<s>
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
Australia	O
is	O
an	O
Australia-wide	O
research	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
Australia	O
's	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
improve	O
learning	O
outcomes	O
for	O
students	O
in	O
regional	O
and	O
rural	O
areas	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
science	O
,	O
mathematics	O
and	O
Information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Communication	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
(	O
ICT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Centre	O
of	O
Science	O
,	O
ICT	O
,	O
and	O
Mathematics	O
Education	O
for	O
Regional	O
and	O
Rural	O
Australia	O
(	O
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
)	O
grew	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Cognition	O
Research	O
into	O
Learning	O
and	O
Teaching	O
(	O
CRiLT	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
School	O
of	O
Education	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
New	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
CRiLT	O
,	O
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
focused	O
on	O
the	O
curriculum	O
areas	O
of	O
science	O
,	O
mathematics	O
and	O
ICT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
opened	O
its	O
doors	O
on	O
1	O
July	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
branches	O
,	O
or	O
hubs	O
opening	O
in	O
each	O
state	O
of	O
Australia	O
in	O
the	O
twelve	O
months	O
that	O
followed	O
in	O
partnership	O
universities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Tasmania	O
and	O
the	O
Deakin	O
University	O
in	O
Victoria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
National	O
summit	O
in	O
2005	O
brought	O
together	O
educators	O
and	O
other	O
stakeholders	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
national	O
meeting	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
since	O
the	O
National	O
Centre	O
opening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
Australia	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
hubs	O
located	O
in	O
each	O
state	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiMERR	B-General_Concept
Australia	O
's	O
vision	O
is	O
to	O
work	O
to	O
improve	O
outcomes	O
for	O
students	O
in	O
science	O
,	O
ICT	O
and	O
mathematics	O
so	O
that	O
:	O
</s>
