Reports and Findings
Research
Student achievement against national minimum standards for reading and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9This project will examine how the categorisation of NAPLAN scores into bands affects the learning progress of low-achieving students.
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Pathways between racial discrimination and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young peopleThis PhD project aims to examine the associations and causal pathways between racial discrimination and the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people aged 0-17 years.
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NEET in Australia: Characteristics of Social Security Payment Recipients who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)Australian adults who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) represent a significant proportion of income support recipients, yet little is known about them.
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Multigenerational disadvantage in AustraliaThis study aims to examine the experience of multiple disadvantages in two generations of Australian families, and how these experiences relate to the trajectories of children, the third generation.
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LCC Flagship in Educational Equity. Using integrated administrative data to improve educational equity over the life course. UWA component - Evaluation of the Adult Migrant English ProgramThis project seeks to better understand the broader impacts of the AMEP on migrant outcomes.
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Data for policyThe ultimate goal of this project is to enable policy-makers and researchers to work together to influence positive changes in the life trajectories of disadvantaged Australians via research driven policy initiatives.
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Bilingualism, Parental English Skills and Child and Adolescent DevelopmentThis project will provide important policy directions for design of language educational programs in Australian schools, developing a multi-cultural society, multi-lingual workforce, sourcing of immigrants from different language backgrounds and English abilities in order to obtain the best developmental outcomes
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A data infrastructure for improving Aboriginal life pathways: the influence of health, education, child protection and justice systems over time and across generationsIncarceration represents a source of ongoing socioeconomic and health inequity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, limiting life changes and opportunities.
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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life CourseEmma Francis Ha Steve Francis Steve Francis Ha Steve Hayley Melissa Francis Steve Sarah Emma Carrington Steve Francis Steve Francis Steve Francis Ha Francis Joel Steve Francis Ha Steve Francis Glenn Steve Sarah Adams Mitrou Nguyen Zubrick The Kids
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UVR exposure, Vitamin D and type 1 diabetesLiz Prue Davis Hart MBBS FRACP PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD Theme Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Honorary Research Fellow prue.hart@telethonkids.org.au Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area;