The Australian Government through the Department of Immigration and Citizenship released new information about the changes that they are implementing visa application. New updates are available for people who are interested in obtaining a student visa in order to study in Australia. Aside from student visa application, there are also changes in the policy for sponsored training.
Mary Elaine Ramos
Feb 17, 2012
In the book, Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson, she discusses a fascinating research project about what makes businesses successful.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 15, 2012
Welcome to 2012.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 15, 2012
Promoting wellbeing in the workplace and fostering a culture of understanding has well documented benefits for the business bottom line, namely by getting the best from employees, but according to workplace psychology experts effective management remains lacking in this area.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 14, 2012
Understanding the actual motivations behind resignations from an organisation is a vital first step in addressing staff turnover issues, yet this process is regularly overlooked according to a recent study.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 14, 2012
Many safety professionals believe they need to reward staff to get them to behave safely.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 14, 2012
In the book, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, he compares both the left and right hemispheres of the brain and discussed that you need to include both hemispheres when creating anything new.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 14, 2012
In a recent online discussion with safety professionals from around the world, we discussed what types of visuals they use during their safety presentation training.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 14, 2012
Sickies, low productivity, workflow interruptions … the indirect costs of poor employee health are many and varied, and it’s the employer that cops it.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 10, 2012
Next month lunch rooms across Australia will come alive as workers delight in sharing the foods from their cultural background with their colleagues as part of a national campaign promoting diversity.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 10, 2012
Five years on from the official introduction of workplace reconciliation action plans (RAPs), more than 280 organisations have signed on and several of the nation's high-profile CEOs say it's changed the way their companies do business.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 09, 2012
With more staff cuts being announced every day around the country as organisations act to stem costs in the face of economic uncertainty, a leading workplace relations lawyer has warned employers to be careful when letting staff go.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 09, 2012
Some indiscriminate virus must have been around on 27 January: figures from an independent survey showed 170,000 more people than average called in sick on the work day which followed the Australia Day public holiday. Poor things.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 08, 2012
Human Capital: As MD of FedEx Express Australasia, what do you expect from your HR team? What skills and traits do you value highly in that team?
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 08, 2012
NMB has witnessed a spike in SMSF lending interest, though managing director Gerald Foley said brokers need to understand the complexity of these products.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 07, 2012
Employer demand for international graduates in 2011 increased to levels not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, according to a new report.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 06, 2012
Research by Gallup has demonstrated that organisations with high levels of engagement routinely outperform their competitors; they are 27% more profitable, they have 38% above average productivity and have 50% higher customer loyalty.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 02, 2012
More than three quarters of prospective employees are turned off a job/employer by a long recruitment process, according to a recent survey.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 02, 2012
An estimated 2000 primary school children received suspension as a disciplinary action against serious offenses in 2011, and 75 of them were formally expelled.
In many cases the disciplinary action was a last resort by desperate principals - not designed to teach the child a lesson but to get help for them or protect other students following violent, antisocial and occasionally sexually motivated behaviour.
Arlene Paredes
Feb 01, 2012
Parents are shying away from confronting their children and leaving all the disciplinary plans to teachers, a survey in Victoria has indicated.
Arlene Paredes
Jan 30, 2012
She is one of Hollywood’s youngest rising stars but the 14-year old Chloe Moretz has got her mind set on bigger things of which includes her education.
Diadem Pambid
Jan 12, 2012
On a typical day in school, Kush Bhattacharya, 4, can disappear from his mathematics class to enjoy running on the grass barefooted. He hides from friends in a cow dung-made cave and goes back to reciting nursery rhymes in a read bus, which seems doubling up a classroom.
Jan 06, 2012
Education authorities are considering random drug testing involving the police to address the drug issues, such as taking or dealing drugs, which have caused the suspension of over 100 students in Waikato schools in 2011.
Arlene Paredes
Jan 05, 2012
Adriana Kemp, 14, is in a hospital for spinal injuries which were a result of bullies' beating at Flaxmere College, New Zealand's TV3 reported. Adriana was forced to the ground as two fellow pupils repeatedly punched her on a grassy field at school. The attack was filmed and uploaded to YouTube, according to the report.
Arlene Paredes
Dec 16, 2011
Suicide reports from schools during VCE exams in November shocked Victorian Education Minister Martin Dixon, who, after receiving the reports, ordered an investigation on student suicides and teen mental health issues in the state.
Arlene Paredes
Dec 13, 2011
The Australian government is providing $5 million in cash grants for poor families in the Philippines to help them continue sending children to school.
Windsor Genova
Dec 05, 2011
A group advocating sex education is drawing attention to the sexual lifestyle of young Australians and the youth’s awareness of safe sex practices, warning that ignorance could make the young Aussies vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
Arlene Paredes
Dec 01, 2011
One Australian woman was among seven passengers killed in a train fire in India on Tuesday. Three other Australian passengers were injured in the accident that occured 2 a.m. local time in Jharkhand state.
Windsor Genova
Nov 23, 2011
An estimated amount of $300 million is needed to repair Victoria's state schools before it becomes utterly worthless in decayed state, Herald Sun reported.
Arlene Paredes
Nov 03, 2011
Some 27 percent of New Zealand’s teenage population could be dreaming of how to leave the country eventually, according to a survey released by the Ministry of Education Wednesday.
Arlene Paredes
Nov 03, 2011
