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Zakaria joined the Accelerate program in his final year of high school with high aspirations for his education. Growing up in what he describes as ‘my little family of 13’, he was the son of...

In May, the ABCN Foundation proudly welcomed 39 Year 11 Accelerate Scholarship students and their mentors from across Australia to Sydney for the ABCN Foundation’s Annual Accelerate Leadership Summit. The Summit provided an opportunity for...

Year 9 students from Blacktown Boys High School ventured into the city for a Future Thinkers session with Okta at their Sydney office and we are thrilled to share some exceptional feedback from mentors and...

As part of ABCN’s Career Mentoring Curriculum for First Nations students, Year 10 students from Chifley College High School recently completed Aspirations, the second program in a three-year curriculum co-designed with Aboriginal educators to support...

As part of International Women’s Day, Microsoft welcomed students into two brand new datacentres currently being built in Sydney and Melbourne for special My Career Rules sessions focused on women in the construction industry. ABCN...

ABCN are pleased to announce that our latest workplace mentoring program, Find Your Purpose, developed in collaboration with The Purpose Project – Australia has officially launched, marking an exciting start to 2024 for ABCN programs....

During November, ABCN brought together mentors, champions, teachers and principals with proud parents and carers to award the 2023 Accelerate scholarships to 39 deserving students and to celebrate the outgoing 2020 scholars. Kicking off in...

Excitement ignited for the 160 students from across eight Southwest Sydney schools – both primary and secondary, who took part in the newly redesigned ABCN program Full STEAM Ahead. Full STEAM Ahead is an annual...

In a heartwarming journey of financial growth, Philip, a Year 9 student from Victoria, participated in the ABCN Goals program. Already familiar with money matters from discussions at home, Philip fully embraced the chance to enhance...

Lauren Cislowski works in the Technology Consulting team at EY, specialising in user experience design. But that’s not where the story begins: back in 2016, she was in Year 11 at Mount Annan High School...