Evidence-based learning.
Close-to-practice research.
Using the rich intellectual resources of the Barker College to facilitate learning and growth through the School and wider community.
When Peace Research Meets Educational Research
On Tuesday night I had the privilege of attending the Sydney launch of the Institute for Economics and Peace’s 2026 Global Peace Index. It was a great evening. Informative. Thought-provoking. A timely reminder of why schools need institutions willing to take a global view on the challenges shaping our world. Congratulations to the IEP for the 20th edition of the GPI Report, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness, covering 99.7% of the world’s population. This year’s GPI argues that the decline in global peace is no longer driven by isolated conflicts, but by deeper structural shifts in the international system, including the fragmentation of global power, the spread of conflict across borders, and the rapid emergence of AI-enabled warfare.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 10 July 2026
International Engagement Week 1: Barker Institute at the Lakefield College School Summer AI Institute (Canada)
This is the first post of a two week trip engaging with educators, administrators, and academics from around the world on the topic of AI in Education.
- Dr Matthew Hill
- 27 June 2026
Monthly Update: Launching AI, Learning and the Developing Person
One of the most significant questions facing education today is not whether young people will encounter artificial intelligence but how AI is shaping the way they learn, thing, create, and develop.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 25 June 2026
Training Up a Child: Learning, Character & Formation
Proverbs 22:6 presents a vision of intentional, relational formation: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
- Joelene Augustine
- 07 May 2026
The Confident Parent Course - Cohort 4
- Term 3 2026 - 3, 10, 17 and 24 August
- 7:00 - 8:30pm
- The Piazza, Kurrajong Building, Barker College Junior School
The flagship offering of the Parent Institute. A free, four-week course where parents grow, discuss and connect around parenthood.
Flourishing in an AI-rich future with Futurist-in-Residence Anders Sörman-Nilsson
- 18 August 2026
- 6:30 - 7:45 pm
- Barker College
Increasingly students (and families) are uncertain about the world that young people today will be inhabiting and shaping. The Barker Institute and Barker Careers are proud to be partnering with Barker Futurist-in-Residence Anders Sörman-Nilsson to ensure students and families are prepared for whatever is to come.
Research Agenda 2026-2027
Our annually published document identifies high-level priority domains bringing together our rich intellectual resources to facilitate learning and growth throughout the school, and the local and global community.