Our Impact | Measuring What Matters
We’re proudly an impact driven organisation – from being a People and Planet First Verified Social Enterprise reinvesting surplus funds to reach more regional and remote communities, to not just counting the number of students we see but importantly the impact we have on them.
Student Growth in Confidence
At illuminate Education Australia, our priority is the growth and development of every student – not just the number of participants in each program. That’s why we continue to deliver our experiences in person across Australia, allowing our skilled facilitators to work directly with young people in their own communities. This approach ensures every student – regardless of background or location – is inspired to be confident, creative, and capable.
To understand and measure this impact, we evaluate students’ confidence and interest across a range of areas aligned to our skill framework. This framework, shaped by educational research, industry consultation, and curriculum alignment, focuses on transferable skills that empower students to lead change. We track growth in “strong confidence” (students rating themselves 9 or 10 on a ten-point scale) across key domains. This confidence is a powerful indicator of readiness – not just to learn, but to apply these skills in future challenges, workplaces, and community settings.
+129.8%
Confidence to
Communicate (Written)
+126.5%
Confidence to
Make an Impact
+113.5%
Confidence to
Communicate (Spoken)
+104.5%
Confidence in
Dealing with Stress
+104.4%
Confidence to
Present Ideas
+94.9%
Confidence to
Lead Change
+88.9%
Confidence with
Financial Information
+88.3%
Confidence in
Persevering
+78.6%
Confidence to
Think Critically
+77.1%
Confidence to
Reflect
+76.5%
Interest to
Start Your Own ‘Thing’
+74.2%
Confidence in
Problem Solving
Aligned for Impact
At illuminate Education Australia, our programs are intentionally designed to integrate with the priorities that matter most in education today. From curriculum alignment to skill development, we ensure every experience supports student growth in meaningful, measurable ways. Our work complements national education goals – such as those outlined in the Mparntwe (Alice Springs) Education Declaration – while remaining deeply practical and locally relevant. By embedding design thinking, entrepreneurship, and real-world problem solving into our programs, we help schools and communities deliver learning that is future-focused, inclusive, and impactful.
very challenge we deliver is built to support educators, engage students, and create lasting change.
United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
illuminate Education Australia is committed to our work helping the global community achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially SDG 4: Quality Education, but recognise our programs and core skills contribute to SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth and SDG9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure as well as SDGs addressed through specific challenges.
World Economic Forum’s Fourth Industrial Revolution
Our world is rapidly changing and illuminate Education Australia has aligned our core skills to Australian and international frameworks, especially paying attention to the work of the World Economic Forum around the Fourth Industrial Revolution. With active engagement with the initiatives through the Global Shapers Community, we are collaborating our work locally in helping build the case for skills-based education on an international platform.
What Others Say…
FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS
FROM THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES
People and Planet First Verified Social Enterprise
Our entire purpose at illuminate Education Australia is to empower young people with the skills and capacities to shape the world around them now, and this is recognised through the way we operate as a social enterprise. We have always offered our programs at close to cost price to help expand our reach, and any profits are used to reinvest back into covering travel costs to reach remote Australian communities, to do what we can to help that no young person goes without these skills.
To date, we have allocated over $50,000 to this impact, being through delivering programs and experiences at no charge to regional communities alongside covering flight costs to remote locations.