This report explores a set of six priority markets that could provide opportunity for increasing exports of school curriculum, assessment and regulatory products. It reflects the culmination of a project led by the NSW Education Standards Authority and conducted by Nous Group, commissioned through an Enabling Growth and Innovation grant from the Australian Government.

The scope of this review is confined to examining the work health and safety compliance and enforcement arrangements. It is not a policy and legislative review.

The councils of the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia have agreed to formally consider the merits of the creation of a new university through a merger of the two institutions. This discussion paper sets out preliminary insights into the potential opportunities and challenges of creating a new university through a merger. ​

The Regional Universities Network (RUN) engaged Nous and the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) to undertake an economic impact study to quantify the impact of RUN member universities on their regional economies. Results have been produced using CoPS’ multiregional Computable General Equilibrium model of the Australian economy.

The Regional Universities Network (RUN) engaged the Nous Group to undertake analysis on the effects of the RUN on jobs and productivity in regional Australia. This short report presents these results, which demonstrate the capacity of the RUN to educate and place graduates in jobs in regional areas of Australia.