This policy brief provides reflection and background on the topic of supporting Indigenous learners in upper secondary education from a Peer Learning Discussion hosted by the OECD’s 'Above and Beyond: Transitions in Upper Secondary Education' project, which analyses transitions into, through and out of upper secondary education.

Introduced in 1999, Sure Start was the first large government initiative to provide holistic support to families with children under the age of 5 in England. This report presents evidence of the short- and medium-term impacts of the programme on educational outcomes, providing important evidence to show that intervening in early childhood to promote child...

Policy-makers and politicians often make anecdotal or fragmented use of research, using certain experiences and case stories to underpin policies as needed. They may also use evidence selectively to confirm their own beliefs or support political agendas. This paper has been prepared to support policy-makers’ research engagement skills that are needed at an organisational and...

This paper reviews a number of previous studies that have investigated how measure of non-cognitive skills predict important life outcomes such as educational attainment, employment, earnings, and self-reported health and life satisfaction.

The Australian Universities Accord final report contains 47 recommendations for the federal government's consideration, and aims to create a long-term reform plan for the higher education sector to meet Australia’s future skills needs.