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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
Presented by Cathy Stone and Nicole Crawford Webinar overview In these unfamiliar times, universities are suddenly needing to move face-to-face courses online. We have previously written that this can be a tall order, even for experienced educators. However, including the “three essentials” that this webinar outlines means that even a hastily-developed online course can still […]
27 March 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
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 : 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 : ADCET & NCSEHE Webinar — Beyond graduation: Long-term socioeconomic outcomes amongst equity students
Webinar with Dr Wojtek Tomaszewski The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) in partnership with the NCSEHE presented this webinar by Dr Wojtek Tomaszewski from the University of Queensland. Wojtek detailed the outcomes from recent research revealing 15-year trends in equity students’ post-university outcomes, including measures of health and wellbeing, as well as employment and […]
27 September 2019
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Event : Regional Study Hubs Network Event One — Geraldton
The inaugural Regional Study Hubs network conference, led by the NCSEHE with support from the Australian Government Department of Education, was hosted by the Geraldton Universities Centre on 12–14 June. This event brought to Geraldton 37 representatives from 14 of the 16 Regional Study Hubs situated across 23 Australia-wide locations. Based on the successful models […]
28 May 2019
Featured, General, Low SES, Regional
Event : Best Practice in Regional Study Hubs Symposium 2019
Members from 16 Federally-funded Regional University Centres convened in the Snowy Mountains on 15 November 2019 to collaborate, engage with higher education experts, and share examples of best practice with the aim of ensuring students from regional, rural and remote communities across Australia receive better access to higher education and to improve student success. NCSEHE […]
6 May 2019
Featured, General, Regional
Event : Regions Rising 2019 — Canberra
Regional Australia Institute The theme of this year’s Canberra summit is Regional Futures which will capture the key issues impacting regional communities. Key drivers of regional development will be discussed through an economic and social lens. Headlining the Canberra event are the Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon. Michael McCormack MP who will provide his vision for Regional Australia and launch […]
1 April 2019
General, Regional
Event : The University of Sydney — Widening Participation and Outreach 2019 Program Launch
Widening Participation and Outreach (WPO) at the University of Sydney aims to increase access and participation in higher education for young people from low socioeconomic status, regional and remote areas and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. In 2019, WPO will be delivering a re-invigorated educational engagement program, extending opportunities for secondary school students from […]
22 October 2018
Featured, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional