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Post : NCSEHE-led project to establish Australia’s first dedicated national Career Development Learning Hub for students with disability
A new National Careers Institute (NCI) Partnership Grant project led by the NCSEHE will establish Australia’s first Career Development Learning (CDL) Hub for students with disability. The CDL Hub will provide an accessible range of resources, as well as practical examples of programs addressing CDL for students with disability across the student life cycle. One […]
19 January 2021
Disability, Editorial, Featured, General
Post : My Story — Student Voice: Reflections on 2020 from the NCSEHE vloggers
In March 2020, the NCSEHE invited eight university students from diverse backgrounds to document their personal experiences of living, working and studying during COVID-19 by recording regular video blogs. Through more than 70 vlogs during the year, we have shared their highs and lows, celebrated their triumphs, and marvelled at their resourcefulness, determination, and commitment […]
16 December 2020
Disability, First in Family, General, Low SES, Mature age, My Story — Student Voice, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : Australian university mental health framework launched by Education Minister
Written by Penny Carlson Senior Program Manager, Orygen A new national university mental health framework provides guidance for universities and the mental health sector to support and enhance students’ mental health. Developed by Orygen with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and launched by Australia’s Minister for Education the Hon Dan Tehan MP, […]
15 December 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Post : Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
Catherine F. Drane, Lynette Vernon and Sarah O’Shea Originally published in The Australian Educational Researcher Published online 27 November 2020 Abstract This scoping review provides an overview of COVID-19 approaches to managing unanticipated school closures and available literature related to young people learning outside-of-school. A range of material has been drawn upon to highlight educational […]
30 November 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, Non-English speaking background, Regional
Post : Event wrap-up — World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia
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 […]
19 November 2020
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : WAHED 2020 ‘Champions for Change’
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) partnered to lead the Australasian hub event for World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) on 17 November 2020. The event celebrated the life-changing work of student equity practitioners in supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds into and through higher education. As part of the event, […]
17 November 2020
Featured, General
Post : NCSEHE Briefing Note — Equity student participation in Australian higher education: 2014–2019
The new NCSEHE Equity Briefing Note is now available. It reports on undergraduate student data collected by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE). These data are also reported on the NCSEHE Student Equity Data Page. The page is an interactive resource that allow users to make comparisons between institutions, as well as at […]
4 November 2020
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshots Forum — Mr David Eckstein
‘There’s nothing inevitable about exclusion.’ Australian universities: choices and issues in careers support for students with disability The NCSEHE hosted a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows on 26–30 October 2020. Since 2016, the NCSEHE has supported 12 Equity Fellows to conduct targeted research projects, advancing student equity […]
30 October 2020
Disability, General, NCSEHE Equity Fellows
Post : NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshots Forum — Associate Professor Tim Pitman
Disability support in higher education: What our students are telling us The NCSEHE hosted a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows on 26–30 October 2020. Since 2016, the NCSEHE has supported 12 Equity Fellows to conduct targeted research projects, advancing student equity research, policy and practice. The 2019/20 […]
30 October 2020
Disability, NCSEHE Equity Fellows, Regional
Post : NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshots Forum — Dr Katelyn Barney
What works? Success factors of outreach camps for Indigenous students The NCSEHE is hosting a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows on 26–30 October 2020. Since 2016, the NCSEHE has supported 12 Equity Fellows to conduct targeted research projects, advancing student equity research, policy and practice. The 2019/20 […]
29 October 2020
Featured, General, Indigenous, NCSEHE Equity Fellows, Regional