Contacts:
Joanne Pettit, Communications and Publications
0418 603 830 / [email protected]
About the Big Picture Design for Learning
Operating in Australia since 2006.
A not-for profit organisation that works largely with public systems to support an innovative new design for learning and secondary school.
Offers a new non-ATAR credential for its graduates that is warranted by the University of Melbourne and accepted by 18 Australian universities.
2026 National data:
- 3,680 students are enrolled
- 48 schools around Australia (36 public, 12 independent)
- 64.58% of our schools have an ICSEA below 1000
- 17.71% of students identify as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander (compared with 6.6% of the total school population nationally)*
- 31.95% of our students have a diagnosed disability (compared with 25.7% of total enrolments nationally)*
*Source: ACARA – Ch 2, National Report on Schooling in Australia, 2024
New Ways, New Forms, New Measures
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/about-us/our-purpose
A Learning Design for Everyone
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/file/big-picture-learning-design-everyone
The International Big Picture Learning Credential (IBPLC)
IBPLC Explainer Brochure
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-ibplc-explainer.pdf
IBPLC Explainer Video
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/file/ibplc-explainer-short-2023mp4
2025 IBPLC National Data
- 406 credentials were issued in 2025
- 90 of these gained entry to university
- 9.6% of graduates identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- 33.58% of graduates had a diagnosed disability.
(Source: Destination Study 2025, BPLA)
Which universities currently accept the IBPLC?
- ACAP University College
- Australian National University
- Avondale University
- Charles Sturt University
- Flinders University
- Griffith University
- La Trobe University
- Murdoch University
- RMIT University
- SAE University College
- Southern Cross University
- Swinburne University
- University of Canberra
- University of Newcastle
- University of New England
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Victoria University
- Western Sydney University
Research
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/research-projects
Longitudinal Study of BPLA Graduates on University Pathway (2023)
This study tracks the progress of Big Picture Learning who gained entry to university and examines aspects of the Big Picture design that have contributed to their performance at university.
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/longitudinal-study-big-picture-learning-au...
2025 Destination Study
This is an annual study that tracks the destinations of all Big Picture Learning Year 12 students who use their IBPLC to transition to work, further training and university.
https://www.bigpicture.org.au/research/destination-study-2025
Further information