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Post : In conversation with NCSEHE Doctoral student Jaimey Facchin

“Hey, my kid is in year 12. What the hell is an ATAR?” NCSEHE PhD student Jaimey Facchin is hoping her research can equip parents and carers of First-in-Family (FiF) students to navigate the world of higher education and support FiF students across their educational journey. Following a career in equity student outreach, Jaimey elected […]

16 June 2022

Categories Featured, First in Family, General
NCSEHE 2021 Annual Report

Post : NCSEHE 2021 Annual Report

Director’s Report Professor Sarah O’Shea Building upon the work conducted by the NCSEHE in 2020, the Centre has continued to foreground educational equity across higher education policy, practice, and research. This eighth Annual Report details NCSEHE activities designed to build the connections between equity policymakers, researchers, and practitioners as well as provide a platform for […]

26 May 2022

Categories General
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Post : Ditch the widgets. Start investing in their amazing futures

Written by Daniel Edwards, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Originally published on AARE EduResearch Matters 11 May 2022 The cost of teaching a student from a low SES background is significantly higher than for more advantaged students. The reasons for these costs include the ‘obvious’ assumptions, such as bursaries, but are likely driven more […]

13 May 2022

Categories General, Low SES
Informing Policy and Practice V

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

Categories General
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Post : New research — The costs of and economies of scale in supporting university students from low SES backgrounds

An Australian-first study by Marcia Devlin1, Liang-Cheng Zhang2, Daniel Edwards2, Glenn Withers3, Julie McMillan2, Lynette Vernon4 and Sue Trinidad5 has calculated the costs to universities of supporting students from low socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds. Findings reveal full-time students from low SES backgrounds are four to six times more expensive to support, but that there are potential […]

26 April 2022

Categories Featured, General, Low SES
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Post : April 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 […]

20 April 2022

Categories Disability, Featured, General

Post : New research — Non-ATAR university entrance

A new study fills research gaps around how young people find out about pathways into further education and future careers, including alternative non-Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) pathways into university and pathways to vocational education. The NCSEHE-funded project, led by Megan O’Connell from RMIT University, brings to the fore the critical role of significant others, […]

14 April 2022

Categories Featured, General

Post : It’s time for an Australian Widening Participation Statement of Ethics

Maria Raciti, USC Australia’s widening participation (WP) agenda is decades old and it is championed by a dedicated community of WP practitioners and scholars. It is a community that I am proud to be a part of. In 2022, it would be fair to say that the WP community is pandemic-weary and fatigued by the […]

13 April 2022

Categories Featured, General
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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

Categories Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Migrants / refugees, Regional, rural and remote, Women in non-traditional areas
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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

Categories Featured, General, Indigenous
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