From Assistant Principal Learning Enrichment

Distance Education

One of the ways of studying at Lumen Christi Catholic College in Stage 5 and 6 is through Distance Education (DE). DE is a challenging method of study, requiring great self-discipline, time-management skills, and a high level of motivation. Often students choose to study via DE as the course they wish to undertake is not offered at the school due to non-viable numbers of students wishing to take the course, access to appropriately qualified teachers of specialist courses or due to a clash in the timetable. This means that often there is not a specialist teacher available to assist students face-to-face when required.

Despite these challenges, Lumen Christi has a proud tradition of students achieving highly in DE courses. While these courses often are based in highly specialized areas such as Languages Other Than English (LOTE) like Japanese, French, German and Spanish, we have also had students in recent years undertake DE in courses such as Industrial Technology (Multimedia), Community and Family Studies and next year we are potentially looking at DE course in other specialist areas to cater for student needs.

While certainly not an appropriate mode of study for every person, DE can offer the right candidate an opportunity to further their studies and develop skills appropriate for their pathways

Visiting Immigration Detention

We would like to extend our thanks to the Peterie Family from our local Pambula Parish for their generous donation of a copy of the PhD study by Michelle Peterie, Visiting Immigration Detention: Care and Cruelty in Australia’s Asylum Seeker Prisons. In the preface, editor Nando Sigona from the University of Birmingham describes Michelle’s book as ‘a captivating account of Australia’s onshore immigration detention system’ that will ‘resonate with students, researchers and everyone keen to understand the impact of immigration detention regimes.’ (Page ix. Peterie, 2022).

This book will be accessioned through our library and will be a valuable resource for our Senior Students, Staff and Social Justice Advocates groups.