• Promoting the development of rural Australia

    SPERA acknowledges that the land we call Australia has – for tens of thousands of years – been the spiritual and physical home of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who continue to carry this unbroken cultural connection into the 21st century. We pay our respects to the ancestors and elders past, present and emerging.

AIJRE issue: Considering Diversity in Educational Research that Explores School-Community Relationships

This special issue of the Australian and International Journal…
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The Importance of Local Voices in Rural Communities

Voices matter. The experience of the recent referendum on First…

Rural Insights: Vocational Education & Rural Industry Partnerships

In November 2023 host Samantha Avitaia from Bega NSW spoke with…

Rural Insights – Teaching in very remote schools

This month October 2023 our host Viveka Simpson (Teach for Australia)…

Rural Insights – Facilitating Student Success

Our September 2023 webinar featured Dr Marcia Devlin, CEO of…