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Trial exams released for 2023

Information: Published:07 September 2023

Our 2023 trial exams have now been released – click here to place your order. Crafted by experienced teachers and assessors of VCE Sociology, Global Politics and Australian Politics, our trial exams are designed to align closely with...

New textbooks update

Information: Published:20 July 2023

One of the really exciting things that we get to do at SEV, thanks to the support of our members, teachers and students across the state, is create textbook for each of our VCE subjects. We're a very small publisher, with all...

How do we empower teachers to empower students?

Information: Published:09 July 2023

How do we empower teachers to empower students? Laura Newman Executive Officer, Social Education Victoria FIrst published in ReConnectEd – 25 April 2023. Two things that I hear a lot when discussing student voice and agency with...

Trial exams – pre-orders now open

Information: Published:05 July 2023

Crafted by experienced teachers and assessors of VCE Sociology, Global Politics and Australian Politics, our trial exams are designed to align closely with VCAA examinations requirement, and best prepare students for end-of-year...

School-based student empowerment professional learning

Information: Published:27 June 2023

Are you excited to help your in-class and whole school student voice initiatives ‘speak’ to each other? Have you been trying to get all the staff at your school on the same page about student empowerment, but haven’t been able to...

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Information: Published:13 April 2023

This year’s Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 16 May @ Our Community House, 552 Victoria St, North Melbourne (note the change from Graduate House in Carlton). This meeting will provide an opportunity...

New study designs – VCE Politics and VCE Sociology

Information: Published:13 April 2023

In case you missed it – details for the new study designs for VCE Sociology and VCE Politics have been release by VCAA (using the links below, you can scroll down and select ‘2024 implementation’): VCE Sociology VCE Politics Both...

SEV’s 2023 Conference – thank you!

Information: Published:13 April 2023

Thanks to everyone who made it for our first in-person conference since 2020 – your participation and engagement made it a resounding success. To the presenters and facilitators, thank you for sharing your knowledge and...

Resource drive

Information: Published:13 February 2023

We’re putting a general call-out to all teachers of our subjects for de-identified resources (be they lesson plans, classroom activities, worksheets, case-study walkthroughs) that they’ve developed in the course of teaching that...

Our 2023 VCE Conference

Information: Published:13 February 2023

Registrations for our annual VCE Conference are now open. This year’s theme is CONNECT. Fittingly, this will be an in-person event, packed with illuminating and interactive sessions that best lend themselves to the format, so if...

First Nations cultures and histories - notes from the SEV office

Information: Published:02 January 2023

First Nations cultures and histories - notes from the SEV office A kind of primer – some of our favourite First Nations resources, readings and thinkers. Featured to Ethos, vol. 30, no.1, 2022 – 'Voices, Treaties and Truth'. As we...

Changemakers, Yoorrook and Civics and Citizenship

Information: Published:02 January 2023

Changemakers, Yoorrook and Civics and Citizenship Featured to Ethos, vol. 30, no.1, 2022 – 'Voices, Treaties and Truth'. The tension between curriculum and substantive First Peoples’ perspectives are sensitively navigated in...

Working with the message stick in classroom spaces

Information: Published:12 December 2022

Working with the message stick in classroom spaces Ricki Spencer Foreward to Ethos, vol. 30, no.1, 2022 – 'Voices, Treaties and Truth'.Ricki Spencer is a proud First Nations trans teacher and a member of Social Education...

New edition of Ethos available for members

Information: Published:12 December 2022

Members – log in to access the latest edition of Ethos.

Student empowerment

Information: Published:29 August 2022

Student voice, agency and leadership, these are terms that we hear a lot – they’re prioritised in departmental policy documents and in documentation for independent and religious schools. That said, the meaning of student...

Islamic Museum of Australia

Information: Published:09 November 2021

The Islamic Museum of Australia is a great resource – particularly for our Year 12 Sociology teachers. Check out what they have to offer here: IMA education program | IMA education portal | IMA education flyer

SEV’s on Auntie!

Information: Published:09 November 2021

ABC has produced a great new series on the role that money plays in politics – we are so excited and there are so many curriculum links for Civics and Citizenship, Australian and Global Politics (especially Unit 1!) and...

New Release: Free Sociology Teachers' Guide

Information: Published:17 March 2021

Our Year 12 Sociology Teachers' Guide has been produced as a companion to our textbook: Sociology Units 3 & 4 (2nd Edition). It contains content overviews, case studies, learning activities and sample assessments. This resource is...

SEV opposes proposed increases in humanities fees

Information: Published:23 June 2020

To advocate on behalf of our members across Victoria, SEV has issued a media release opposing the proposed changes to federal higher education funding that would see dramatic increases in fees for humanities subjects. Click here for...