News: Education
Optus Stadium's Kerry Gamble awarded Live Nation APAC Study Tour Prize
Kerry Gamble, Venue Operations Manager at Perth's Optus Stadium, has been awarded the Live Nation APAC Study Tour Prize for 2025, winning a learning experience trip to the...
Sep 3, 2025
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SWIMCON International Heads to Dubai in 2026 with CAAR backing
SWIM Coaches and Teachers Australia (SWIM) has announced that its flagship international event, SWIMCON International, will be hosted in Dubai in February next year. Being held...
Sep 2, 2025
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Griffith University and AOC partner to enhance elite athlete education
Griffith University and the Australian Olympic Committee have announced a new partnership, naming the Queensland education institution an ‘Australian Olympic Pathway University’...
Sep 1, 2025
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Great Barrier Reef Foundation flags four innovations protecting reef ecosystem
Collaborative conservation organisation - The Great Barrier Reef Foundation - has flagged innovative technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics that are reshaping...
Sep 1, 2025
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Penrith students help shape design of new Cambridge Park playspace
As part of the Penrith Mayoral Challenge (PMC) program, Year 7 students from Cambridge Park High School have collaborated with Penrith City Council to create an inclusive,...
Aug 30, 2025
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FILEX gears up as the fitness industry’s biggest education event of the year
With the event just a week away, the organisers of the FILEX Business Summit 2025 have advised that the gathering is “gearing up as the fitness industry’s biggest education...
Aug 29, 2025
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Coastal Safety Group calls for new ‘narrative’ on beach and ocean safety
The Coastal Safety Group has responded to what it calls the "sobering picture" of rising drowning deaths in Australia revealed by the newly released 2025 National Drowning...
Aug 29, 2025
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Corangamite Shire Council offers free youth pool lifeguard training
Corangamite Shire Council, located in Victoria's southwest, has advised it is offering free lifeguard training for Shire residents aged 12-24 during the September school...
Aug 27, 2025
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Latest national drowning report reveals tragic death toll
With Australia having recorded the highest number of drowning deaths since records began, Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia are calling for action ahead...
Aug 26, 2025
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WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Terracotta Warriors exhibition attracts 100,000 visitors
WA Museum Boola Bardip has flagged that today has marked 100,000 visitors through the Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor exhibition. Reaching this milestone in the...
Aug 26, 2025
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Sunshine Coast’s Glasshouse Mountains Visitor & Interpretive Centre secures award for best Information Centre
Sunshine Coast’s Glasshouse Mountains Visitor & Interpretive Centre secured the award for Visitor Information Centre of the Year at the annual Queensland Information Centre...
Aug 25, 2025
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Auckland lifeguards honoured at 2025 New Zealand Aquatic Awards
Auckland’s lifeguards have been in the spotlight, with the achievements of two of its lifeguards honoured at Recreation Aotearoa's 2025 Aquatics Awards. Kate McMullan from...
Aug 22, 2025
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Study shows women’s sporting events are big wins for cities
Cities and communities that host major women’s sporting events can reap wide-ranging benefits including tourism and economic growth as well as positive gender-related impacts,...
Aug 21, 2025
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Splash Nation initiative sees diving added to Sporting Schools program
Through a new Diving Australia learn to dive program ‘Splash Nation’, school children across the country will soon be able to learn to dive as part of the national Sporting...
Aug 19, 2025
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Hands-on training in artificial intelligence applications for music industry included in new ARIA Innovator workshops
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has advised that following its highly successful ARIA Innovator in March which drew 250 industry professionals to the State...
Aug 19, 2025
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ATEC offers refreshed AI workshop series for tourism industry operators
The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has spotlighted Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) rapid transformation of the tourism industry from personalising guest experiences,...
Aug 18, 2025
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Monarto Safari Park marks inaugural World Scimitar-horned Oryx Day
Once extinct in the wild, the Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) now walks free again in its desert homeland marking a global win for conservation with Monarto Safari Park...
Aug 16, 2025
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VMA opens scholarship applications and enrolments for 2025 Venue Management School
The Venue Management Association (VMA) continues to develop the next generation of high-performing venue professionals and has officially opened scholarship applications and...
Aug 14, 2025
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Conference triumph for ARI NSW and ASSA’s combined SPARK event
Providing a strong reinforcement of the benefits of industry collaboration, the Australian Swim Schools Association (ASSA) and Aquatic and Recreation Institute (ARI) NSW have...
Aug 14, 2025
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Humane World for Animals clarifies media misinformation on NSW shark net trial
Conservation organisation, Humane World for Animals, has highlighted that there have been false reports in the media that trial removals of shark nets in New South Wales are not...
Aug 13, 2025
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World Leisure Organisation counts down to 2025 Congress
Set to be hosted in the Netherlands city of Breda, the upcoming 18th World Leisure Congress is set to bring together leisure professionals from over 30 countries to explore how...
Aug 13, 2025
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Art Gallery of NSW faces significant staff cuts and restructuring
The Public Service Association of NSW union officials and PSA Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) delegates attended a briefing on 11th August delivered by Art Gallery of NSW Director,...
Aug 12, 2025
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Perth Symposium gathers experts to discuss Western Australia’s worst coral bleaching event on record
With the Western Australian community deeply invested in their marine environment, from conservation through to ecotourism and recreation, the marine heatwave that has caused...
Aug 12, 2025
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Sports Environment Alliance shortlisted for renowned community initiative award
Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) has been shortlisted for the Community Initiative category in the upcoming Sport Positive Awards 2025 for its project ‘Reducing Community...
Aug 12, 2025
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