The Community of Associate Deans Research in Education (cADRE) helps to facilitate and guide collaborative research on shared issues and promote a culture of research cooperation.

cADRE was established by ACDE in 2013 to:

  • Provide advice and make recommendations to ACDE on policies and matters relating to Educational Research.
  • Provide advice on processes to assist ACDE in achieving and maintaining excellence in Educational Research.
  • Extend the links and enhance collaboration between educational researchers, policy makers and the wider community to advance Educational Research.
  • Provide a collegial forum for discussion, debate and recommendations on Educational Research, including the role of Associate Deans (Research).

Convenor: Professor Catherine Manathunga on  07 5459 4669 or cmanathu@usc.edu.au

TERMS OF REFERENCE

cADRE WEBINARS

cADRE webinar held on 15 June 2023 on Supporting Education Mid-Career Researchers. 

Facilitated by Professor Catherine Manathunga (Chair of cADRE, USC)

This webinar is designed to be the first step conducted by the cADRE Working Party on Supporting Education HDR, ECR and MCR researchers from the National Summit held in June 2022.

The 2022 National Summit of Education Research Leaders organised by AARE and cADRE (Community of Associate Deans Research in Education) identified a need for national action on strategies to support the professional development of HDR, ECR and MCR researchers in education. Given the urgency of succession planning in education, we are beginning with MCR researchers. This interactive cADRE/ACDE webinar presented some of the existing research on the needs of education MCR researchers and then gathered the perspectives of education MCR researchers from around Australia. These issues will then be presented to the ACDE Board for discussion and action.

cADRE held a joint cADRE/ACDE webinar on 27 May 2022 on Reimagining education research in a post-election world

Professor Catherine Manathunga (Chair of cADRE, USC) facilitated and introduced the event. The web chat was facilitated by Professor Elke Stracke (Deputy Chair cADRE, UniCan)

Short presentations were delivered by:

  • Professor Stephen Billett (Griffith) – Reimagining the Educational project through research
  • Emeritus Professor Marie Brennan – Contexts for (Rise of) Privatised Organisations in Education research
  • Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles (SCU) – Grass-roots research agenda setting project of NSW Deans of Education
  • Professor Tom Lowrie (UniCan) – Commercialising Education research

Deputy Chair of ACDE, Professor Donna Pendergast (Griffith) provided a short ACDE welcome and vote of thanks

UPDATES

Australian Education Research Leaders' Summit, 2022

National Education Research Leaders’ Summit: 29-30 June 2022

Professor Catherine Manathunga, Chair of cADRE, USC; Professor Elke Stracke, Deputy Chair cADRE, University of Canberra and Professor Anna Sullivan, Research Development Coordinator AARE; Professor Allyson Holbrook, President AARE organised a National Education Research Leaders’ Summit in Adelaide on 29 and 30 June 2022.

The event was hosted by UniSA and included Education research leaders representing all states; the AARE professoriate; Associate Deans of Research in Education; Deans of Education and Directors of Education research centres. The focus of the summit was on the challenges facing the education research sector and national, sector-wide strategies to address them. An action plan was developed, and plans were put in place to establish working parties on the following issues:

  1. Research partnership initiatives
  2. Grant and other research assessment development
  3. LIEF grant application to build research infrastructure for the Education field
  4. Formation of a coalition of Education Research Leaders
  5. Work with peak bodies such as Learned Academies
  6. Communicating with government and bureaucracies
  7. Supporting HDR, ECR and MCR Education researchers
  8. Working with First Nations researchers to facilitate Indigenous Education research.

Read Professor Catherine Manathunga’s opening address ‘Why we must take the pulse of education research in Australia now‘ on AARE’s EduResearch Matters blog.

Australian Education Research Leaders' Summit, 2022

Assessing ARC Grant Applications

Did you know that many Australian Education researchers provide feedback in ARC assessment reports, which is putting applications at risk of not being funded?

At the recent Australian Education Research Leaders’ Summit, the assessment of ARC applications was discussed. Informal advice from previous ARC College of Experts indicates that, in Education we could do better in the way we provide assessments.

Read more here

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