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| An Eidos Institute Case Study |
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An Eidos Institute Case Study |
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An Eidos Institute Case Study |
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The Department of Education and Arts (DEA) needed to identify key success factors in Queensland’s preparatory year and, to examine the effects of the preparatory year on progress of children in five development domains. Within 24 months of contracting the Institute, the research had provided strong and consistent evidence of the benefits of the preparatory year in preparation for implementation in 2007.
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The project developed out of international interest in two areas: a perceived need to address a civic deficit, particularly among young people and a requirement to spark national interest in developing the capacity of universities to contribute to regional and community wellbeing in economic, social and cultural terms.
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Eidos took on the challenge of answering the question of whether the Gulf Region is heading towards a Human Capital Crisis.
The region has a heavy reliance on foreign workers and public sector employment, low local labour force participation, low female workforce participation and a mismatch between skills delivered to Emirati nationals by the education system and that required in the labour market. In order to provide solutions to these challenges, the Kingdom of Bahrain is taking measure to reshape itself with three key reforms - economic, labour market and educational system- informed by evidence-based research contained in this project.
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James Cook University
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Central Queensland University
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Griffith University
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Agriculture and horticulture in FNQ have been dramatically shaped by Australia’s long history of migration. The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water Population and Communities through the Australian Government’s Transition Program for the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) contracted James Cook University to explore how Far North Queensland’s culturally diverse communities’ traditional knowledge can be utilised to contribute to greater sustainable resource management.
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The focus of the research reported in this paper was to identify the geographical spread of economic impacts from the resources sector across Queensland. The results of the analysis demonstrate that incomes and expenditures from the resources sectors are widely distributed across the state, and generate significant flow-on effects. It is notable that the industry makes a strong direct contribution in many of the more remote areas of Queensland, helping to underpin economic conditions in those regions. Expenditure from the resources industry has indirect impacts on the business environment in many areas, and generates substantial levels of production in south-east Queensland and central Queensland in particular.
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In 1998-99, at the time that the Pathways to Prevention program, or Pathways for short, was being planned, the rate of juvenile court appearances of adolescents resident in the Pathways area was nearly 8 times the rate for the Brisbane metropolitan area.
The program sought to take research theory on ‘what works’ in preventing crime and promoting positive youth development, and apply it in practice.
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Central Queensland University
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Central Queensland University
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Queensland University of Technology
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When Australia’s tertiary publishers wanted to investigate in detail that role that the print and digital textbooks that they publish played in current university learning they naturally turned to researchers at Central Queensland.
The research was carried out in 2010 and provided the initial study for an ARC Linkage Application in Round 2, 2011 on Identifying the factors which influence university students and course coordinators selecting commercial and non commercial learning resources.
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The 10,000 Steps project aims to increase the day-to-day activity of Australians by encouraging using a step-counting pedometer to accumulate “incidental” physical activity as part of everyday living. Significant health and well being benefits can be made simply by taking 10,000 Steps everyday. The project has been successful in motivating local communities, workplaces and individuals to increase their physical activity levels. Our website currently has about 180,000 registered 10,000 Steps users.
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Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety conduced a research report seeking to address transport safety concerns in public bicycle hire schemes. The report reviewed literature, crash data and conducted surveys in order to provide a comprehensive policy report to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.
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| University of Newcastle |
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Swinburne University of Technology |
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The Family Action Centre (FAC) was established in 1986 and has grown into an independent multidisciplinary centre within the University of Newcastle. The Centre’s purpose is to inform policy and practice to support families through community engagement, research, teaching and dissemination.
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This 18-month research project sought to investigate the costs and benefits of increasing labour mobility between the Pacific and Australia by studying the feasibility of a seasonal labour program to employ agricultural workers from Pacific Island nations in the Swan Hill/Mildura region during periods of peak labour demand.
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