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We are pleased to welcome Professor Paul Harpur OAM as the newest member of the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success’s Advisory Board. Professor Harpur (pictured with his guide dog Sean) is a distinguished scholar, currently serving as a Professor with the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland. His work […]
13 March 2024
The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) is pleased to announce the six Visiting Scholars who will be undertaking residencies at ACSES under the Visiting Scholars Program. The Program aims to seed and support collaborative research projects between ACSES and higher education equity researchers as well as contribute to the strategic goals of […]
13 March 2024
We are now inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) to be submitted for the 2024-25 round of the Large Grants Research Program. The Program will fund proposals that address contemporary developments and challenges in Australian domestic higher education equity policy, practice, and evaluation, on one of the following three research priorities: Alternative pathways to university and […]
7 March 2024
What a week it’s been. We’ve reached the end of our first week as the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success. Here’s a look back at some of the moments that made this week one to remember: Monday: The big day finally arrived as Curtin University Vice-Chancellor and ACSES Advisory Board Chair Professor Harlene Hayne officially unveiled our […]
2 March 2024
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) welcomed the successful recipients of two Fellowship Programs – the First Nations Fellowship Program and the Equity Fellowship Program – to Curtin University’s Bentley Campus this week. The First Nations Fellowship Program seeks to strengthen the quality, capability, scale, and capacity of Australia’s First Nations […]
23 February 2024
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University today announced First Nations Fellowships for 2024 have been awarded to Dr Tracy Woodroffe at Charles Darwin University, Dr Darren Garvey at The University of Queensland, and Professor Peter Anderson at Griffith University. Dr Tracy Woodroffe’s project, Increasing the number of Aboriginal […]
20 December 2023
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University today announced Equity Fellowships for 2024 have been awarded to Associate Professor Amani Bell at The University of Sydney, Ms Danielle Keenan at the University of Technology Sydney, and Dr Bret Stephenson at La Trobe University. Associate Professor Bell’s project, Addressing placement inequities […]
13 December 2023
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education is pleased to announce 10 proposals have been selected for funding as part of NCSEHE’s Small Grants Research Program, for a total funding amount of AUD469,227. This year, the Centre received 72 applications in total, which were assessed by NCSEHE’s Grants and Fellowships Committee before being […]
13 December 2023
Last week, NCSEHE’s Shamit Saggar and Miriam Fisher attended the 2023 Engagement Australia International Conference at Western Sydney University’s Parramatta South campus, the central theme of which was, “Engaged Universities – The next 20 years.” Conference discussions delved deeply into the impending Australian Universities Accord and provided numerous insights that resonated across the higher education […]
24 November 2023
Garth Stahl, The University of Queensland; Braden Hill, Edith Cowan University; Himanshu Gupta, Flinders University; James Smith, Flinders University, and Samuel Moore, Menzies School of Health Research One of the top priorities of the Universities Accord process it to improve access to university in Australia, particularly for those from underrepresented groups. This is particularly so […]
17 November 2023