Industry presentations

We actively engage in industry presentations covering a range of areas relevant to our work, particulary education, community services and the non-profit and community sectors. Our industry presentations are available for download here. Please share them to help deepen community understanding about disadvantage in Australia.

Disadvantaged students have a 19 per cent lower year twelve completion rate.

Disadvantaged students have a 19% lower Year 12 completion rate.

Presentations

Dr Lisa O'Brien

Dr. Lisa O'Brien, CEO, The Smith Family.

Presentations

Anne Hampshire - Outcomes Based Approaches to Government Conference - Jul 2019

Wendy Field & Anne Hampshire - ARACY Webinar - Federal Government Policy Priorities for Young Australians - Apr 2019

Julie Robinson -  National FutureSchools Expo 2019 - The Digital Divide - Mar 2019

Dr Lisa O'Brien - 2018 Spann Oration - In the service of others – improving long-term outcomes for our most vulnerable citizens - Dec 2018

Janine Blake & John Gelagin - Youth Engagement Forum 2018 - Beyond School Transitions: Evidence Based Programs and Innovation - Nov 2018

Anne Hampshire - Global Evidence and Implementation Summit 2018 - Building the Evidence Base to Improve Student Outcomes - Oct 2018

Anne Hampshire – Measuring Social Outcomes Conference – Improving the Educational Outcomes of Disadvantaged Young Australians – Aug 2018

Gillian Considine -  International Conference on Employer Engagement and Training – Supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed at school and beyond – Jul 2018

Gillian Considine - AARE Conference - Supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school - Nov 2017

Rebecca Reeve - AARE Conference - The compounding impact of health, disability and financial disadvantage on educational outcomes: The need for nuanced policy responses - Nov 2017

Catherine O'Byrne - FRSA Conference - Strengthening the educational outcomes of financially disadvantaged students through respectful family-school-community partnerships - Nov 2017

Rebecca Reeve - ASPC - Compounding effect of health, disability and financial disadvantage on educational outcomes for children - Sep 2017

Catherine O'Byrne & Gillian Considine - ASPC - Improving long-term outcomes for disadvantaged Australian young people - Sep 2017

Anne Hampshire - The Australia We Want Education Forum - Background Paper - Aug 2017

Christine Johnson & Susan Scarr - Parent Engagement Conference - Supporting the education of Indigenous families through innovative engagement strategies - June 2017

Gillian Considine & Catherine O'Byrne - Parent Engagement Conference - Working in partnership to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged students - June 2017

Anne Hampshire - AITSL Professional Growth Network - How can the national education agenda respond to the challenges faced by young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage? - Mar 2017

Anne Hampshire - Make it count! Children's Conference Bankstown - Improving the educational outcomes of disadvantaged young Australians - Mar 2017

Anne Hampshire - Childhood, Education and Welfare: Research and Policy Insights Workshop, Melbourne Institute - Succeeding through education - Feb 2017

Anne Hampshire - Peter Underwood Centre Horizon Series - Working in partnership to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children and young people - Feb 2017

Gillian Considine - Longitudinal Data Conference - Improving the education and employment outcomes of highly disadvantaged young Australians - Oct 2016

Dr Lisa O'Brien - Third Sector Conference - Improving educational outcomes of disadvantaged children and young people - Aug 2016

Dr Lisa O'Brien - ACU Executive Breakfast - Social innovation to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children and young people - July 2016

Bob Perry, Ann Gervasoni, Anne Hampshire & Will O'Neill - Let's Count: Improving Community Approaches to Early Years Mathematics Learning, Teaching and Dispositions through Noticing, Exploring and Talking about Mathematics - Beth Southwell Practical Implications Award - MERGA - July 2016

Anne Hampshire - Employer Engagement in Education and Training Conference, London - Improving the education and employment outcomes of highly disadvantaged young Australians - July 2016

Anne Hampshire - AIFS Conference - Using evidence to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children and young people - July 2016

Anne Hampshire - Collaboration Forum Data Strategy Group - Improving the educational outcomes of disadvantaged young Australians: The Learning for Life program - May 2016

Dr Lisa O'Brien - Safety and Stability for Vulnerable Children Conference - Changing Educational Outcomes for Disadvantaged Children - Feb 2016

Anne Hampshire - Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy Conference - Using data to improve practice, influence policy and enhance impact - Feb 2016

Dr Lisa O'Brien - Australian Long-Term Unemployment Conference - Knowledge and Networks: Changing the unemployment trajectory for disadvantaged young people - Nov 2015

Dr Lisa O'Brien - CHASS National Forum - Inspiring a Creative Australia - Oct 2015

Anne Hampshire - Australian Curriculum Studies Conference - Enacting curriculum for diversity - Oct 2015

Anne Hampshire - Early Start Conference - Strengthening children's early maths learning through creating supportive environments and enhancing relationships - Sep 2015

Gillian Considine - ASPC - Supporting stronger post-school outcomes among Australian disadvantaged young people - Sep 2015

Anne Hampshire - ASPC - Children's entitlement to positive educational outcomes: Using research, policy and practice to improve the lives of disadvantaged young Australians - Sep 2015

Anne Hampshire - AES Conference - Improving children's early mathematics: An evaluation of the Let's Count program - Sep 2015

Wendy Field & Anne Hampshire - NSW Principals Conference - Understanding the evidence about supporting positive outcomes - June 2015

Anne Hampshire - Social Impact Festival - CSI UWA - Education: The key to preventing entrenched disadvantage - June 2015

Anne Hampshire - Coming Together for Australia's Children Conference - Strengthening children's early maths learning through effective parent and educator partnerships - June 2015

Anne Hampshire - Rural Education Conference - Creative ways to invest in the early years as the launch pad for building high impact rural learning communities - The Let's Count program - May 2015

Anne Hampshire - Government and Social Research Network - Trends in and challenges of government and social research and evaluation: A not-for-profit perspective - May 2015

Anne Hampshire - CEDA - Early Intervention: The key to preventing entrenched disadvantage - April 2015

Anne Hampshire - Measuring Social Outcomes Conference - Measuring longer term impact - Nov 2014

Anne Hampshire - ASIC's Financial Literacy Community of Practice - Innovative approaches to enhancing the financial literacy of disadvantaged Australians - Oct 2014

Rebecca Sobczak & Paula Wood - AIC - Using a multi-phased design to review the implementation of the Let's Read Community Program - Sep 2014

Anne Hampshire - AES Conference - Evaluating educational outcomes for disadvantaged children and young people - Sep 2014

Wendy Field - Criterion Conferences - Place-Based Approaches - Aug 2014

Anne Hampshire - AIFS Conference - Engaging parents in their children's education - July 2014

Anne Hampshire - Middle Years Development Instrument Conference - May 2014

Dr Lisa O'Brien - Mitchell Institute Policy Forum Nov 2013

Dr Lisa O’Brien - Address to the Social Determinants of Health Conference - Nov 2013

Gillian Considine - ASPC - Choice Schools and Equity: are they compatible? - Sep 2013

Anne Hampshire - ASPC - Sport, Culture and the Internet - Sep 2013

Dr Lisa O’Brien - CEDA Address - Nov 2012

Heather Le Roy - A Vision for Quality Schooling - Oct 2012

Dr Lisa O'Brien - Making a Difference Research event address - Aug 2012

Dr Jen Skattebol SPRC - Making a Difference Report presentation - Aug 2012

Dr Lisa O'Brien - CEDA Address - Jul 2012

Achieving social inclusion for the most disadvantaged - Mar 2012

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