This collaborative research project was conducted by academics across the three major universities in South Australia, i.e. University of South Australia, Flinders University and the University of Adelaide. The project was funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University and explores the experiences of first in family students...

An evaluation of the 'Transforming Educational Achievement for Children in Home-Based and Residential Care' program. Summary Anglicare Victoria has a long history of supporting children and young people in out-of-home-care (OHC). Today it is Victoria’s largest provider of foster and kinship care, and one of the state’s major providers of residential care. The agency is...

This report presents a series of tasks designed to reduce the problem of within-school variability by seeking out and scaling up teacher expertise. Introduction In a previous paper, What Doesn’t Work in Education: The Politics of Distraction, I argued that the aim of schooling is for every student to gain at least a year’s worth...

This report questions some of the key education reform policies pursued by governments in the last twenty years. Introduction In this report, the first of two linked papers on what doesn’t work in education, and then on what does, I describe the confused jargon and narratives that distract us from the most ambitious and vital...

This paper explores how student wellbeing is defined; the relationship between wellbeing, schools and outcomes; school elements in improving student wellbeing; and student wellbeing policies in Australia.