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Hurlstone 'backflip' shows govt out of touch
19 Mar 10 | NSW NATIONALS MPs have labelled Education Minister Verity Firth’s Hurlstone decision a “backflip” and a “decision they had wrong in the first place”.  | NSW Farmers' says no Hurlstone ... | Inquiry saves Hurlstone
Wheels keep turning at beleaguered uni
22 Feb 10 | THE University of New England has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, but that's likely to change, writes Debra Jopson.  | Right to make its move against ... | NSW Opposition pushes ahead of ...
Building boom for unis
06 Feb 10 | Demand for rural universities is growing, and the institutions are responding by developing state-of-the-art facilities and campuses, and providing students with tertiary study closer to their homes.   | CommentsComments (1)
Students harvest top results
17 Jan 10 | In a shock result, Pymble Ladies’ College has knocked off James Ruse Agricultural High School in the Higher School Certificate rankings for agriculture.
17 Dec 09 | THE NSW Government will provide certainty for the next two terms for the parents of children who are receiving programs from Dalwood and the Palm Avenue School.
High hope for Hurlstone
19 Nov 09 | A lower entrance mark for country children and handpicking students with a “passion” for agriculture are strategies likely to be seriously considered to help lift rural boarding enrolments at Sydney’s Hurlstone Agricultural High School.  | CommentsComments (4)
What slump? CSU on a roll
11 Nov 09 | Charles Sturt University (CSU) has defied an alarming national trend in agricultural education – most prevalent in city institutions – by lifting student numbers, and now wants the Prime Minister to take up its case to become a “super university” with campuses Australia-wide.
30 Oct 09 | THE closure of a special educational support service for rural students has outraged parents who suspect the State Government wants to sell the valuable Sydney beachside site to bolster its treasury coffers.
Research drain a runaway train
30 Oct 09 | The findings are in and the conclusion isn’t good: farming’s brain drain is going to cost it.  | CommentsComments (4)
Hurlstone heritage listing could spike selling plans
13 Oct 09 | HURLSTONE Agricultural High School has been listed on a National Trust register as pressure mounts on the NSW Government not to sell the school's land.  | CommentsComments (1)
Pioneer links at ‘Buckanbe’
12 Oct 09 | ONE of the founding station properties of the mid-Darling River floodplain will go under the hammer later this month for the first time in more than half a century.
Buses snub the belt
10 Oct 09 | A total of $38.5 million to put life-saving seat belts into country buses remains unspent as a program to protect rural school children slowly dies.
Carbon from the exhaust to the soil
08 Oct 09 | When the smoke from a tractor exhaust goes up, that’s pollution. But get those emissions down into the soil and they become fertiliser, as Canadian farmer, Gary Lewis, is demonstrating.  | CommentsComments (12) | Turnbull to fire his last ETS ... | One million hectares grabbed in ...Visit Queensland Country Life | VIDEO: New hay varieties shine at YP ...
09 Sep 09 | Australia’s rural sector is at a turning point, prompting the University of Sydney to offer 25 scholarships for degrees in sustainable natural and agricultural systems to rural and regional New South Wales residents.
29 Aug 09 | Charles Sturt University (CSU) says it is will respond to a National Farmers Federation (NFF) call to tackle labour shortages in agriculture by updating its Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management degree.
25 Aug 09 | UNIVERSITY of New England Chancellor Dr Richard Torbay has welcomed the decision of the National Party rank and file to support a return to compulsory services and amenities fees for university students.
Go west, city tourists told
15 Aug 09 | AGRI-TOURISM is being billed as a chance for farmers to boost their bank balances and promote greater understanding and appreciation of their industry among city visitors.  | CommentsComments (1)
School funding boost rolled out
19 Jul 09 | Schools across the State are celebrating as the roll-out of the Federal Government’s economic stimulus for the education sector begins and construction teams start work.  | CommentsComments (1)
Clubs’ rent reprieve
18 Jul 09 | Sporting organisations across NSW have gained a part-reprieve after facing severe financial pressure from huge rent increases for facilities they have established on State-owned land.  | CommentsComments (1)
Leg up on rural career path
12 Jul 09 | BUSINESSES and universities are flocking to a project that aims to reduce the skills shortage in regional centres across Australia.
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