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The Higher Education Research Program deploys ACER’s unique and independent research capability to measure and evaluate higher education inputs, processes, contexts and outcomes. Our applied research is conducted in Australia and globally for institutions and governments, and a wide range of other clients. Projects focus on admissions and outcomes testing, large-scale surveying, student engagement, research training and teaching quality, demographic modelling and planning, workforce and leadership capability assessment, designing quality assurance systems, analysis and reporting of complex data, and policy analysis and review.

Selected projects in this area

Project NameFundingDirector
Australian Medical Assessment Collaboration Australian Learning and Teaching Council Daniel Edwards
Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan Skills Victoria Daniel Edwards
Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire National Report Graduate Careers Australia Hamish Coates
Enhancing the Learning and Teaching and Performance Fund: An AVCC proposal Australian Vice Chancellors Committee Hamish Coates
Investigations of Outcomes-based Auditing Victorian Qualifications Authority Hamish Coates
Needs Analysis for the National University for Regional Australia Southern Cross University and Charles Sturt University Daniel Edwards
National Educational Assessment System Lead Master Trainer Course World Bank and British Council Hamish Coates
Review of RMIT Academic Promotions Processes RMIT University Hamish Coates
Direct Assessment of Learners’ Generic Skills Republic of Ireland Higher Education and Training Awards Council Marita MacMahon Ball
Australian Universities Quality Agency Academic Standards Advisory Committee Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) Hamish Coates
Cognitive Skills Testing Program, Imam University Saudi Arabia Imam University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamish Coates
Business Council of Australia – Higher Education Business Council of Australia Hamish Coates
Australian Legal Profession: Education, Training and Career Outcomes The Australian National University Julie McMillan
Tertiary Education Advice for Growth Area Framework Plans Phillips KPA Daniel Edwards
Quality and outcomes of private higher education Australian Council for private education and training (ACPET) Hamish Coates
Investigation of the pathways into and out of the teaching profession Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Daniel Edwards
Tertiary Engineering Capability Assessment (TECA) Group of Eight Universities (Go8) Hamish Coates
Teaching Quality Indicators in Higher Education Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Hamish Coates
VU Student Dividend Victoria University Hamish Coates
Analysis of University Student Entry and Participation Patterns in Victoria Skills Victoria Daniel Edwards
Establishing the Criterion Validity of UMAT UMAT Consortium Hamish Coates
Supply and Demand for Postgraduate Research Qualifications in Science and Mathematics Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Daniel Edwards
Perceptions of the IB Diploma Programme in Australasian Universities International Baccalaureate Organisation Hamish Coates
School Connections: Microsoft Partners in Learning Microsoft Australia Hamish Coates
University of WA Course Structures Review University of Western Australia Hamish Coates
Online Leadership Learning System Australian Learning and Teaching Council Hamish Coates
Establishing the criterion validity of the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test Consortium Hamish Coates
Monash University Medical Admissions Predictive Validity Analysis Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Daniel Edwards
Flinders University Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) Review Flinders University Sarah Richardson
Student Involvement in Regional Higher Education Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Sarah Richardson
National Research Student Survey (NRSS) Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Daniel Edwards
Student Aptitude Test for Tertiary Admission (SATTA) Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Hamish Coates
Leadership Capabilities for Australian Vocational Education and Training LH Martin Institue for Higher Education Leadership and Management Hamish Coates
Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Hamish Coates
Supply of and demand for Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) qualifications in Australia Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Daniel Edwards
Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Adjustment Process Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training Gary Marks
Academic Leadership Capabilities for Australian Higher Education Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Hamish Coates
Australian Technology Network (ATN) Academic Standards Model Australian Technology Network (ATN) Universities Hamish Coates
Changing Academic Profession Survey LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management Hamish Coates
Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) Australasian tertiary institutions Hamish Coates
Graduate Pathways Survey (GPS) Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Hamish Coates
Course Experience Questionnaire National Report Graduate Careers Australia Hamish Coates
Deployment of AQTF Quality Indicators Australian National Quality Council Hamish Coates

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