Year 11 student Olivia Craig from Mark Oliphant College has turned a class project into a powerful podcast series, using her voice to explore student wellbeing, leadership and future careers while helping shape her own pathway beyond school. 

Created as part of her Activating Identities and Futures (AIF) learning, Olivia's three-part podcast series focuses on issues that matter to young people and provided opportunities to connect with professionals from a range of fields.

If you have a great student story to share, please contact us at sace.media@sa.gov.au.

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Following the successful SACE Learning and Assessment in the Age of AI professional learning event, 8 subsequent online events were announced and booked out in a matter of hours. As access to and use of generative AI tools continue to grow, there is a clear appetite among teachers to respond proactively. The SACE Board will continue to convene and encourage this community of practice to support fair and robust assessment that is reflective of genuine student learning.

Additional resources are available on the SACE website: AI in SACE assessments. 

More than 120 teachers and leaders attended SACE’s Teaching and Learning Leader conference where educators shared their experiences and approaches to implementing curriculum change. The event enabled schools and the SACE Board team to learn from each other, with participants sharing leadership experiences and gathering ideas. Deirdre Walters Leader of Senior School Pedagogy and Innovation from Thomas More College said the school’s work through the AIF and Capability Framework is helping shift the focus beyond content delivery towards student outcomes. "We want students to leave with more than just their SACE. We want them to have a clear sense of what they offer, their strengths, their capabilities, and how they contribute," she said. This work aligns with the broader aims of Subject Renewal, supporting students to understand not only what they know, but how they can apply their learning in different contexts.

Access resources from the event, including xxxx on our website Teaching and Learning Leader conference.

[Resources for TLL June event to come]

The SACE Board is working with community associates to establish a stronger student voice in policy design and decision-making. Our intention is to find ways to embed student perspectives, so the SACE Board can ensure decisions consider lived experiences, build trust and better support young people’s needs. The SACE Board with community associates are exploring opportunities and are looking forward to convening SACE students in semester 2. Community Associate, Megan Adrain said students genuinely care about their learning and want to help shape the future of education. “Establishing a youth-led voice in SACE’s work is essential to creating a system that is fit for purpose and responsive to the students it serves,” they said. This approach reflects a growing national trend of organisations involving young people in decisi ons that affect them, including initiatives such as the  South Australian Youth Forum and the Northern Territory Learning Commission.

Our operations and askSACE teams have been investing in partnerships with school-based stakeholders to drive process improvement and better support student success. Through engagement and collaboration, the team has delivered improvements that reduce administrative burden for schools including streamlined VET verification, recognition and operational processes. One SACE coordinator said, "online exit assessments are going to save me a lot of time each year, as well as the community learning added to Schools Online", while another noted, "SACE are willing to receive our feedback and trying to better things. The collaboration is great". Engagement sessions will be held in term 3 to share and strengthen communities of practice.

Learn more about our latest digital improvements, Exit Assessment Recognition and online operational forms.  

The first SACE International regional workshop for 2026 was held in April at Taylor’s College, Kuala Lumpur, bringing together over 50 delegates from SACE International schools across Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu and Vietnam. The event provided an opportunity to strengthen regional connections and support knowledge sharing across the network through two days of purposeful learning, connection, and shared commitment to student success. Learn more about SACE International training and events.