Posted on 9 October 2018
The latest report in the NCSEHE Focus series presents a synthesised review of 14 reports with implications for student equity, illustrating strategic challenges facing the higher education sector.
This publication complements the NCSEHE ‘Student Equity 2030 project’.
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Posted on 17 August 2018
As part of a new global initiative, the NCSEHE will host an event on 28 November 2018 at Curtin University, Perth WA.
The forum will engage national and international stakeholders to positively impact worldwide equitable access to higher education.
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Posted on 5 September 2018
The NCSEHE invited contributions from stakeholders in preparation of a strategic long-term vision for student equity in Australian higher education.
Eight key questions detailed in the Student Equity 2030 discussion paper prompted broad discussion and feedback from the sector.
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Posted on 26 July 2018
Equity Fellowship report by Matt Brett identifies opportunities for recalibrating and strengthening evaluation of student equity in higher education. Findings have informed an Operational Framework for Equity and Accountability, providing direction to policymakers and institutional leaders.
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Posted on 4 July 2018
New research by NCSEHE Equity Fellow Louise Pollard reveals remote students are among the most educationally disadvantaged in Australia with complex support requirements, distinct from their regional and metropolitan peers.
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Posted on 18 June 2018
A new report by 2017 Equity Fellow James Smith calls for urgent reform in the evaluation of Indigenous higher education policy and practice if student outcomes are to continue improving.
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Posted on 19 November 2018
Overcoming the challenges of disability: A creative path to success “My beautiful little baby girl was born with twisted feet.” This is the last line of a poem my mother wrote when I was born. It ...
Posted on 14 November 2018
Fast Forward works in partnership with 64 secondary schools across western Sydney to encourage students’ participation in higher education. Through raising awareness of the many different ...
Posted on 12 November 2018
On 12 November 2018, the Government announced $134.8 million over four years to provide students from rural and regional Australia with greater choice in, and access to higher education. The ...
Posted on 8 November 2018
Written by Peter Hurley (Monash University) Originally published on The Conversation. 8 November 2018 The link between educational attainment and income has long been known. Now Australians have ...
Posted on 15 October 2018
Introduction There have been growing concerns within Australia and overseas about the way in which economic globalisation and developments in technology are disrupting the economy and society—for ...
Posted on 12 October 2018
Antoinette Geagea, Lynette Vernon and Judith MacCallum Published in Higher Education Research & Development October 2018 Abstract For youth in disadvantaged schools, university expectations ...
Posted on 17 September 2018
Discussion Paper — September 2018 It is a decade since the last major review of the role that equity plays in Australian higher education was undertaken, the Bradley Review of Higher Education, ...
Posted on 1 August 2018
A Study into the Impact of Computing and Internet-related Technologies on People who are Blind or Vision Impaired Scott Hollier Curtin University Abstract People with disabilities, and in ...
EVENT DATE 19-21 Nov 2018
The AAIR 2018 Forum program is guaranteed to challenge and excite as specialists share their rich experience, discuss key topics and strategise in response to an ever-changing higher education ...
EVENT DATE 19-21 Nov 2018
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Conference (NATSIEC) is a biennial Indigenous education conference that brings together educators, community members, leaders and ...
EVENT DATE 20 Nov 2018
Please join editor Professor Penny Jane Burke (University of Newcastle) and speakers Dr Anna Bennett (University of Newcastle), A/Professor Susanne Gannon (Western Sydney University) and ...
EVENT DATE 20-21 Nov 2018
Registrations are open for the Opening Universities for Refugees (OUR) 3C Symposium on higher education and people from refugee backgrounds, to be held at the University of New South Wales on ...
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