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Event : ADCET webinar: Managing complex and challenging mental health situations
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) will host a webinar on Monday 16 May, presented by Brandon Taylor, Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Manager at TAFE Queensland. Event details This ADCET webinar will focus on the small number of instances where a student’s mental ill health is so disruptive to their thinking, […]
29 April 2022
Disability, Featured, General
Event : Australian Network on Disability Annual Conference
The Australian Network on Disability Annual Conference is a brilliant way to learn what is happening globally and locally as they share best practice and key learnings. Connect with a powerful network of business leaders, diversity and inclusion practitioners, human resource professionals, industry experts and influencers from the public, private and for-purpose sectors. This year’s […]
21 April 2022
Disability, Featured
Event : 2022 Round Table Conference: Inclusion and Access to Information in our Changing World
Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities will hold its second virtual conference in 2022. The Conference and workshops will be held between 16–18 May. Information access is essential for all people including those with print disabilities going about their daily lives. The 2022 Conference will explore the challenges and opportunities in […]
21 April 2022
Disability, Featured
Event : CRADLE Seminar Series — Re-imagining exams: How do assessment adjustments impact on inclusion?
Join Dr Joanna Tai as she presents the findings from her NCSEHE funded research project which sought to better understand students with disabilities’ (SWD) experiences of exams and other high-stakes time-limited assessments. Research found that exams and other high-stakes time-limited assessments can act as barriers to success for SWD. However, a system which focuses only […]
28 February 2022
Disability, Featured
Event : Launch: Universal Design for Learning in tertiary education eLearning training
Event details Join the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) on International Day of People with Disability, Friday 3 December for the launch of Australia’s first free online Universal Design for Learning in tertiary education eLearning training. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a learning design approach that recognises there is no ‘average’ learner. […]
19 November 2021
Disability, Featured, General
Event : Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
Unite with a community committed to advancing rural and remote mental health care. Living and working in rural Australia can be a rich and rewarding way of life. However, factors such as geographic location, social isolation, and limited facilities can make it difficult for many to receive adequate mental health care. When rural and remote […]
16 November 2021
Disability, General, Regional, rural and remote
Event : ADCET Webinar: Screen Readers — Everything Access and Teaching Staff should know
Event details What is a Screen Reader? What does it do? How does it work? This Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) webinar will seek to unpack these questions and dispel some of the myths around accessibility and screen readers. An expert panel will share their unique insights and experiences to help you […]
16 November 2021
Disability, Featured, General
Event : COVID and Regional Graduate Employment webinar
The Country Universities Centre (CUC) and Swinburne University of Technology explore the effects of COVID-19 on employment for regional graduates. About this event The Country Universities Centre and Swinburne University of Technology invite you to an expert panel discussion about the effects of COVID-19 on employment for regional graduates. Hear from employers and the Regional […]
15 November 2021
General, Regional, rural and remote
Event : 2021 NAFEA Conference: The Future of WIL: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
NAFEA is the national peak body for higher education staff involved in the logistics and administration of work-integrated learning across Australia. Each year, the NAFEA conference brings together a range of stakeholders from across the WIL cycle including NAFEA members, WIL administrators, WIL Researchers, placement providers and policy makers. The conference will provide a forum […]
18 October 2021
Featured, General
Event : ADCET Webinar: Critical Conversations — Disclosing disability in higher education: What’s in it for the student?
Overview In July 2021, researchers Tim Pitman, Matt Brett and Katie Ellis published their paper: Three decades of misrecognition: defining people with disability in Australian higher education policy which argues that ‘in the context of higher education, people with disability are subjected to both cultural and economic injustices, which causes tension in how students are […]
14 October 2021
Disability, General, NCSEHE Equity Fellows