Pillar Two: Incentivising the Workforce in Rural and Remote Settings

Pillar Two of the LIFEE Cluster addresses challenges in recruiting and retaining professionals, such as teachers and public health practitioners, in underserved areas.

This pillar investigates the complex factors that influence professional workforce distribution and develops innovative strategies to ensure adequate service provision in rural and remote communities. The research addresses both immediate staffing challenges and long-term sustainability of professional services in geographically isolated areas.

Pillar Two Research Projects

Investigating Permission To Teach: Perceptions of Lived Experiences

Permission to Teach (PTT) is being used in Queensland schools to help ameliorate the issue of teacher shortages. 

Trade to Teach (T2T) with Department of Education (DoE)

Trade to Teach: Supportive and flexible transitions to teaching

Co-design Workforce Enablers – ERAMUS+

L2L MicroCred - Learning to Learn Through Micro-Credentials in a Regional Setting

Pillar Lead

Associate Professor Angelina Ambrosetti

Email: a.ambrosetti@cqu.edu.au

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Our Other Pillars

Pillar One: Educating for Diversity

This pillar focuses on developing and implementing pedagogical approaches that recognise, value, and respond to the varied learning needs, cultural backgrounds, and abilities of all students. 

Pillar Three: Equity and Access in Higher Education

This pillar investigates the systemic, institutional, and individual factors that influence access to and success in higher education, with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups and international student populations.