Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN)

Developing the Next Generation of Immunotherapies to Cure Cancer

2024 - 2029

Understanding Drivers of T Cell Stemness

2026 - 2028

Balancing Self-Renewal Versus Differentiation to Promote T Cell Responses in Chronic Infection and Cancer

2026 - 2028

Supporting Teachers to Co-Design Innovative Learning Environments (Co-Ile) for Promoting Quality, Equity & Inclusion in Primary Education

2024 - 2028

Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 518 for the research group.

Capturing learning in context: videos as a research method in school learning environments

M Mahat, M Lang

Journal article | 2026 | Learning Environments Research

This paper investigates the use of video as a research method for analysing teaching and learning patterns across diverse educatio..

Inclusion within innovative learning environments: A new materialist stratigraphy of spatio–political assemblages

E Heidari, M Mahat

Journal article | 2026 | Review of Education

This conceptual inquiry addresses a gap in research on inclusion within Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs): while ILEs are wi..

Personalising pedagogy: rethinking learning spaces in secondary mathematics education

M Mahat, C Bradbeer, B Ryder, S Walton

Journal article | 2026 | Australian Educational Researcher

This study investigates the implementation of personalised learning in mathematics teaching within a prototype learning space at a..

Learning spaces in schools: a pedagogic research agenda

Benjamin Cleveland, Marian Mahat

Journal article | 2026 | Pedagogies

Open access

In this paper, we examine the resurgence of research on the relationships between pedagogy and physical learning environments in s..

Inaccessible schools – and what designers can do about them

Ben Cleveland

Media | 2026

Aging school facilities and unfriendly design are still barring many students from the education they deserve. It’s more crucial t..

Building spatial capital through networked social infrastructure: an urban-area school case study

N Miles, B Cleveland

Journal article | 2026 | Planning, Practice & Research

Open access

This paper explores the operation of a social infrastructure network in Melbourne, Australia. The research investigates a case stu..

Inclusive learning spaces for students with neurodiversity, disability or requiring adjustments: Annotated bibliography of a scoping review

J Ong, S Backhouse, B Cleveland, S Moore, R Austin, N Merrick, R Aston, J CLINTON, C Imms, W IMMS, L GRAHAM, C Candido, K TREGLOAN, P Loh

Other | 2025

Open access

This annotated bibliography summarises the findings of a scoping review that explored what is known about inclusive learning space..

GLOBAL CROSS-SECTOR THINKING ON GAPS IN LEARNING SPACE RESEARCH: RESULTS OF THE ILE SE WORKSHOP 1

Julia Morris, Wesley Imms, CHRISTOPHER BRADBEER

Report | 2025

The first ILE+SE Scoping Study workshop sought comment from 217 leading learning space practitioners in 21 countries equally repre..

A patient self-report disability identifier within health service electronic medical records: evaluation of patient, carer and clinician acceptability

J Rowe, A Devine, N Merrick, M Huska, K Morris, K Feely, A Segal, L Mogg, J Medland, R Jamwal, A Smith, M Gleich, J Munakabayo, C Imms

Journal article | 2025 | BMC Health Services Research

Open access

Background: A third of the 5.5 million Australians with a disability require adjustments to access healthcare effectively. Ensurin..

Pomalidomide enhances CD8 T and NK cell mediated killing of HIV-infected cells

RD Pascoe, C Gubser, JJ Chang, J Schröder, DT Utzschneider, A Barrow, WS Lee, JH McMahon, CY Chiu, A Solomon, J Anderson, SR Lewin, TA Rasmussen

Journal article | 2025 | Ebiomedicine

Open access

Background: Overcoming persisting immune dysfunction in people living with HIV (PLHIV) on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART)..

News

News by research group members

Displaying 10 news articles from 15 for the research group.

We still don’t know how to fix the global teacher shortage

Marian Mahat, Toby Greany, Chris Bradbeer

Across the world, education systems are facing the same urgent problem: how to attract and keep teachers in the profession. In Australia, E..

September 2, 2025

The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education

Leon Benade, Alastair Wells, Chris Bradbeer

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pen..

July 21, 2025

From burnout to endurance: Coaching immune cells to go the distance

Catarina Gago da Gra\u00e7a, Daniel Utzschneider

Whether it’s flu, food poisoning or more severe challenges like cancer, our immune system works tirelessly to protect us. In particular, wh..

January 31, 2025

Just like the satire in The White Lotus, tourism campaigns often perpetuate colonial stereotypes about the countries they are selling

Philippa Chandler, Edward Narain, John Taylor, Tarryn Phillips

The TV series The White Lotus has returned for a second season. Both series of The White Lotus explore the underbelly of resort tourism. ..

November 14, 2022

Building stronger connections between schools and communities

Philippa Chandler, Benjamin Cleveland, Sarah Backhouse, Janet Clinton, Clare Newton, Ruth Aston, Ian McShane

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close in 2020, the staff at Doveton College in Melbourne picked up the phone. “Our staff made ..

August 18, 2021

Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn

Julia E. Morris, Wesley Imms

The COVID pandemic has meant many students learnt from home for a lot of the year. But with schools returning to normal across Australia, ..

November 18, 2020

How severe viral infections overwhelm immune cells

Daniel Utzschneider, Sarah Gabriel, Axel Kallies

When it comes to fighting viruses and cancers, our bodies rely on a type of white blood cell called Killer T cells that recognise and elimi..

September 3, 2020

State Library Victoria proves libraries aren't just about books: they're about community

Sarah Backhouse, Clare Newton

Public libraries embody the values of democracy by offering free access to knowledge. But the role of contemporary public libraries extends..

December 8, 2019

Students with disabilities need inclusive buildings. We can learn from what's already working

Scott Alterator, Benjamin Cleveland, Jocelyn Boys

Australia has scheduled up to A$11 billion on new schools and facility upgrades between 2016 and 2026. We need as many as 750 new schoo..

December 2, 2019

Helping teachers 'practise what they teach' could help them stay teaching for longer

Julia E. Morris, Wesley Imms

Early career teachers are more likely to stay on if they practise what they teach in their own time. We found that practitioner-teachers – ..

March 28, 2019