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  • Computers in schools program deadline pushed to 2012

    The Federal Government’s computers in schools program has had a dramatic impact on the shape of school IT departments across the nation, a joint committee hearing into the Digital Education Revolution Program – National Secondary Schools Computer Fund has heard.

  • New higher education authority calls for fresh IT system

    The federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, is designing a new core information system for a new higher education agency – the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) – which is scheduled to begin operating around mid-2011.

  • Education fibre backbone goes to tender

    The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations will soon issue a request for tender to construct a $70 million internal fibre network between vocational educational institutions and government schools across Australia, as the Federal Government agency looks to better utilise the increase in computing technology resulting from the $2.4 billion Digital Education Revolution (DER).

  • Education agency to spend $70m on broadband

    The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is to spend up to $70 million over the next three years implementing the Vocational Education Broadband Network (VEN).

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