The 10th Anniversary of the formation of the Philippine National Research Centre for Teacher Quality (RCTQ) was celebrated on 18th November 2022 at the Rizal Park Hotel, Manila. The event was attended by UNE’s Professor Mike Wilson and SiMERR Director, Professor...
SiMERR National Research Centre celebrated its 15th anniversary on the 16th July. We had a special morning tea to commemorate the occasion, which was attended by the University of New England’s new Vice Chancellor, Brigid Heywood.🎂 The Centre started on 1st...
September has been a very busy month for RCTQ and SiMERR staff with staff members presenting the initial results of ongoing RCTQ research at three different conferences in the Philippines. Professor John Pegg has presented a key note address and hosted a workshop...
During March RCTQ staff have been out and about in the Provinces testing over 6000 fourth year graduating pre-service teachers at 10 universities. SiMERR staff Joy Hardy and Rebecca Spence, were lucky enough to be invited to participate in the testing at Palawan...
SiMERR and RCTQ staff are busy rolling out the Teacher Development Needs Study (TDNS). The TDNS Project will assist the Department of Education in the Philippines (DepED) to determine development programming for in-service teachers in terms of 1) teaching...
‘Never in our wildest dreams did we expect QuickSmart to be so popular’ said co-developers Professors John Pegg and Lorraine Graham as they reviewed plans for 2014. QuickSmart, a numeracy and literacy program conducted by SiMERR, is expected to be implemented in...
The University of New England has won a $6 million AusAID grant to set up a National Research Centre for Teacher Quality in the Philippines. The nationally competitive grant will fund a project in which staff members from the UNE-based National Centre of Science,...
The University of New England’s Asia ConneXions project has been awarded $558,000 by the Australian Government through the National Broadband Network – Enabled Education and Skills Services (NBN-EESS) program. The Asia ConneXions project was one of 12 projects...
Both the QuickSmart Programs have been accepted into the Teach Learn Share Database. The Teach, Learn, Share database is a national resource where educators and education systems can share their most effective approaches to literacy and numeracy teaching and...
Keen young mathematicians from 39 secondary schools throughout northern NSW met at the University of New England last Friday (11 May) for a day of stimulating competition. To read the full article click the link below...
