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Event : La Trobe University 2019 Student Success Summit
Join the La Trobe University’s Student Success team and special guests to celebrate Learning and Teaching week. You’re invited to join La Trobe University’s Student Success team and a series of expert guests at our annual Student Success summit to celebrate Learning and Teaching Week. This year’s summit will feature: Keynote address from Professor Sarah […]
16 October 2019
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : ADCET webinar — Dyslexia awareness month: The students’ voice
Event details This Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) webinar will be presented by current students with specific learning disabilities from the vocational education and training (VET) and higher education sectors. Five students from universities and TAFEs across Australia will discuss their tertiary education journeys through their lived experiences with dyslexia. The panel […]
9 October 2019
Disability, Featured, General
Event : ADCET & NCSEHE Webinar — Beyond graduation: Long-term socioeconomic outcomes amongst equity students
Webinar with Dr Wojtek Tomaszewski The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) in partnership with the NCSEHE looks forward to bringing you this webinar presented by Dr Wojtek Tomaszewski from the University of Queensland. Wojtek will present outcomes from recent research revealing 15-year trends in equity students’ post-university outcomes, including measures of health and wellbeing, […]
27 September 2019
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Wrangling next-gen higher education excellence
Seminar with Professor Sally Kift Our Australian world class higher education system has now been without systematic, sector-wide investment into pedagogical research and development since mid-2016. Of itself, this would be enough of a grand challenge, but the hiatus has coincided with increasing competition in the global educational market, sector scrambling in the face of […]
19 September 2019
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Student Voice Australia Symposium
The Student Voice Australia (SVA) Symposium invites students and staff to come together to showcase the achievements of the SVA Pilot and share good practice in student engagement from across our Australian institutions. The Symposium is an opportunity to: share initiatives from across institutions that meaningfully engage a diversity of students in influencing and improving […]
18 September 2019
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : ADCET Webinar: NDIS and further education panel discussion
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO) Program are hosting a panel discussion on the intersectionality between the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the post-secondary education system. Hear from TAFE and university disability practitioners about their experiences. The panel will be given a case study to […]
16 September 2019
Disability, Featured, General
Event : ATEND Inclusive Learning Workshop
Workshop: Practical tools for working and supporting students with Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities The Dear Dyslexic Foundation and Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) NSW/ACT are hosting an interactive workshop for teachers, support staff, parents and students. This workshop will provide participants with the tools and skills they need to help make the learning pathway […]
2 September 2019
Disability, Featured, General
Event : Ranking universities based on equity – it is ‘doable’, but is it desirable?
Presented by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education This session presents findings from a research project which aimed to rank Australian universities on their ‘equity performance’; that is, the extent to which they were accessible for, supportive of, and benefiting students traditionally under-represented in higher education. The study comprised a conceptual consideration […]
23 August 2019
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Webinar: Supported internships
Free National Webinar: 2019 VDC Thought Leadership Series Supported internships: a program of social inclusion for young people with disability. VDC will present International Specialised Skills Institute (ISSI) fellowship recipient Jan Davis from Holmesglen Institute of TAFE who will outline findings from a UK study tour and the subsequent pilot with the Royal Children’s Hospital […]
23 August 2019
Disability, Featured, General
Event : NDCO Webinar
NDCO Webinar: Cultural awareness and competency in delivering tertiary education and employment outcomes for people with disability from CALD communities The National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO) Program has partnered with Settlement Services International (SSI) to present this webinar which will explore the intersectionality between culture and disability. The webinar will discuss current challenges in service […]
8 August 2019
Disability, Featured, General, International