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Event : ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Supporting students’ wellbeing during COVID-19
Presented by Cathy Stone & Nicole Crawford Webinar overview This webinar discusses preliminary findings from research into supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged students in regional and remote Australia, through ensuring that, in this time of physical distancing, online learning is delivered in ways that enhance student engagement and student wellbeing. In the midst of […]
27 March 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Three Essentials in moving online
The NCSEHE, in partnership with the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET), hosted a webinar on 1 April 2020, presented by NCSEHE Fellows Dr Cathy Stone and Dr Nicole Crawford. The webinar was attended by nearly 400 participants who actively engaged with the presenters and gained timely advice during this period of rapid […]
27 March 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Quality, flexibility, cost and equity: drivers for open textbooks
As part of a project funded through the NCSEHE, Deakin University will welcome Dr Rajiv Jhangiani, talking from Canada to share some of his research and practices with open textbooks. Rajiv’s keynote will focus on the quality, cost, flexibility and equity drivers for open text books in the context of increasing digital provision and need […]
5 March 2020
Featured, General
Event : Can we rank universities based on principles of fairness and equity? And if so, should we?
Event cancelled due to travel restrictions. Higher education ranking systems are ubiquitous and are used, increasingly, to measure and hold universities accountable for a range of issues, such as quality and performance. However to date, very few ranks incorporate measurements of equity and fairness, let alone prioritise them. Even rarer still is evidence of a […]
25 February 2020
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Annual Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) Conference 2020
Conference postponed until 2021 The Annual Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) Annual Conference is being organised and delivered by Continuum at the University of East London. The FACE Annual Conference continues to grow and develop each year with innovative presentation formats and carefully curated sessions. This is an excellent opportunity to share your […]
20 February 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Pathways 15 — Advancing Inclusion in Tertiary Education: Policy and Practice
Pathways 15 brings together disability practitioners, National Disability Coordination Officers and a range of other professional, academic staff and students with disability to identify and remove barriers for people with disability participating in post-secondary education and training. The conference provides a unique opportunity to improve our knowledge and plays a pivotal role in supporting practitioners […]
20 February 2020
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Event : Project launch: Open textbooks, diversified content and social justice
Open textbooks, diversified content and social justice: a national scoping study project launch Interested researchers, librarians and academics are invited to the launch of a NCSEHE-funded research project at Deakin Downtown. Attendees will have the chance to network with Deakin Teaching and Learning Staff and CRADLE (Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning) researchers. […]
17 February 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Supporting students with disability during and beyond higher education
Presented by NCSEHE 2020 Equity Fellows David Eckstein and Tim Pitman The NCSEHE partnered with the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) for a webinar on Thursday 5 March, presented by NCSEHE Equity Fellows Tim Pitman and David Eckstein. Through their year-long Fellowships, David and Tim are examining the ways in which Australia’s […]
14 February 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Event : Public seminar presented by Dr Mollie Dollinger
The Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at The University of Melbourne hosts a series of public seminars exploring current issues in higher education and their implications for policy and practice, with guest presenters from local and international universities. Dr Mollie Dollinger is currently leading a NCSEHE-funded research project exploring how co-design […]
6 February 2020
General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Event : Enhancing Graduate Employment Outcomes Conference
Conference postponed. The Enhancing Graduate Employment Outcomes conference is your chance to join like-minded peers from universities across the country in exploring proposed solutions to address the challenges inherent to producing work-ready graduates. Learn from industry leaders as they share their trials and successes in working towards developing strategies to enhance graduate employability and ultimately […]
5 February 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional