Education coverage
Regional Education
THE University of New England has officially welcomed new Chancellor, Dr Sarah Pearson, at the first stand-alone Chancellor installation ceremony for the University in thirty years. Dr Pearson was this week installed by Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, at an event attended by staff, students, indigenous leaders and dignitaries on the lawns of [...]
Regional Health
A pioneering research project addressing a devastating heart condition has received funding recognition, with NSW Cardiovascular Research Network awarding its inaugural Rural, Regional, Remote Project Grant to Dr Rukshan Rafeek of the University of New England in Armidale. Dr Rafeek, working within the UNE program on Immune Complications of Post-Streptococcal Complications, is spearheading innovative research [...]
Education
MOREE Christian School will this month conduct Kindergarten and Year 7 information sessions for the 2026 school year. Parents and carers are invited to attend the sessions and learn about Moree Christian School enrolments for next year. An information session about 2026 Kindergarten enrolments will be held on May 14 at 3.15pm, with hands-on activities, [...]
Education and Arts
PULSE Alive returns to Moree this week, with more than 400 students from 14 schools across the region participating in the three-day event. Moree Secondary College arts co-ordination officer for the New England and north-west region, Leigh Carroll, said students will perform at the school Multi-Purpose Centre on Frome Street. “Pulse Moree returns for the second [...]
Education
Inspiration can come in all shapes and forms. And for a group of Moree Secondary College students, there was no better platform to listen to inspiring stories from a diverse group of keynote speakers than the Youth Leadership Conference at the International Convention Centre in Sydney’s Darling Harbour last term. Moree Secondary College’s Year 12 [...]
Regional Education
MORE than 1000 future students have signed up to experience life at the University of New England’s Armidale campus ahead of Open Day 2025 on Friday, May 2. With 26 tours, sessions and events confirmed across the day, the annual event will showcase UNE’s courses, campus life, support services and accommodation options to school leavers. [...]
Our Community
MOREE East Public School’s mainly music program and Mungindi’s History Park are among 80 community groups across remote, rural and regional Australia to receive funding through the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s flagship grants program, Strengthening Rural Communities. The Moree East mainly music program received $7585 to help build school-readiness for vulnerable children through [...]
Arts and Entertainment
AMBER Muller’s pulse has been racing all week. The Moree Secondary College Year 11 student is back home after last week performing as one of 68 Pulse Alive Dance Company artists in Pulse Alive, at Sydney’s Olympic Park. More than 5000 students performed in the event, which showcased the talents of Kindergarten to Year 12 [...]
Education
MOREE Christian School is calling for 2026 Year 11 enrolments and will hold an information evening on April 3 detailing all relevant material needed for parents and students. The school this year welcomed seven students to Year 11 – next year’s inaugural Year 12 School Certificate candidates – and the Stage 6 extension is expected [...]
It’s Not Love
FOLLOWING a state government awareness campaign, one in two people in New South Wales have now heard of coercive control and understand what it means. Independent research shows awareness and understanding of coercive control has increased since the campaign, It’s Not Love, it’s Coercive Control, was launched, compared to one in three people prior. Among [...]
