Education 2008
Ten top places to learn something new
Check out some of the city’s great diverse landmarks - you might just learn something new! Julia Sheasby hits the streets to find out if there is more to learn in Sydney and was pleasantly surprised. Check out her top ten recommendations for giving yourself an education in Sydney.
Childcare is going places
For some inner city children, Save the Children’s Mobile Playbus is the only exposure they get to books and jigsaw puzzles, according to Playbus Team Leader Michelle Lazaris. The Inner City Mobile Playbus, funded by DOCS Families NSW, has been operating since 2002. It runs free morning and afternoon sessions in parks across the inner city – Redfern, Waterloo, Glebe, Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo and Alexandria – and … read more
Centrelink keeps students below the poverty line
For those attending university, Centrelink benefits should be a welcome respite amidst an endless cycle of learning, study and assessments, financial safety blanket so students don’t have to work 30 hours a week on top of studying full time, attending lectures and tutorials, writing essays and studying for exams. It appears, however, that the current Centrelink benefit schemes such as Youth Allowance and Rent Assistance are proving. read more
Flickr gets museum archives online
The Goliaths of cultural heritage are now bowing down to the David. Perhaps not quite as far as a bow appropriate for a stage curtain call, but they’re bending down enough to look the David in the eye and carry on a genuine conversation. Institutions like the Powerhouse Museum and the State Library of NSW are among the first to invite us all to contribute our general knowledge to publicly available archives. read more
The other Dumbledore
After 40 years of living life by an institution’s clock, Dr David Daintree talks animatedly about his move into a routineless future as being reminiscent of a prisoner about to take their first steps into the outside world.
“I’m like a prisoner re-entering the world after a long time locked away,” says Dr Dainree, the retiring Rector of St John’s College. read more
Museums with a difference
Sydney is a diverse and exciting city but just because you live here doesn’t mean you’ve seen all of its attractions. If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, why not visit one of the city’s lesser-known museums and learn something new? The Sydney Jewish Museum located in Darlinghurst, showcases an interactive display on … read more
Working for free pays off
Sophie Graham, 21, is in the third year of her Public Communications degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. Recently, she did a two-week internship at an advertising agency and soon she will do another 40 hours of work experience at a Public Relations Company. Eighty hours of unpaid work experience is a part of her degree and she believes it has been very positive experience thus far.
What are the pros and cons of work experience? read more
