The project team would sincerely like to thank all the academics, policy-makers and students who agreed to be interviewed or contribute examples of good practice for this project. Without their willingness to participate, the resources developed for this project would not have been possible.

The project team sought advice and feedback from internationally recognised experts in the field of teaching and research connections. Throughout the course of the project, the following people have supported the development of key resources: Professor Alan Jenkins (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Professor Mick Healey (University of Gloucestershire, UK), Professor Adrian Lee (University of New South Wales), Professor Sandra Wills (University of Wollongong), Professor Paul Blackmore (King’s College London, UK) and Ms Corony Edwards (Birmingham University, UK).

In addition to evaluation of the team’s progress by the Advisory Group, Associate Professor Ruth Neumann (Macquarie University) provided an independent formal external evaluation of the project at the end of phases 2 and 4. Associate Professor Neumann’s advice in the formative evaluation was highly regarded during the development of the project.

We would also like to thank Mr Wayn Wong of Lucid Creations for his assistance in the development of the project website and Mr Lars Sundstrom for providing the image used in the title of this website.