Current projects
Walhalla Goldfields Railway EvaluationThe Walhalla Goldfields Railway (WGR) is partnering with the Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre (CERC) at Federation University, under the guidance of a governance project control group to conduct the body of work. The project will include understanding tourism market demands, determining infrastructure and service requirements to meet demands, financial feasibility assessment of reconstruction and upgrading of facilities and services, and designing marketing strategies to improve tourist visitations. Stakeholder involvement will be integral throughout the project to ensure its success. CERC researchers
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Physical Literacy Enriched Environmental Design in the Latrobe ValleyThe Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC) in partnership with the Latrobe Health Assembly (LHA) and the Physical Literacy Enriched Environmental Design (PLEED) group aims to investigate how physical literacy enriched design can improve physical literacy outcomes in the Latrobe Valley. The collaborative action research project will engage with key stakeholders and partners to support the influence of the design of local parks and play spaces in line with physical literacy enriched environment design criteria. The Mathison Park in Churchill will be redesigned based on PLEED principles. The CERC team will work in partnership with LHA and PLEED group, Latrobe City Council (LCC), Mathison Park Advisory Committee, and LCC Recreation Planning Team to collect and analyse data on park usage before and after the redesign.
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Creating Inclusive Work Environments through Leadership and Management InnovationsThe Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC) in partnership with the Victorian Skills Authority (VIC) and Federation TAFE aims to create inclusive work environments in the construction and manufacturing sectors by introducing leadership and management innovations. The output of this project is expected to contribute to addressing challenges in these sectors related to attraction, retention, and completion of apprenticeships. The leadership and management innovations will be developed through a co-design process with stakeholders of the construction and manufacturing sectors, registered training organisations, employees and their associations, and the government. The innovations will be a package of leadership and management learning materials that will be delivered in formal learning settings. CERC researchers
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Our Equal Local Government: A Project for Preventing Gendered Violence and Sexual Harassment (in Local Government)The Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC), in partnership with Gippsland Women’s Health (GWH), aims to strengthen and support Local Governments to reduce work-related gendered violence, including sexual harassment (WRGV-SH). Specifically, this project aims to understand how workplace training on work-related gendered violence, including sexual harassment, can increase the knowledge and understanding of Local Government Area (LGA) staff members and promote system change in local governments in Gippsland. CERC researchers
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Lived experiences of 1000 rural women in AustraliaCheekyMac is a local production company wishing to produce a video documentary regarding the lived experiences of 1000 rural women living in rural areas across Australia. To inform this documentary, CheekyMac are working with the Collaborative Evaluation & Research Centre (CERC) at Federation University, to conduct a survey of 1000 women across regional, rural, and remote areas of Australia, exploring a variety of topics such as gender inequality, rurality, employment, childcare, tall poppy syndrome, and gender bias. The project aims to better understand how regional, rural and remote women experience these topics, including the benefits, barriers and areas for improvement. This study hopes to more broadly capture the essence of being a woman living in a rural environment. The CERC will distribute a national validated survey within Australia based on Australian Bureau of Statistics population density data with the aim to capture a broad sample of 1000 women’s experiences from across the country.
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Media Release: Research aims to shed light on challenges faced by rural women Presentation and panel discussion about this project can be seen here: Innovation Breakfast Series Voices of the Regions Insights from a Nation-Wide Study-20250318_214045-Meeting Recording |
Evaluation of the Broadening Horizons Program in GippslandThis project will evaluate the Broadening Horizons Program of the Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) implemented in the Gippsland Region. The Broadening Horizons Program was developed as a response to identified challenges that students from the Gippsland area encountered related to student engagement, completion rates and youth unemployment. The program links schools with industry partners and allows students to gain real-world experiences by solving real challenges experienced in workplaces. The program has the intention of increasing awareness of students on what to experience in the future, with the hope of guiding students with their aspirations and future career paths. This program will identify specific impacts on students and parents, schools, and industry partners. The program evaluation will be co-designed with stakeholders to identify their specific areas of interest, aiming to support them in improving their experience and involvement with the program. CERC researchers
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Evaluation of DELIVER: Delivering Enhanced heaLthcare at home through optImising Virtual tools for oldEr people in Rural and Regional AustraliaCERC is evaluating DELIVER: Delivering Enhanced heaLthcare at home through optiIising Virtual tools for older people in Rural and regional Australia. Led by Western Alliance, and in partnership with healthcare consumers, regional and rural health services, universities and primary healthcare providers across western Victoria, the project will identify and build a suite of programs to improve and extend in-home healthcare. CERC researchers
Natalie Bransgrove is one of five PhD students as part of the DELIVER project and will be supervised by Professor Joanne Porter and Associate Professor Blake Peck. Natalie’s project aim is to improve healthcare at home for older people living in regional and rural areas using a mixed-method approach. |
Evaluation of the Peer Relationship Education Partners (PREP) Program – GCASA (Phase 3)The local organisation New Wave Gippsland (NWG) has been partnering with the Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA) to build the organisational capacity of New Wave Gippsland since 2020. Together, NWG and GCASA deliver the Gippsland Sexual Lives and Respectful Relationships (SL&RR) project, which facilitates a community-based education program to promote sexuality rights and respectful relationships. The CERC will work collaboratively with New Wave and GCASA to continue to evaluate the impact, outcomes and process learnings of the planning and implementation of the project. Additionally, CERC will continue to contribute to the capacity-building objectives of the SL&RR project by hosting a series of evaluation workshops. This will enable NWG and GCASA to continue internally evaluating this project in the long term.
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