ACSES (Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success)

This is a final report from a 2025 ACSES Capacity Building Grant project led by Griffith University with five Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group institutions: Flinders University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, Murdoch University, and The University of Canberra.

The project brought together the member institutions of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) to develop evaluative capacity through peer learning and expert support. It leveraged the IRU Strategic Plan 20222027 commitment for a joint project to improve evaluation of equity, student support, and/or student success programs, as well as the existing collaborative and productive working relationship between IRU.

The report details the initiative’s work to:

  1. Engage in cross-institutional collaboration to share knowledge/best practices and identify opportunities for scalability.
  2. Provide professional development and training activities for key staff to enable impact evaluation of student equity programs across the Innovative Research Universities.

An accessible Word doc is available here: Towards impact evaluations of student equity programs across the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group.

 

Evaluation Capacity Building Evaluation Planning