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Week 16: Quality education and effective overseas aid
ACER’s work as a partner in AusAID’s Education Resource Facility contributes to the development of a learning society, in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential.
Ensuring access to quality education is one of the main priorities of the Australian Agency for International Development, better known as AusAID. It’s also fundamental to the work of ACER, so it’s no surprise that ACER is supporting AusAID’s mission by providing timely research as a partner in AusAID’s Education Resource Facility (ERF).
As ACER’s ERF Project Director Leila Ismail explains, the ERF provides rapid and reliable responses to requests for research and advisory support from staff in AusAID’s overseas posts. It also provides AusAID with research and advice on strategic and policy priorities, drawing on ACER’s highly qualified education experts and the research power of ACER’s Cunningham Library.
ACER’s partnership in the ERF owes much to Dita Nugroho, a Research Fellow in ACER’s Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation program. ‘Her work,’ says Leila, ‘laid the foundations on which ACER’s growing contribution is now built.
‘We provide research-based analysis and advice on a rapid turnaround – we’re talking as rapid as half a day,’ Leila says. ‘We also provide more long-term research – including projects that run for as much as half a year – for strategic and policy purposes.
‘ACER now also has responsibility for the Knowledge Development component of the ERF, led by Senior Research Fellow Rachel Outhred, to provide capacity building to AusAID staff through online and in-person professional development programs, and knowledge management services.
‘One of the best things for me about the ERF project,’ says Leila, ‘is working with ACER staff across all divisions of the organisation, tapping into the amazing range of expertise we have here. Our work for the ERF increases our research capacity because it provides international development experience for ACER staff and the organisation as a whole, and promotes cross-divisional collaboration.
‘It also leads to stronger links with AusAID staff, including those at overseas posts, and contributes to AusAID’s strategic direction. By providing expert consultancy on educational best practice, we’re able to help AusAID design and deliver effective international aid programs, and that’s a good thing.’
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GOAL 1
Learners and their needs
every learner engaged in challenging learning opportunities appropriate to their readiness and needs
GOAL 2
The Learning Profession
every learning professional highly skilled, knowledgeable and engaged in excellent practice
GOAL 3
Places of learning
every learning community well resourced and passionately committed to improving outcomes for all learners
GOAL 4
A Learning Society
a society in which every learner experiences success and has an opportunity to achieve their potential
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