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Dr Vesife Hatisaru

Want to know if your research has made an impact?

The impact your research has in the real world is of vital importance to researchers, to those who fund research and to those across the globe who benefit from your research findings. Research impact is defined in Australia as ‘the contribution that research makes to the economy, society, environment or culture, beyond the contribution to academic research’. Here, we present an impact evaluation of research and share some takeaways that can help you to measure the impact of your research (Hatisaru et al., 2023).

A Portrait image of Dr Sarah Jefferson smiling in front of a tree

Shaping the teachers of tomorrow

The importance of high-quality student teacher placements in developing confident, capable teachers. To be a teacher is to wear a hundred different hats: educator, counsellor, party planner, manager, mentor and innovator (just to name a few).

Associate Professor Helen Adam

Why good teaching isn’t good enough

The Australian Teaching and Learning Commission represents Australia’s most significant opportunity in a generation to reshape literacy education.

Dr Jason Goopy

Community music education a key youth wellbeing strategy

A new Edith Cowan University study has investigated the positive impact of community music education programs in regional Australia – providing non-medical, cost-effective, and community-based opportunities to reach out to young people who are struggling.

Dr Julie Boston and Dr Rikki James

$1.4 million in Applied Research Grants to boost WA’s clean energy training capability

School of Education researchers joining forces with SM Safe, MLEC Group and Magellan Power to create Virtual Reality (VR) training for electrical apprentices in remote communities.

Current events

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MAY

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Training

Professional Learning
Education
Duke of Edinburgh

ECU’s School of Education is proud to offer an exciting professional learning opportunity to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers. Become a fully trained Award Leader for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, and you will join a global network of educators offering students the opportunity to benefit from the Award’s world-class non-formal education and learning framework.

WED
17
JUN

Twilight Seminar - Rethinking Literacy: Beyond Instruction to Equity

Twilight Seminar
Professional Learning
Literacy Education

The School of Education is delighted to invite you to this Twilight Seminar - Rethinking Literacy: Beyond Instruction to Equity. This seminar is presented by Associate Professor Helen Adam, Churchill Fellow, President of PETAA, and author of Creating Equitable Literacy Learning Environments: A Transformative Model (Routledge, 2025).

While over 75% of Australian teachers report confidence in teaching reading, persistent achievement gaps remain. This session challenges a critical assumption: if teacher skill isn’t the issue, what is?

ECU Newsroom

Indigenous stories set in stone and steel at ECU City Campus 

ECU has unveiled two significant public artworks at City Campus, celebrating the cultural, spiritual and ecological narratives of the Noongar people of the southwest of Western Australia, with a focus on Boorloo, Perth, the place at which the ECU City Campus is located.

ECU hosts Australian Federal Police-led program to inspire next generation of cyber champions

Talented high school students take part in re_BOOTCMP in a Western Australian first.

Injured your ACL? It's more than just a knee injury

It's an athlete's worst fear. Hearing a loud "pop" and feeling severe pain are usually the first signs you've torn your anterior cruciate ligament, also known as the ACL.

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