This research amplifies the voices of First Nations and migrant learners who have disengaged from foundation skills courses. By understanding their goals, experiences, and recommendations, ways to better support their completion are identified. It explores how these learners first encountered the courses, their motivations for enrolling, the supports available, and the barriers they continue to...

This report provides insights into strategies and interventions that improve aspects of wellbeing linked to learning and clarifies the degree of evidence underpinning them. It finds that Australian education systems and sectors can have medium to very high confidence in the wellbeing strategies and interventions identified.

This report looks at how the last Labour government in the United Kingdom of the late 1990s and 2000s addressed the issue of school absence. It makes 12 recommendations on how the government should tackle school absence now, and draws out wider lessons for the approach to mission-led government. It finds the single biggest cause...

This explainer outlines how memory systems support learning and the conditions that optimise retention and recall, recognising the diverse ways students engage with and process information.

Attention and focus are essential for students to process and retain new information effectively. This explainer examines how students direct their attention in a schooling environment and how the actions of the teacher can support focus, minimise the impact of distractions on learning and foster conditions for learning success.