Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver, the first known Aboriginal person to receive a PhD in medicine at the University of Sydney, has been appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of the university’s Indigenous Strategy and Services. She will […]
Queensland’s best young Indigenous law students faced off in the Federal Court this month before some of Australia’s top judges. The students were vying for honours in the fourth annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Education targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are not on track, according to the 2018 Closing the Gap report. School attendance rates appear to have stagnated and have even gone backwards in the […]
More than 750 guests put on the glitz to support Indigenous education at the black-tie Madalah Ball in Perth on the weekend. The night included performances by musician Phil Walley Stack, a fashion show by […]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students in Queensland will argue their cases in mock trials before some of Australia’s top judicial minds in August. High Court judge James Edelman, Federal Court chief justice James […]
Macquarie University in New South Wales has appointed Dr Leanne Holt as its first Pro Vice Chancellor for Indigenous Strategy. Dr Holt is a Worimin woman, with further family connections to Biripai country, and has […]
The Noongar language and culture of south-west Western Australia is being taken to the world via an online learning course. The free Massive Open Online Course, titled Noongar Language and Culture, is being run through […]
Trailblazing triplets Lauren, Roberta and Jacinta Ramirez-Smith, 18, have similar interests, so it came as no surprise to friends and family when all three set their sights on careers in physiotherapy. “It just happened,” says […]
Millions of dollars intended for remote Indigenous students is not making it to schools, Independent Northern Territory MP Yingiya Mark Guyula said this week. Mr Guyula said although the Federal Government had said it was […]
Not-for-profit Aboriginal education organisation Madalah has been able to boost the number of scholarships on offer this year thanks to a $9.3 million Federal Government funding boost. Chief executive officer Phil Paul said the WA-based […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018