This Resource Sheet is a review of research regarding children’s transition from home, to early childhood education and care services and then to school, with a specific focus upon both children and parents’ experiences of those transitions. The factors that influence a child’s ability to adapt to school are considered and case studies of promising...

This research project identified key issues affecting collaboration between science; and humanities, arts and social sciences. These concerns include resource imbalance, generalised attitudes and difficulties translating social research findings into practical knowledge. It recommends stronger collaboration right from the outset of projects to jointly define project objectives, scope and processes, rather than seeking to engage...

One of the significant challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. This challenge has led policy-makers to consider how older workers can be kept in the workforce. To help generate discussion on older workers, NCVER commissioned six researchers to draft essays on various issues around keeping older Australians engaged with the workforce. These...

The Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2011–2018 sets out a long-term agenda for Indigenous economic participation that will guide government decision-making and program development through to 2018.

The current level of inconsistency and divisiveness in the funding systems for government and non-government schools indicates a clear need for reforming school funding in Australia. Widespread dissatisfaction with the current arrangements has been documented across the education sector. Forty percent of respondents in an Essential Research poll in 2009 said that the system for...