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The Australian Government has announced that it will support projects in Australian society, history and culture under the Australian Research Council Special Research Initiatives scheme.

A total of $12 million has been allocated for this initiative for up to three years. The Government anticipates this initiative will fund around 40 projects.

There is currently limited information available about this initiative.

In a media release, the Minister for Education indicated that applications fo…

Do you want to get your research in the news media? The Media Centre for Education Research Australia (MCERA) is able to help. 

MCERA is 'committed to improving the quality of research-informed education reporting in the news media' and is able to 'promote individual pieces of research in the media'.

AARE is a sponsor of this independent, not-for-profit national organisation. As the degree of support offered by MCERA in promoting your work is related to sponsorship, AARE fi…

2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Australian Association for Research in Education!We hope you will celebrate with us. A Committee is currently planning activities throughout the year and they are keen to hear your ideas as well.

What can you do to get involved?Contact  Allyson Holbrook who is leading the 50th Anniversary Committee if you have ideas or want to help organising our celebrations.

We are still looking for old photos and documentsIf you have photos or documents related to the…

Selected photos from the 2019 AARE Conference held in Brisbane. The conference theme was 'Education for a socially just world'. 

The AARE Conference Standing Committee met this morning and made the difficult decision to postpone the AARE 50th Anniversary Conference and Celebrations until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While we are disappointed that we will not be able to come together to share our research and collegiality in person, AARE will continue to support its special interest groups to conduct online workshops, seminars and networking events.

We will be working with SIG convenors to prepare a program of even…

This special issue is devoted to exploring the concept of interdisciplinary educational work in a range of local, national and international contexts.

Guest co-editorsA/Prof. Ange Fitzgerald, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland – angela.fitzgerald@usq.edu.au
A/Prof. Graham Parr, Faculty of Education, Monash University –
graham.parr@monash.edu
Dr. Judy Williams, Faculty of Education, Monash University – judy.williams@monash.edu

Overview of special issueThe unique appeal of…

This year’s National Reconciliation Week celebrates the 20th anniversary of the reconciliation walks across bridges and down roads where the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of this land now known as Australia came together showing their support for a more progressive society working towards reconciliation. So, it is only apt that this year’s theme nods towards this momentous point of time in our shared histories as we continue to work towards reconciliation. #InThisTogether

As an associat…

The ‘Protecting and extending research in education in Australia’ Working Party, established at the AARE Annual General Meeting in 2017, delivered its report to the AARE executive and members in May 2020 titled: The growing urgency of attending to the state of Education Research in Australian Higher Education.

AARE, as the peak professional body for education researchers in Australia, has strong interest in supporting high quality research and research capacity in the field of education in the…

Call for Expressions of Interest: Associate Editors, ECR Editor Interns

The Australian Educational Researcher is seeking to appoint up to five new members of the Editorial Team to support the work of the journal in publishing high quality research by and/or of interest to members of the Australian educational research community: 

Two or three Associate Editors; and
Two or three Early Career Researcher Editor Interns.
As part of giving practical voice to AARE’s commitment, articulated in the As…

The Sociology of Education SIG will host a 90-minute Writing Workshop on Friday, October, 2nd 2020 aimed at supporting HDR students and ECRs with their publications.  This workshop is designed to assist with improving the writing skills required for both thesis writing and publication.  We will share best practices around academic writing, editing, revising and resubmitting journal articles as well as finding the most suitable journal in the field of sociology of education.  It is expected the a…