Sydney, Australia – 1 September 2023: The Board of the Public Education Foundation (PEF) supports a Yes vote in the upcoming Voice Referendum to be held on 14th October.Approximately 30% of scholarships awarded by the Public Education Foundation (PEF) are to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and at the August meeting the Board voted unanimously to support the Yes Campaign, issue this statement and provide information to our stakeholders about the Voice Referendum.The Chair of the Public [...]

Tamworth school teacher Jessica Burg has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Public Education Foundation’s Teachers Health Early Career Scholarship.Jessica began her teaching career in January 2021 and is teaching Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) at Oxley High in Tamworth.As well as working full time, Jessica is currently completing a course in Transformational Leadership in Education at the University of Newcastle. She plans to use the Teachers Health Scholarship to [...]

Three of Australia’s best and brightest principals have been given the opportunity to undertake a professional education program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education (Harvard) through the Teachers Mutual Bank Principals Scholarship, the Harvard Club of Australia Principals Scholarship and the Public Education Foundation Principals Scholarship. Recognised for their outstanding work in educating the nation’s young minds, the principals will undertake a program at Harvard specifically designed to strengthen their educational [...]

The Public Education Foundation and Teachers Mutual Bank have announced Nick Ansell, of Grovedale College, is this year’s recipient of the Public Education Foundation’s Teachers Mutual Bank Victorian Mid-Career Scholarship. This scholarship supports public school teachers in Victoria who have been teaching for between five and fifteen years, with Teachers Mutual Bank providing $10,000 for professional development activities of the scholar’s choice. Nick will be using his scholarship to travel to Broome [...]

Sydney, Australia – 29 May 2023: The Public Education Foundation welcomes David Riordan as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), commencing today. Mr Riordan brings a wealth of experience as a former primary school teacher and from his 30-year career in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, mostly as a senior executive. He has held several high-profile roles, including CEO of the NSW Department of Education International, Director of Sydney TAFE [...]