QS Reimagine Education Awards · 2026

Recognised among the world's best in skills education.

We've been shortlisted for Developing Emerging Skills & Competencies, from 2,200+ projects worldwide, for Under the Lights: one junior footy season turned into skills anyone can build.

Explore the 8 Impact Skills
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A Macquarie University initiative

Watch skills being built.Then build your own.

Eight Impact Skills, sharpened in sport and proven everywhere else: told through a documentary series, unpacked by leaders and psychologists, and free to build for work, school and life.

Watch the series Now streaming Ep 2 · “Whenever You're Ready”

The THiNK tank

It's not a think tank without YOU.

The THiNK tank is everyone who joins and adds their thinking. Shape what we explore next, learn from academics and business leaders, and build the skills yourself. Free, always.

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Translating Across Contexts Collective Discipline Absorbing Pressure Leading Without Authority Feedback Responsiveness Recovery After A Setback Creating Options Under Constraint Bravery
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About THiNK

Built at Macquarie. Shaped by YOU.

THiNK is a Macquarie University initiative exploring the Impact Skills that help people navigate life's most challenging moments. Through our documentary series, expert perspectives, research and interactive experiences, we show these skills in action and explore how to build and use them in work and life.

The THiNK tank is everyone who joins and shares their thinking. Members get early access to each drop and shape the stories, insights and tools that come next.

Questions? Get in touch

The 8 Impact Skills

What the season builds, skill by skill.

Eight skills, each learnable and grounded in research. Start with the one that speaks to you: every card opens a page on what it is, why it matters, and how to build it in yourself.

All 8 skills →

The documentary · Under the Lights

Watch the moments that build skills for life.

Follow a junior footy team through a season of challenges, setbacks and defining moments in this six-part documentary series. After each episode, leaders and psychologists step into the Review Room to unpack what happened and show where it lands at work, school and everyday life. No footy knowledge needed. Just curiosity about what it takes to rise to the challenge.

Season 1 · 2 of 6 streaming

Season 1 · now streaming

Start with Episode 1 or jump straight to the latest. Every episode lands with expert reactions in the Review Room, and the whole season is free to watch right here.

Watch now About the series New episode weekly · free to watch

Join THiNK

It's not a think tank without YOU.

THiNK isn't just an initiative from Macquarie. It's a growing community of curious minds, fresh perspectives and people like you who want to make an impact.

  • Add your voice. Share your perspectives through member surveys and help shape what we explore next.
  • Learn from the experts. Discover how academics, psychologists and business leaders make sense of pressure and the skills that matter when it counts.
  • Put your skills into action. Get early access to new episodes, interactive tools, challenges and quizzes designed to help you develop your Impact Skills.