Media releases

Australian year 4 students whose first years of schooling occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic have defied concerns about disrupted learning to achieve Australia’s best-ever result in an international maths and science assessment.

The UK, through its flagship ASEAN-UK Supporting the Advancement of Girls’ Education (SAGE) Programme has launched a groundbreaking initiative to address gender disparities in education across Southeast Asia.

Australia’s 15-year-old students were the second-highest achieving creative thinkers in an assessment of 64 countries and economies, a new report shows.

A new generation of First Nations researchers is emerging from a significant philanthropic partnership between ACER and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). 

Winning ideas in this year’s Australian STEM Video Game Challenge included a lone spaceship protecting Earth from shooting stars, a solar-powered city built on a sphere around the sun and interstellar golf.

ACER has announced the appointment of Lisa Rodgers as ACER’s next CEO. She replaces Professor Geoff Masters AO, who is stepping down at the end of August after 36 years at ACER, including 26 years as CEO.