Professor Max Smith

Improving the quality of school teaching is a global concern at the heart of a visionary education program soon to be rolled out in Australian schools.

UON’s School of Education has been honoured for its outstanding work with numerous accolades at the Australian Association for Research in Education conference.

FEDUA researchers from the School of Education and the nascent School of Creative Industries who have been awarded competitive Federal Government funding in the 2016 Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (HEPPP) National Priorities Pool round announced this week. The two FEDUA-led projects are responsible for more than 50% of the total funding awarded to UON.

A research team drawn from three Faculties and four Schools and led by FEDUA’s Centre for Social Research and Regional Futures (CSRRF) successfully tendered for a position on the Australian Government Department of Employment’s panel for research and evaluation services.

Faculty of Education and Arts scholars Professor Jenny Gore and Professor Maxwell Smith have been named co-editors of the prestigious Teaching and Teacher Education journal.

A new study led by The University of Newcastle's Professor Jenny Gore has found that a student's sex and prior academic achievement may be the strongest predictors of participation in higher education. But the ways in which schools support students' aspirations can also have a major influence on their plans when they leave school.

The University of Newcastle's Teachers and Teaching Research Program awarded grant to investigate the formation of children's vocational education and training aspirations.

The Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) was successful in eight HEPP Priority Pool Project grants totalling over $1.3 million.

University of Newcastle research program, Teachers and Teaching, proves collaboration is the key to success in teaching and research.