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This year we were delighted to build on the success of last year’s pilot program Innovate in partnership with ABCN member, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Innovate is designed specifically to inspire engagement and uptake of STEM subjects among secondary students. Initially...

2016 has been an exciting and rewarding year for the ABCN Foundation with support for scholarships increasing by 40% on last year – our largest annual offering yet. The Foundation has just announced 21 new...

On Tuesday 15 November, ABCN hosted its first national Thought Leadership Symposium in partnership with Philanthropy Australia.  The event, It’s Who You Meet, was an afternoon of discussion and celebration centred around employer mentoring initiatives with...

It’s hard to believe it’s the end of the year already – and equally hard to believe is what we managed to squeeze into it! As 2016 draws to a close, we’d like to acknowledge...

In a new addition to their ABCN Business Class partnership, students from Victorian schools Maffra Secondary College and Elisabeth Murdoch College (EMC) recently swapped the classroom for the boardroom, growing their skills through an innovative...

‘Before I did the GOALS program I always had self-doubt. I would get really nervous and struggle to speak in front of a group of people. Sometimes I would be too scared to put my hand...

InRoads is designed for high school students aged 16-17 years who live in disadvantaged areas where youth unemployment is highest and have no post-school plan for study or employment. It offers the opportunity to learn about...

It’s hard to believe that six months have already passed since we awarded our 2015 ABCN scholarships. During this time our 15 new scholars have met on various occasions with their mentors with some shadowing...

We were thrilled to receive an update recently from former Fairfield High student, Serena Zhang who took part in GOALS in 2009. Here Serena met her mentor Jill Shapiro from Investec, where the two developed a...