An evaluation of 15 STEM initiatives funded through the National Innovation and Science Agenda assessed their reach, impact and alignment across early learning and schools. Using mixed methods, it found programs reached target audiences, were well received and boosted engagement. Overall results were positive, highlighting gaps and recommending greater focus on early years STEM development.

The Future Leaders Program (FLP) pilot focused on testing a new approach to professional development for aspiring school leaders to increase the supply, quality and retention of school leaders in regional and remote Australia. This report sets out findings on the design, implementation, outputs and outcomes of the FLP for the first and second cohorts...

This strategy sets out the desired features of Australia’s National Digital Research Infrastructure (NDRI) ecosystem to ensure it can meet the rapidly growing demand for increasingly complex digital tools and services that NDRI provides. It outlines key challenges facing NDRI users and providers and articulates high level actions to address these. Achieving the outcomes of...

The Australian Government has committed to implementing a new Needs-based Funding system as a core component of funding for higher education teaching and learning. This paper outlines the proposed key elements.

In 2022, the Australian Government launched an ambitious process to develop the Australian Universities Accord to drive transformative reform of Australia’s higher education system. This report outlines the system architecture for a proposed new funding model predominantly for Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) that enables more students to attend university to meet Australia’s future skills needs.