Author: ABCN Team

It’s a fortuitous moment when ABCN students get the chance to reconnect with the member company that mentored them earlier. Five years ago, Mohammed Amir was a Year 9 participant in a GOALS program at...

Student reconnects with mentor company that inspired career path; Careers panel beamed to hundreds of students; Teachers (as well as students) get schooled on real life

Over the years ABCN programs have been made possible by our wonderful volunteer mentors. Last month at ABCN’s End of Year event in Melbourne, Gemma Court from Stockland was awarded a 2018 Super Mentor Award in recognition of completing ten...

Future Thinkers is one of ABCN’s newest programs and is already gaining popularity amongst our member companies and mentors for its focus on innovation and creative problem solving. The program, developed with seed funding and...

There is nothing more special than hearing the impact ABCN programs have on students many years later. Recently we reconnected with past GOALs student, Christopher Stanley, to hear about his experience of the program and...

‘Inspired to do better and be better’ A GOALs student 10 years on…; Stop talking, start making! Future Thinkers transforming challenges into opportunities; Super Mentor Gemma Court shares why she loves mentoring with ABCN

ABCN Media Release: Entrepreneurs Unearthed Award

Earlier this year, The Mitchell Institute brought together a group of leaders for a policy roundtable – to build greater understanding of the roles industry can play in education. ABCN was proud to be invited...

After successfully piloting Entrepreneurs Unearthed with member companies EY and CBA in 2017, the program got underway again this term with two talented groups in Sydney and Melbourne. Entrepreneurs Unearthed is an exciting competition and...

This is a story about the power of mentoring, and a letter from a mentor to her student. At the recent ABCN Leadership Dinner we had organised for some mentors and students, past and present,...