The Faculty of Education is unique in Australia in bringing together Teacher Education and Community Education as the focus for our higher education teaching, research and social responsibility strategies. This synergy enables us to develop an integrated approach to supporting the effectiveness and reform of schools and their communities in the local region and internationally.

The Faculty offers a wide range of pre-service qualifications for undergraduates, while also offering postgraduate programs tailored to the professional needs of those already in the field. Our undergraduate programs focus on Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Middle School and Community Education. Our postgraduate award programs support professionals in the fields of Educational Leadership, Educational Support and Inclusion, Public Sector Leadership, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Community and Health Development and Human Resource Development, while we offer a range of short courses for the professional development of Australian and international professionals in allied fields.

Situated in the National Capital of Australia the Faculty plays a key role in providing professional development for educational advisors and policy makers. We aim at the undergraduate level to provide the best possible preparation for students entering into their profession as educators, and, at a postgraduate level, a range of coursework programs designed to advance people within their professional careers. Graduates of our degrees have high rates of employment in a range of education and community development sectors. We also offer research degrees at Masters and PhD level supported by strong supervisory teams who are leaders in their research fields.

Our student community includes Australian and international students from many countries. Our academic staff come from diverse backgrounds and possess a wide range of research and teaching expertise, allowing us to provide our students with the practice-oriented and work-integrated learning and theory necessary for effective participation as global citizens.

The Faculty includes a number of specialised Research Centres, including the Centre for Research in Education, Poverty and Social Inclusion (CREPSI), the Australian Institute for Sustainable Communities (AISC), the new National Capital Centre for Literacy Research (NCCLR), and the National Centre for Research in Professional Experience and Teaching (NCR PET). In addition, our Early Childhood programs incorporate professional experience at our on-site Child Care Centre, the Wiradjuri Childcare Centre, the only centre of its kind in an Australian Faculty of Education.

Students are also supported by the facilities of the Faculty-based Learning Common, the Education Centre and the Indigenous student support Centre, the Ngunnawal Centre. In 2009 all international students will be provided with a Personal Advisor to ensure their success and all higher degree students will have access to our new 'Flight Lounge', a state of the art postgraduate learning facility.

The Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra is actively seeking regional partners to work together to address pressing social issues of global concern in the fields of education and community development. We invite you to contact us.

Professor Cathryn McConaghy, PhD
Dean