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Event : National Careers Week webinar — Careers and student equity: Key influencers and careers advice for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
As part of National Careers Week, the NCSEHE will host a virtual event on Friday 21 May 2021 (national times listed below), showcasing major NCSEHE-commissioned research on key influencers and careers advice for equity students. Overview In 2019, the NCSEHE commissioned four large-scale projects to improve access to information about higher education study options, pathways, […]
7 April 2021
Featured, General
Event : NCSEHE webinar — “Ghost student” failure among equity cohorts: Towards understanding non-participating enrolments
The NCSEHE will host a webinar on 15 April at 1:00 pm AEST (national times listed below), presenting new research led by Dr Bret Stephenson on “ghost student” failure in higher education. Webinar overview A quarter of university fail grades represent “ghost students”, who remain enrolled in undergraduate units but show no evidence of participation. […]
10 March 2021
Culturally and linguistically diverse, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE panel discussion: Tips for outreach staff on how to evaluate outreach programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
The NCSEHE hosted an online panel discussion on 23 November 2020, conducted as part of Dr Katelyn Barney’s NCSEHE Equity Fellowship. Katelyn’s research focuses on developing evidence to demonstrate success factors and highlight areas to strengthen outreach initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Webinar overview There are numerous outreach initiatives being run by […]
5 November 2020
Featured, Indigenous, NCSEHE Equity Fellows
Event : World Access to Higher Education Day #WAHED2020
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) invited equity practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to a Zoom celebration on 17 November to launch World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020. Over 200 national and international delegates joined us to hear keynote speaker Professor Sally Kift on Equity and the ‘Anxiety […]
3 November 2020
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Regional, rural and remote
Event : ADCET webinar — COVID-19 and beyond: Perspectives from university students
Overview On Wednesday 2 September, NCSEHE Equity Fellow Professor Tim Pitman and NCSEHE ‘Student Voice’ vlogger Ashley Willcox joined a panel of university students with disability share how COVID-19 disruptions impacted on their studies. The students shared their challenges, the successful strategies and coping skills they used, the unexpected benefits they discovered, and what they […]
31 August 2020
Disability, Featured, General
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, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshots Forum: A week of lightning talks by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows
On 26–30 October 2020, the NCSEHE hosted an exciting series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows. Since 2016, the NCSEHE has supported 12 Equity Fellows to conduct targeted research projects, advancing student equity research, policy and practice. The 2019/20 cohort have each undertaken major year-long projects, variously focusing on […]
8 June 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : CGHE webinar: Can we rank universities based on principles of fairness and equity? And if so, should we?
The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) hosted a webinar on 14 May 2020, presented by NCSEHE Equity Fellow Tim Pitman. Overview 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 […]
11 May 2020
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Supporting students’ wellbeing during COVID-19
Presented by Nicole Crawford and Cathy Stone Webinar overview This webinar discussed 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
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
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
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote