invite all students to email any specific questions that they would like examined by this paper, or to forward expressions of interest to make contributions to this paper to
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Involve Yourself
- Open call for submissions (including topic suggestion or issues you wish to be explored) for workshopping at April Council
- If there is a particular issue that you believe the education portfolio should be exploring please contact myself.
- Check out the changes to the education section of the website, join our working party Facebook pages and follow ALSAvpe on Twitter for regular updates and great sources of topical information.
- The latest Social Justice Opportunity Guide is now available at http://www.sjopps.net.au/
Good luck with O-Week!
Best,
Aimee
