Our mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the lifespan. We are a not-for-profit research organisation established in Australia.
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ACER locations
ACER has more than 400 staff in offices around the world.
Latest articles
Girls take up the STEM challenge in ACER game design competition
Thursday, 14 Sep 2023Girls have brought their A-game to the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge this year, making up 73% of the winners, despite being only 33% of the total entrants.
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Play the way to motivate teachers and students
Monday, 4 Sep 2023Learning through play is highly effective in improving student and teacher wellbeing and could help address two of the biggest challenges in education today, experts say.
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ACER India presents at the European Conference on Educational Research
Thursday, 31 Aug 2023Presenting 3 research papers, Dr Priyanka Sharma, Ashtamurthy Killimangalam, and Anannya Chakraborty represented ACER India at the 2023 European Conference on Educational Research.
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The ACER Foundation initiates, develops and manages research-based projects that aim to address the needs of educationally disadvantaged groups in the community.
Projects
Major projects of the ACER Foundation include the School Readiness Initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and the Australian STEM Video Games Challenge.
Donations and gifts
In making a donation to the ACER Foundation your funds will be invested in supporting activities designed to address educational disadvantage.
ACER Alumni
The ACER Alumni community has been established through the ACER Foundation to link together former and current senior staff, through activities that highlight new strategic developments in the organisation.
Working for ACER
Joining ACER means working with one of the world’s leading educational research organisations and working collaboratively across Australian and international projects.
The early years
Established in 1930, ACER has built a strong reputation as a provider of reliable support and expertise to education policy makers and professional practitioners