Literature review
Client perceptions of quality care in aged care services
This review targets contemporary literature examining quality from the viewpoint of older Australians who receive aged care services in the residential and community sectors.
Report
A taste of sustainability: case studies of sustainable cafes in Australia
Sustainability and its attainment is one of the most important challenges of our time. Ever since the Brundtland Report popularised the concept of sustainable development, communities around the globe have been confronting how to balance the needs of humanity for consumption of resources with the finite limits of the environment and considerations of social equity...
Report
Research on youth exposure to, and management of, cyberbullying incidents in Australia: synthesis report
The Social Policy Research Centre was commissioned by the Australia Government, as part of its commitment to Enhance Online Safety for Children, to investigate youth exposure to cyberbullying and how it is being managed. The report was developed in collaboration with National Children’s and Youth Law Centre, the University of South Australia, the Young and...
Evaluation
Review of languages retention from the middle years to the senior years of schooling
This document reports on the ‘Review of Languages Retention from the Middle Years to the Senior Years of Schooling’ undertaken for the South Australian Department for Education and Child Development by a team of researchers at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia.
Report
Industrialised building in the housing sector - lessons learnt
The Lessons Learned are in both industry practice of industrialised building as well as academic research. We visited Harbin Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University and we shared each of our research programs and discussed potential future projects. An important difference between China and Australia is that off-site manufacturing (OSM) is termed Industrialised Building. In...