The APS Academy 2026–27 course calendar is now live. Plan your professional development with flexible learning options across all APS capability areas.
APS Academy
2026-27 Course Calendar
One calendar. A year of capability development.
Build your AI Foundations
Explore practical tools, courses and events to support your responsible use of AI in the APS
Embark on your APS Craft journey
Understand the capabilities that all public servants need to perform their craft.
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Latest news
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Something has shifted. Amid rising global uncertainty, policy craft matters more than ever. Learn how 35,000+ practitioners keep Australian policymaking rigorous.
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Highlights actions for the APS to champion Indigenous-led evaluation, centring Indigenous perspectives and knowledge in the evaluation lifecycle.
Monthly Focus
This framework provides broad context and direction for considering wellbeing in policy advice, and it acts as a high-level reminder of things to be concerned about.
This program will assist APS policy, program and project staff to understand key evaluation concepts and apply them in their own work.
Gain current information and insights into the Cabinet system, delivered in an engaging and educational way. Become familiar with Cabinet principles and conventions, key steps and timeframes, template requirements, and who to consult.
Upcoming Sessions
Upcoming Events
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Australia wide (Virtual)
Explore First Nations data sovereignty beyond policy: learn practical impacts of data and reporting on Indigenous organisations, common challenges, and how APS can adopt more informed, responsible approaches.
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Australia wide (Virtual)
GenAI fuels fast, sophisticated misinformation, threatening social cohesion and trust in news. This session outlines three key policy responses: regulated platforms, stronger news, and improved media literacy.
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Australia wide (Virtual)
The GovAI prompt library, built into GovAI Chat, provides a curated set of prompts aligned to APS roles and common tasks. In this session, Holly walks through how the library is structured and demonstrates how to find, adapt and refine prompts to suit your work.
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Australia wide (Virtual)
Holly Luck runs this session in GovAI Chat, which lets you see how different models respond to the same context in different ways, each with its own strengths. Everything you learn is portable, ready to use across whichever AI tools you work with.
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