So Early Start consists of a $44 million dollar investment in infrastructure and continuing investment by the University and its partners. It specifically consists of four key components that include a Discovery Space, Australia's only dedicated children's museum and the first of its kind anywhere in the world to be based on a university campus. It's specifically designed for children from birth to 12 years of age and their accompanying carers, teachers, educators to enjoy together.
The second component includes a multidisciplinary international research hub which brings about researchers from across the world and from diverse domains who all share a common interest in bringing about better outcomes for children and families and who are working together to ask new and more integrated questions. The third component includes innovative approaches to teaching which including state-of-the-art teaching facilities, as well as access to some of the best academic staff from around the world and with the potential to create a unique learning experience for students who want to work with children, families and communities. The fourth component is a critically important partnership with 41 early years education and care centers which are located from Tweed Heads in the north to Broken Hill in the west and to Bega in the south. And they're equipped with the latest technology, they're at the coalface and they share the aspirations and goals of Early Start, and they're working with us to help pioneer innovative ideas to translate research into practice and to help redress social and educational disadvantage.