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Interactional infrastructure in rural communities: matching training needs and provision

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Kilpatrick, Sue; Loechel, Barton
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol.14, No.1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

This paper reports some of the main lessons learnt from a collaborative project titled Generating jobs in regional Tasmania: a social capital approach investigating how two small rural Tasmanian communities could better match local training needs with training provision. The project was conducted within the context of the wider soc ....

'Emerging themes' : National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education (Australia)
  • Publisher: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
  • Published Location: Sydney, NSW
  • Country: Australia

Includes a chapter on access to and participation in rural and remote education by Indigenous Australians; discusses barriers to participation and success; outcomes; Indigenous cultural studies; Indigenous languages. Report Locationhttp://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/rural_education/briefing/indigenous_ed.html ....

'Should I stay or should I go'?: Rural and remote students in first year university stem courses

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Sue Wilson, Terry Lyons, Frances Quinn
  • Journal Name: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23 No. 2
  • Publisher: Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia
  • Published Location: Wembley W.A
  • ISBN: 1839-7387
  • Country: Australia

Research on the achievement of rural and remote students in science and mathematics is located within a context of falling levels of participation in physical science and mathematics courses in Australian schools, and underrepresentation of rural students in higher education. International studies such as the Programme of International Student As ....

"I'd like to participate, but...": women farmers' scepticism towards agricultural extension/education programmes

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Chrysanthi Charatsari, Majda Černič Istenič and Evagelos D. Lioutas
  • Journal Name: Development in Practice
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23, No. 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
  • ISBN: 09614524

This mixed research is inspired by our desire to explain why rural women are cautious in their attitudes towards agricultural extension/education. Fifty-two women livestock farmers from Thessaly-Greece were randomly selected to participate in the study. Our results indicate that at one end of the spectrum women express a high willingness to parti ....

[In]Sight Results Guide

  • Year: 2014
  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

Australia’s regional areas are developing at different paces. They have different potential for  positive growth and change.    The Regional Australia Institute(RAI) has developed [In]Sight: Australia’s regional competitiveness  index to provide a consistent, comprehensive and accessible view of the status of Australia ....

[In]Sight: Australia’s Regional Competitiveness Index 2013 Technical Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

In establishing the Regional Australia Institute (RAI), stakeholders from the regions, government and academia emphasised the extent to which regional Australia has lacked consistent and accessible national level information to inform the discussion on regional development and to guide policy and investment decisions. To address th ....

[In]Sight: Snapshot of Major Findings for 2013

  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

[In]Sight is an online index and interactive map tracking the competitiveness of Australia’s 560 Local  Government Areas (LGA) and 55 Regional Development Australia (RDA) regions, unlocking  thousands of insights into regional Australia.    [In]Sight consists of 59 measurable indicators of competitiveness w ....

55 (at least) and not out of the learning game: older regional students

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: B Ellis
  • Journal Name: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
  • Journal Number: 23:3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

This article explores older students' perceptions of formal, non-formal and informal learning in regional South Australia. Drawing on earlier studies as well as a continuing one, it compares: the study motiviations of students aged 55 and older enrolled formally in university undergraduate programs; the learning motivations of University of the T ....

A hand up not a hand out: renewing the fight against poverty: report on poverty and financial hardship

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Australia. Parliament. Senate. Community Affairs References Committee
  • Publisher: Parliament of Australia, Community Affairs Committee
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 0642711992
  • Country: Australia

There has been a significant growth in poverty in Australia over the last decade. At the time of this report's release a consensus of estimates puts the number of people living in poverty at between two and three and a half million. In reporting on this inquiry into poverty the Senate Community Affairs References Committee gathered ....

A human capital approach to the educational marginalisation of Indigenous Australians

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Biddle, Nicholas
  • Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 073154966X
  • Country: Australia

Education is a key determinant at both a national and individual level for health, wellbeing and access to economic resources. What's more, education has intrinsic benefits for those who undertake it, as well as for those around them. The standard human capital model has been used by many to understand the education decisions that ....

A Measure of the Strength of the Relationship between the Indigenity and Desirability of Queensland State Schools

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Michaelson, Matthew Thomas
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, The
  • Journal Number: 35
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

Education Queensland's Remote Area Incentives Scheme (RAIS) is intended to provide financial and other benefits to teachers who choose to accept employment in undesirable locations in the state. On paper, this scheme claims that remoteness from an urban centre is the foremost measure of a school's undesirability. However, the perce ....

A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on Social Capital and Economic Development: An Exploratory Analysis

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Soogwan Doh, Connie L. McNeely
  • Journal Name: Annals of Regional Science
  • Journal Number: Vol. 49
  • Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • ISBN: 1432-0592

While various types of capital have been identified and studied as drivers of economic development, recent arguments surrounding social capital in particular have led to calls for greater attention to its role in economic development within a country. Thus, we examine social capital relative to its impact on economic development at the country le ....

A new direction for regional university campuses: catalyzing innovation in place

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Allison, Janelle; Eversole, Robyn
  • Journal Name: Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
  • Journal Number: Vol. 21, No. 2
  • Country: Australia

Ideas about the importance of knowledge and innovation in the global economy have implications for the changing role of universities but so too do ideas about the role ofplace-based knowledge in generating competitive advantage and innovation at the regionalscale. As the concern to structure effective innovation systems intersects with thegrowing ....

A Profile of Cellar Door Personnel: An Exploratory Case Study Analysis of Two Australian Wine Regions

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Williams, Kim Marianne
  • Journal Name: Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism
  • Journal Number: 12.1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 15332845
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria, South Australia

This exploratory study investigated the profile of cellar door personnel working in two wine districts in Australia, the Yarra Valley, Victoria, and the McLaren Vale, South Australia. The project examined the demographic profile, employment relationships, career mobility, and the perceived skills and knowledge essential for cellar door or tasting ....

A spatial divide? Trends in the incomes and socioeconomic characteristics of regions between 1996 and 2001

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Lloyd, Rachel; Harding, Ann; Yap, Mandy
  • Publisher: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

This paper examines trends in income for different regions of Australia between 1996 and 2001, using census data. Most regions and states experienced strong income growth during the five years, although incomes in the capital cities remained much higher than in other areas of Australia. Sharp rises in housing costs offset part of t ....

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