Victorian students have No Regrets
Ten schools took part in two No Regrets workshops last week, held in Ballarat and Melbourne. Students and teachers came together to meet local organisations dealing with violence and prevention in the community, and heard from the experiences of other youth-led groups. Groups of six students from each school, after a 90-minute introduction workshop at their school earlier in the year, ...
Sam Chaltain visits FYA
This week, FYA had the pleasure of hosting a renowned expert in the international education sector - Sam Chaltain. Mr Chaltain was invited to Australia by FYA to discuss education reform in Australia with leading education experts and government representatives. Sam is the co-director of the First Amendment Schools program, the National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, and the founding director of the ...
Amplifying the voices of young refugees
During the past two years, FYA supported the Refugee Council of Australia to undertake a national youth consultation project to engage young refugees and have their needs and concerns addressed, and their ideas recognised, at a national level. The consultation found that education and training, housing and homelessness, employment and money problems, family issues and the accessibility of services are ...
WOW 2010 launches at Signal, Melbourne
The Worlds of Work program kicked off in Melbourne on Monday 8 February, the first of 18 week-long programs, and will continue from now until November. The program will involve students visiting three different workplaces around the CBD, networking and gaining valuable, first-hand experience in what it takes to succeed in the global world of life and work. This year, WOW ...
About FYA
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