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Welcome to the Faculty of Education’s research web pages where you can find information about all our research activities.

The focus of our research is the investigation of the ways in which learning influences and is influenced by changes in educational institutions, workplaces, organisations and communities. Our research aims to produce knowledge and practices to enhance learning, to promote more productive organisations and build more effective communities. At the heart of this research endeavour is to understand, how learning responds to change, how learning is changing, and how change is embedded in and constructed by cultural and communication practices.

Central to the capacity to change is the ability to learn, not just to have learned well in educational institutions, but to keep learning, to be ready to learn again. Governments, business, communities, professional bodies and special interest groups increasingly invoke learning as a key strategy in understanding and facilitating social, cultural, environmental and economic responses to the numerous challenges presented by post-industrialisation and advances in technology, particularly in Information and communication technologies.

The research projects we engage in are outcomes-based and research outputs are published widely and disseminated through our working papers and seminar series. Our researchers have extensive experience working in partnership with research sponsors.

Our research activities are embedded in the 6 broad research programs of the UTS research strength

Our research students come from a variety of professional communities, are encouraged to be active members of the Faculty research centre and programs and are integral to the success of our research activities and profile. Our research degrees are closely linked to the research of our research programs. Prospective research students are encouraged to view our research programs of the UTS Research strength when applying to undertake a research degree.

We are keen to expand our collaboration with industry, organisations, communities and other research partners and encourage you to find out more about our research activities by browsing through this web site.

Previous research and research publications from the Faculty centres are available from research archives.

If you want to find out more or discuss any research issue with us please contact the Faculty.