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School of Education and Tertiary Access

Inspiring learners in a way that transforms and empowers.
Our school is a vibrant hub of energetic, passionate and knowledgeable staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and doctoral candidates committed to quality studies in discipline of Education, Outdoor Environmental Studies and Tertiary Access Pathways. We educate our students to be leaders, advocates, and change agents in local and global environments.

With an established history, and close relationships, with public and independent schools throughout the region, we develop and deliver quality programs and mentoring for pre-service teachers and research with impact. We welcome you to our school.

Programs

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Research

Education is a diverse interdisciplinary field. The school investigates education across a wide range of contexts including home, early childhood, compulsory school years, senior secondary, higher education, professional education, community, transitional and adult learning.

Tertiary access research focuses on transitioning to higher education, encompassing pathway and bridging programs, enabling courses, and the first-year experience in undergraduate programs.

Tertiary access
Research students

We are committed to building a collaborative and inclusive community of research scholars and practitioners.

News

Belinda Delaney with her children at graduation
Taking ‘long and winding road’ to classroom door pays off for new teacher
10 Oct

Belinda Delaney’s journey to becoming a teacher took longer than planned and pushed her ‘out of her comfort zone’, but the new University of the Sunshine Coast Fraser Coast graduate says each time she enters her prep classroom she knows it was worth it

two boys playing with water pistols
Do your boys fight with sticks, Nerf guns and fake swords?
19 Sep

As someone who has spent most of his professional life studying how children develop, I’m often asked by parents (especially mums) why children (especially boys) are prone to pick up the nearest stick, pencil, soft toy or even banana and turn them into weapons?

Laura Wess
Language lover to future educator
6 Sep

Scottish-born Laura Wess is studying a Master of Teaching at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), supported by the Queensland Government’s ‘Turn to Teaching Internship Program’; while she didn’t set out to be a teacher, it was her love for languages and commitment to making a difference in rural communities that led her down the surprising path to teaching