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Event : Challenges and opportunities for maintaining inclusive assessments in the post-pandemic world
About this event Assessment does not only drive students’ learning but shapes their identities. Assessment is often designed for “the normal student”, causing barriers for the learning and inclusion for a number of equity groups. For example, inaccessible assessment design has led into systemic use of assessment adjustments (e.g. extra time in tests) in higher […]
25 May 2022
General
Event : ADCET Webinar: Sharing stories and ideas for change with the Disability Royal Commission
This ADCET webinar, presented by Will de Waal, a lawyer from Your Story Disability Legal Support (Your Story), will provide key information about the Disability Royal Commission and how to use it as a means for storytelling and positive change in the tertiary education sector. The session will cover: The purpose, scope and closing dates […]
25 May 2022
Disability, General, Low SES
Event : Lowitja Institute 3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023
The Lowitja Institute 3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023 will be held 14–16 June 2023 at the Cairns Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia. The Conference will be held on the lands of the Gimuy-walubarra Yidi peoples in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The conference is a biennial event attracting a global audience committed to sharing knowledge […]
11 May 2022
Featured, Indigenous
Event : 2022 STARS Conference
The 2022 Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success (STARS) Conference will be held online on 4–6 July. The Conference will be preceded by Network Week on 20–23 June 2022. About This conference provides the opportunity to disseminate and discuss current research, good practice, emerging initiatives and leading edge ideas that are aimed at enhancing students’ […]
21 April 2022
Featured, General
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 : TUC Turns One! Anniversary Event
In celebration of the Taree Universities Campus (TUC) reaching its one year opening milestone, they are delighted to welcome the MidCoast community to join them for their free anniversary event. Enjoy a Welcome to Country and Sweeping Ceremony on the riverfront, guest speakers, lunch, refreshments and more! Please note your registration allows you to attend […]
6 December 2021
Featured, General, Regional, rural and remote
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