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Post : NCSEHE & EPHEA event wrap-up: World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia #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 November 2021
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Post : World Access to Higher Education Day — Champions for Change
Champions for Change is an annual initiative, developed by the NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) as a component of World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia. Nearly 150 Champions were announced at the 2021 World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) event, recognising and celebrating their outstanding work in supporting students […]
19 November 2021
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Post : My Story — Student Voice: Saima Nazar Khan
Saima Nazar Khan is a trained teacher and counsellor, currently in her final year of the Diploma in Counselling at Murdoch University. Saima is passionate about advocating for people with mental illness and challenging the stigma associated with psychosocial disability. In this feature, Saima shares her journey through education, alongside her personal experiences with major […]
18 November 2021
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, General, My Story — Student Voice
Post : Student Voice feature article — Perspectives on disability and student learning
Saima Nazar Khan Having a disability can enable appreciation of different perspectives of those in the throes of “illness”, and those observing them (for example, a carer, friend or family member). This may be particularly true in the context of “invisible” disabilities; for example, mental illness. That is, when one is experiencing an illness, their […]
18 November 2021
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, General, My Story — Student Voice
Post : Project bulletin: National Career Development Learning Hub for Students with Disability
The National Career Development Learning Hub for Students with Disability project is funded by the National Careers Institute (NCI) and led by the NCSEHE. The purpose of the project is to establish the first dedicated national Career Development Learning (CDL) Hub for students with disability which will showcase best practices in the field. The CDL […]
10 November 2021
Disability, Featured, General
Post : October issue of ‘Equity Insights’ eNews
The latest issue of NCSEHE Equity Insights is now available online. The October roundup showcases a new NCSEHE-funded regional student website from Dr Janine Delahunty and a podcast series on Indigenous student outreach, produced under Dr Katelyn Barney’s NCSEHE Equity Fellowship. Also featured in the newsletter is the NCSEHE and EPHEA’s World Access to Higher […]
29 October 2021
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Post : COVID has increased anxiety and depression rates among university students. And they were already higher than average
David Tuck, Emily Berger, Joshua F. Wiley and Lefteris Patlamazoglou, Monash University Originally published on The Conversation 21 October 2021 Before COVID, university and vocational education students were at high risk of developing mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety. This is because they already experience much higher levels of psychological distress than the general […]
21 October 2021
Disability, General
Post : We struggled to make university more equal. Has that battle for equality worked now?
Ian Li, The University of Western Australia Originally published on EduResearch Matters 18 October 2021 Australian education policy has really focussed on getting ‘equity groups’ into university and then onto completion with initiatives designed to improve access and participation. That worked. Recent data indicate that there has been growth in the university enrolment of these equity groups in the […]
18 October 2021
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Post : Challenges to access and equity in higher education across the world in the context of COVID: An Australian perspective
A new publication features the voices of leading international experts in higher education equity, addressing the challenges for disadvantaged and minority students in the shift to digital delivery during COVID-19. Contributions have been drawn from World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020, and include an article from NCSEHE researchers on Challenges to access and […]
27 September 2021
Featured, General
Post : Seven great ways to connect with students during snap lockdowns
By Angela Page, Jennifer Charteris, Joanna Anderson and Chris Boyle Originally published on the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) EduResearch Matters blog. 19 August 2021 This research might be about students with added learning needs but could easily apply to all students. The snap school lockdowns required to combat the Delta variant of Covid-19 […]
19 August 2021
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