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Event : Supporting students’ mental wellbeing during the pandemic: What can we do in Teaching & Learning?
UniSA Teaching and Learning Breakfast Series: Dr Nicole Crawford In this University of South Australia (UniSA) webinar, Dr Nicole Crawford provided a brief overview of her 2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellowship research, which investigated proactive approaches to support the mental wellbeing of mature-aged university students in regional and remote Australia. Nicole considered what we, as unit […]
28 August 2020
General, Mature age, NCSEHE Equity Fellows, Regional
Event : ATAR — Scaled for Injustice? Or just irrelevance?
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion will present a webinar on 4 September 2020 as part of the Future of Education – Towards 2027 series. Join Peter Shergold AC, Viv White AM, Mehrdad Baghai, Sally Kift, and Verity Firth in discussion on whether the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) […]
19 August 2020
Featured, General
Event : ADCET webinar: Tertiary education webinar — 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005
This webinar is the third in the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) series for the 2020 Review (the Review) of the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards). The session is designed for educators and students in tertiary education (including vocational education and training) and higher education. The interactive webinar will involve: […]
18 August 2020
Disability, General, Low SES
Event : USQ webinar – An online engagement framework to support ‘Pivoting to online teaching during crisis’
The shift to online learning has been galvanised globally and unexpectedly by COVID-19. While assumed to be a straightforward process, the reality is that this shift challenges academics new to online teaching in terms of the limited time, training, resourcing and the steep learning curve associated with this the unique pedagogy of online learning and […]
7 August 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Event : GradAustralia Diversity & Inclusion Careers Fair
The Diversity & Inclusion Careers Fair will be held online on Thursday 20 August 2020 between 11 am to 2 pm AEST / 1 pm to 3 pm AWST. This recruiting fair is all about showcasing employers who celebrate diversity and have concrete practices to support inclusion in the workplace. When the fair is live, […]
7 August 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : ADCET Webinar: Mentoring during the Time of COVID
Over the last few years, a number of universities have implemented specialist peer mentoring programs to support students on the Autism Spectrum with their studies. While many of us appreciate the positive impact these can have for students on the spectrum, what’s the impact for the mentors? This webinar draws on the experience of a […]
7 August 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : ADCET Webinar: How Ideamapper helps students of varying abilities plan, write and reference
Ideamapper was originally created as a solution for students with specific Learning Disabilities who struggled to write large amounts of text such as essays and reports. It was designed by PHDs and a Dyslexia expert with an MBE for services to Dyslexia and other hidden disabilities. Ideamapper uses mind mapping to help students manage information […]
23 July 2020
Disability, General
Event : UTS webinar — The Inclusivity Experiment: Promoting inclusive practice in the classroom
The Inclusivity Experiment is an initiative built to challenge conventional ways of thinking about inclusivity and to make ethical and inclusive design easier for everyone. They have run a series of events to connect people interested in advancing inclusive design, and to prototype new inclusive design practices on a small scale. Learning and teaching environments […]
23 July 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Event : Learning through COVID-19: Social justice and the digital divide
This workshop will begin with the question: “How can you design for learning through a social justice lens?” Camille Dickson and Keith Heggart will share examples related to the challenges of working with diverse groups in online and blended learning environments, identify and describe some of the often overlooked or poorly understood challenges educators face […]
23 July 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Event : World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020 Launch Event
The third World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) will be on 17 November 2020. WAHED is the global day of action focusing on increasing access and participation in higher education for those from low income and other marginalised groups. COVID-19 risks exacerbating the existing inequalities in access to higher education which exist in every […]
9 July 2020
Disability, General, Low SES