2026 AREA Award Winner Webinar Series
Join the SPERA Executive Team for an exclusive webinar series celebrating the 2024 Australian Rural Education Awards (AREA) winners who are shaping the future of rural, regional, and remote education across Australia. Each session will be recorded and will run from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm (AEST) via Zoom.
2024 AREA Award Winners – Regional, Remote & Rural Schools Partnership Award Session
Our guest speakers for this insightful session include “Explore” Career & Industry Immersion, UniHub Spencer Gulf and the Story Writing in Remote Locations (SWIRL), Victoria University team. If you would like to purchase the books mentioned by Hakea from the Story Writing in Remote Locations (SWIRL) – Victoria University presentation, please click here.
2024 AREA Award Winners – First Nations Education Award
Our guest speakers for this insightful session include the Murwillumbah Connected Learning Community and the Orange Regional Conservatorium team.
2023 Rural Insights Webinar Series
SPERA is delighted to be launching our ‘Rural Insights’ webinar series from July 2023. At just 30 mins, these are short, sharp and fast webinars that couple research and best-practice practical approaches to rural education issues.
Rural Insights #2 – Indigenous Education
Monday 31st July – many thanks to Wuyagiba Study Hub for joining us to share how they are changing the education landscape in their region. View the 30minute webinar now:
Rural Insights #1 – Early Childhood Education
Join Associate Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett and Sue McIntyre as they explore the role of evidence-based professional learning for improving Early Childhood Education quality and supporting child outcomes within regional and rural communities.
12:30 – 1pm AEST, Wednesday 5 July.


