Indigenous students are engaged with learning at a similar or slightly higher level than their non-Indigenous peers, and report levels of overall satisfaction equal to or higher than their peers. This Research Briefing by the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement addresses Indigenous engagement with universities. Key findings include: Indigenous students are more likely to seriously...

Based on a nationally representative sample of 25,950 Australian students, this paper investigates participation in off-campus paid work.

The IEA Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) is an international comparative research program studying the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education. Its central focus is on understanding how ICT affects the way teaching and learning takes place in schools. In many educational systems there is a desire to use ICT...

The reading literacy of Australian 15-year-old students has fallen sharply over the past decade, results from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal. The Australian national report shows Australia’s results have also slipped in mathematics but held ground in science. PISA measures how well 15-year-olds from across the globe are prepared to use...

Information Communication technologies, including social networking and games, provide new opportunities for education, according to this review of research. But the 'off the shelf' mentality which currently underpins the provision of computers in Australian schools may be stifling rather than enhancing innovation. The review explores national and international policy priorities for building students’ innovation capabilities...