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Post : New NCSEHE publication — Informing Policy and Practice V
The fifth volume in the Informing Policy and Practice series collates 21 reports from the NCSEHE Student Equity in Higher Education Research Grants and Equity Fellows Programs. In this print and digital series, each report is summarised and accompanied by expert commentary, highlighting the strengths and relevance of the projects. Foreword NCSEHE Director, Professor Sarah […]
3 May 2022
General
Post : New research — Equity off course: Mapping equity access across courses and institutions
New NCSEHE-funded research using national student enrolment data released to universities by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) has examined student equity stratification by field of education and institution. The research team, Beni Cakitaki, Michael Luckman, and Professor Andrew Harvey, analysed of the patterns of course and institutional stratification for six equity groups, […]
12 April 2022
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Migrants / refugees, Regional, rural and remote, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : New research — Interrogating relationships between student support initiatives and Indigenous student progression
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students are enrolling in university degrees at historically high rates; however, the majority of these students are not completing their qualifications. The latest available national statistics show that the national average six-year bachelor degree completion rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students is 41 per cent. This […]
7 April 2022
Featured, General, Indigenous
Post : New research — Investigating the current mental health framework for equity groups
New research led by Tomasz Zając from The University of Queensland identified the critical importance of pre-existing poor mental health as a predictor of student attrition during the first year of university. The NCSEHE-funded study found that two equity cohorts, Indigenous students and people with disability, were more likely to exhibit poor mental health prior […]
24 March 2022
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous
Post : Co-creating a manifesto for student-staff partnerships & equity
Amani Bell & Meenakshi Krishnaraj, The University of Sydney About the manifesto We believe that student-staff partnerships can be a pathway toward socially just higher education, particularly when diversity is viewed as a strength, and when intersectionality and Indigenous ways of knowing and being are considered. Working with university students and staff during the 2021 […]
23 March 2022
Featured, General
Post : New research — Examining outcomes for care leavers in higher education
Drawing on the first longitudinal data set on care leavers in Australian higher education, new research led by Andrew Harvey at La Trobe University examines the access, geo-demographic profile, course selection, success, retention, and completion rates of care leavers across La Trobe and Federation universities. The data set focuses on all aspects of the student […]
15 March 2022
Care leavers, Featured, General
Post : New research — Improve Indigenous access to healthcare professions for community wellbeing
Attracting more Indigenous students to healthcare professions has been recommended to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. A new report by NCSEHE Equity Fellow Dr Andrea Simpson calls for stronger links between vocational and higher education to promote Indigenous participation in healthcare study. “Indigenous people are less likely to use mainstream healthcare facilities, for reasons […]
2 March 2022
Indigenous, NCSEHE Equity Fellows
Post : New research — Building the evidence to improve completion rates for Indigenous students
New NCSEHE-funded research shows that while the number of Indigenous students participating in higher education continues to grow, Indigenous student completion rates remain very low relative to non-Indigenous students. Led by Professor Bronwyn Fredericks from The University of Queensland, the team investigated national data which indicates that, while Indigenous students typically can take longer to […]
28 February 2022
Featured, Indigenous
Post : New research — Higher education aspirations, participation and achievement of Australian Indigenous males
Research published today has found that despite high levels of aspiration to higher education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men are underrepresented at Australian universities. Led by James A. Smith from the Menzies School of Health Research, the research team found that motivations to pursue higher education include desire to acquire knowledge and skills to […]
24 February 2022
Featured, General, Indigenous
Post : New research — Equity implications of non-ATAR pathways: Participation, academic outcomes, and student experience
Development of alternative entry pathways has been encouraged to boost higher education enrolments among equity groups. However, evidence is scarce on trends in admission to university study through alternative pathways, and on the comparative outcomes of students from various pathways. This NCSEHE-funded project led by Dr Ian Li from The University of Western Australia addressed […]
17 February 2022
Featured, General