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We are very pleased to announce that the Conference Awards program for 2023 is now open.

This year, there are 6 awards available.  The due date for all award submissions will be August 31, 2023.

The Betty Watts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Award has returned to its original status as an award for excellence in research related to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander education.  This award is open for individual researchers or teams of researchers who present a paper a…

We invite our valued past and present members of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) to renew your AARE membership now to take advantage of a discount on your annual membership fee.

The extraordinary work of our SIGs and the range of events scheduled across 2023-2024 point to the benefits of membership, as do last year’s successful AARE conference in Adelaide and this year’s Melbourne conference in November.

Membership is vital to ensure we can strengthen the work of th…

New book release now available.

Purchase your copy from Melbourne University Press: Raewyn Connell: Research, Politics, Social Change by Raewyn Connell. 

The book is a selection from the author's writing from the 1970s to the 2010s, intended to show how knowledge about major social issues develops and deepens.

The selection includes five themes important in the author's work: 

1. Understanding masculinities
2. The concept of gender
3. The ruling class in Australia
4. Social…

AARE is pleased to provide a conference bursary program to support conference attendance in 2023.  Applications due: Friday 23rd June 2023.

This program is offered as a way of reaching new members and as a service to existing AARE members. The program is in recognition of the equity issues faced by postgraduate students and early career researchers in the current Higher Education context.

The 2023 AARE Conference is being held at Melbourne University 26-30 November. The Call for abstracts is…

Working towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system. Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People’s Aspirations for Higher Education offers a new lens on equity of access.

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The AARE Executive wishes to make the following statement:

In 2023 the Australian people will be asked to vote in a referendum that proposes to amend the Constitution to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. This will be an independent, representative advisory body for First Nations people.  The Uluru Statement from the Heart (2017) sought such constitutional reform ‘to empower our people to take a rightful place in our own country.’

The Executive of the Austr…

You have time to consider what you would like to experience around the 2023 AARE Conference Voice, Truth, Place: Critical Junctures for Educational Research at the University of Melbourne.

There are some great resources from the City of Melbourne that can help you consider the country on which the conference takes place:

City of Melbourne- Aboriginal History and Interactive Map

Aboriginal Melbourne

If you are coming from away, and interested in Smart cities, you may enjoy connecting with som…

Thank you to our Executive Committee members who met on 15th and 16th June at the University of Sydney. It was a full agenda that considered and decided upon a range of important items and initiatives, including:
 

An Executive position statement supporting a ‘Yes’ vote at the forthcoming Referendum on the amendment to the Australian constitution to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
Approval of the 2023-2024 SIG Funding applications; it is wonderful to see…

The award of Honorary Life Membership recognises current members of AARE who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to AARE as evidenced by long term membership of, and active participation in, the Association, and who have made a substantial contribution to educational research.  

AARE Members are encouraged to review the award criteria and the AARE website and submit nominations to Annette Woods, AARE Secretary via email secretary@aare.edu.au by 12 noon Monday 30th October 2023.

Strong Beginnings: Report of the Teacher Education Expert Panel (2023)The recently released Report of the Teacher Education Expert Panel (2023, the Scott Report) makes a number of recommendations that look set to have a significant impact on the design, purpose and provision of initial teacher education.

AARE emphasises the need for a robust and comprehensive research base to inform the direction of initial teacher education programs. This must take account of the breadth of expertise available…