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Event : SMaRteN: The Student Mental Health Research Network Virtual Conference
SMaRteN in collaboration with their Student Research Team will be showcasing the leading research in student mental health in their annual conference to encourage debate and conversation about the important topics that matter to students. This event is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for students, practitioners and academics from across the sector to share their ideas, views […]
16 December 2020
Disability, General
Event : SIHO webinar: Towards Genuinely Inclusive Universities
The Support Centre Inclusive Higher Education (SIHO) will host a webinar series entitled ‘Towards Genuinely Inclusive Universities: an international perspective on best practices in the implementation of universal design’. The series is composed of eight webinars and will run from December 2020 until July 2021. This webinar series will shed light on several topics closely […]
27 November 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas
Event : ADCET student forum: Thriving through COVID
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) invites university and TAFE students with disability to participate in a student forum supported by the NCSEHE — Thriving through COVID. This national online student forum will explore what has enabled students with disability to thrive in their studies through the COVID-19 period. Students who thrived […]
27 November 2020
Disability, Featured
Event : An Eye to the Future of Work – Accessibility and Inclusion Beyond 2020
It has been said a thousand times already, but this year has been like no other. Blind Citizens Australia had planned to deliver a symposium around inclusivity within the workplace, focusing on changing employer perceptions about people who are blind or vision impaired at venues in both Sydney and Melbourne. They have ‘pivoted’ (another 2020 […]
24 November 2020
Disability, General
Event : ADCET Webinar: Accessibility in Apple Products
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) will host a free webinar on 18 November 2020, presented by a representative from the Apple Initiatives team. Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone. Apple builds for inclusion and accessibility right from the start. Hear about some of the new accessibility features that come native […]
11 November 2020
Disability, General
Event : Guardian Panel: how can universities look after their online students’ mental health?
With universities quickly moving online following coronavirus outbreaks across the UK, lots of students are feeling at sea. Some have spent weeks self-isolating in their halls of residence and others have returned to their families, but all of them are facing up to a different university experience from the one they expected. The emotional upheaval, […]
11 November 2020
Disability, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Regional
Event : University of Canberra World Access to Higher Education Day Celebration
Join the University of Canberra (UC) Student Equity, Participation and Welfare for a week of events, webinars and positive stories that demonstrate commitment to higher education access, participation, and success. Together, they will celebrate the outcomes of the UC Student Equity and Access Plan, equitable opportunities for all in higher education and the incredible contributions of […]
10 November 2020
Disability, Editorial, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : World Access to Higher Education Day #WAHED2020
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) invited equity practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to a Zoom celebration on 17 November to launch World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020. Over 200 national and international delegates joined us to hear keynote speaker Professor Sally Kift on Equity and the ‘Anxiety […]
3 November 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : The New Normal: Engaged Teaching and Learning webinar series
This webinar series explores ways in which people and institutions are responding to and learning from the current crisis and applying these lessons into learning, teaching, technology and student engagement. The New Normal is a collaboration between Melbourne CSHE and Learning Environments. Panellists will include members of the Melbourne CSHE and Learning Environments teams, with some episodes featuring guest panellists from […]
29 October 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Regional
Event : ADCET webinar — COVID-19 and beyond: Perspectives from TAFE students
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) will present a webinar panel of TAFE students with disability, sharing how COVID-19 disruptions impacted on their studies. Hear about their challenges, the successful strategies and coping skills they used, the unexpected benefits they discovered, and what they want to take forward. Students will also share […]
7 September 2020
Disability, Featured, General