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ABCN’s Partners in Learning (PiL) program links business and educational professionals to share experiences, solve problems and explore leadership challenges together. Intended to be a mutually beneficial, co-mentoring relationship, strong ties often form – and Doonside Technology...

This time last year, Sarah Skitt had just received the happy news that she was the recipient of an ABCN Scholarship. One year on, as one of our 12 inaugural 2013 scholars, she has now...

In South Australia, ABCN was recently acknowledged with an award for the GOALS and Career Choice Day programs we ran with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Nominated by Le Fevre High School, who had participated in both programs, the award...

We were thrilled to host the very first ABCN Leadership Summit on the 13th and 14th of August this year for our inaugural ABCN Scholarship Foundation winners from around Australia. The two-day event for students...

It’s a busy year for the ABCN Scholarship Foundation’s inaugural scholars. As well as embarking on Year 11, they will be working with their mentors on their goals, attending a Leadership Summit in Sydney and...

For Michael Mankin, who participated in the ABCN GOALS program in 2006, the experience was nothing short of enriching. Michael attended Lurnea High School near Liverpool in South West Sydney, a low socio-economic status (SES)...

Earlier this year, KPMG invited four of ABCN’s partner schools to produce 51 individually designed t-shirts that would be worn by KPMG partners and guests for the Property Industry Fund (PIF) fundraising sailing regatta –...

ABCN has won two Global Best Awards for the Australia and Oceania region for the Focus Women’s Leadership and ParraNormal programs. Initiated by Minter Ellison Lawyers, Focus was piloted in 2012 to offer leadership development to female students. It quickly expanded...

ABCN recently celebrated the end of another successful year with a number of interstate events generously hosted by our member companies – Commonwealth Bank in Sydney and Melbourne, Minter Ellison in Brisbane and KPMG in...

Earlier this year we ran an extremely successful pilot program called Engage – a mentoring program designed for high school students that targets critical public speaking and communication skills. The program was developed in response to concerns...