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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 : 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
Event : CRADLE Seminar: Open Textbooks in Australia: updated, localised, inclusive
The CRADLE team will present a panel discussion on 5 October, drawing on NCSEHE-funded research by Dr Sarah Lambert from Deakin University. Overview Open textbooks are a recent innovation in free, digital texts that can be: distributed at no cost; printed at cost-price; and modified for local needs, such as to correct gender, socio-cultural and […]
24 September 2021
Featured, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE & EPHEA event: World Access to Higher Education Day #WAHED2021
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) welcomed nearly 200 participants from Australia and New Zealand for World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) Australasia 2021. This year’s event featured a keynote from Professor Maria Raciti (USC), who tackled the question, What’s the next step to help low SES students navigate perceived […]
19 September 2021
Featured, General
Event : CRADLE Symposium 2021
What is assessment for inclusion? Problematising inclusion, equity, and access in higher education assessment. This year’s annual Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) symposium brings together researchers in the fields of higher education assessment, inclusion and social justice, to share ideas, research and practice, and problematise the concept of inclusive assessment. The symposium […]
25 August 2021
Featured, General
Event : EPHEA presents: Designing initiatives for Pasifika Communities
Initiatives designed with, and for, Pasifika peoples are key to increased participation and retention in Higher Education. Pasifika peoples in Australia are a heterogenous, multi-ethnic community with diverse cultural identities and languages, recognised across 23 different Pacific ancestries. Despite these differences, Pacific communities share common cultural value structures including service, reciprocity, identity, belonging, respect, spirituality, […]
15 August 2021
Culturally and linguistically diverse, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE Webinar — Moving into, through and beyond STEM degrees: A student equity perspective
The NCSEHE hosted a webinar on Friday 27 August, drawing on new research to improve support for equity students moving into, through and beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees. Researchers from the University of South Australia, the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) presented fresh insights […]
13 August 2021
Featured, General
Event : 2021 OECD Conference
Disrupted futures: International lessons on how schools can best equip students for their working lives A free online conference highlighting innovative research and practice As countries turn their attention from handling a healthcare emergency to dealing with its economic consequences, concern rises over youth unemployment. Even before the pandemic, young people in many countries were […]
4 August 2021
Featured, General
Event : ADCET Webinar — Designing Online Education that Works for All Students: A 7-Step UDL Approach
Research has shown that students with disability are less likely to complete their studies than their non-disabled peers, and, if they do graduate, are less likely to engage in meaningful and competitive employment post-graduation (Kilpatrick, 2016; Equity Challenge Unit, 2014). One way to support the inclusion and participation of students with disability is by incorporating […]
4 August 2021
Disability, Featured, General