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Post : NCSEHE eNews – Equity Insights: New developments in higher education
A much-anticipated issue of Equity Insights eNews this month opens Expressions of Interest for NCSEHE competitive research grants, launches the Centre’s new Student Equity Data site, and features new research published by the Centre during March. We encourage you to subscribe our monthly newsletter and follow our social media and website for frequent updates. Featured in this issue: Student […]
1 April 2019
Disability, Editorial, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Post : EOIs invited for NCSEHE competitive research grants
Expressions of Interest invited: Competitive grants to improve low SES student, low SES Indigenous student, and low SES regional and remote student and student influencer access to information about higher education study options, pathways, and careers. The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is funding a program of Competitive grants to improve low SES student, […]
1 April 2019
Disability, Editorial, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Post : NCSEHE response to the National Regional, Rural and Remote Education Strategy Framing Paper
As a component of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (DET) National Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) Education Strategy, responses were invited to a Framing Paper. Published on 20 December 2018, The paper outlined the background of the strategy formation, the problems facing regional, rural and remote education and the challenges faced by those […]
27 March 2019
Editorial, General, Regional
Post : Briefing Note — Equity Student Participation in Australian Higher Education: 2012 to 2017
Briefing Note written by Dr Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE). Introduction This NCSEHE briefing note reports on domestic undergraduate equity student participation in Australian higher education from 2012 to 2017. It focuses on trends among domestic undergraduate enrolments in Table A provider institutions in identified equity groups: Low socioeconomic […]
13 December 2018
Disability, Editorial, Featured, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Post : Targeted Strategy Recommended for Regional Student Engagement
Widening participation programs are demonstrably effective in stimulating university applications, but a sustained commitment is critical in maintaining consistent, long-term engagement, particularly in regional and remote schools. A review of a large-scale collaborative initiative in Queensland, led by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE), recommends a tailored strategy to meet the […]
26 November 2018
Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Post : Australian Government Regional Education Package
On 12 November 2018, the Government announced $134.8 million over four years to provide students from rural and regional Australia with greater choice in, and access to higher education. The measures include: $92.5 million over four years to support more students at five regionally focused universities over four years. This includes: $40.7 million for Federation […]
12 November 2018
Featured, General, Regional
Post : The University of Wollongong — In2Uni
The University of Wollongong (UOW) offers a number of outreach activities to raise the aspirations, attainment, awareness and access to higher education for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. The In2Uni program is one such activity, which fosters engagement with students from Years 6–12 in UOW’s communities with a high representation of low socioeconomic status (SES) students […]
23 October 2018
General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Post : NCSEHE Focus: The future of Australian higher education — A synthesis of recent research and policy reports with implications for student equity
There have been growing concerns within Australia and overseas about the way in which economic globalisation and developments in technology are disrupting the economy and society—for both better and worse—often in unpredictable ways. Within this context, higher education is experiencing significant and rapid changes, the outcomes of which are equally uncertain. This has raised major […]
8 October 2018
Disability, General, Indigenous, International, Low SES, Regional
Post : 34th National SPERA Conference — Registrations Open
Access for All: Equity Matters The Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA), in partnership with the NCSEHE, invites you to attend the 34th National SPERA Conference at Curtin University, Western Australia. A full program will run over Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November 2018 (with welcome reception on 28 November), including a […]
20 September 2018
Featured, General, Low SES, Regional
Post : University of New South Wales — ASPIRE
ASPIRE is a multifaceted outreach program working with 56 partner schools in educationally disadvantaged communities in Sydney and regional and remote New South Wales. The program provides age-appropriate educational activities within a scaffolded learning framework, both in school and at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), to facilitate learning about university and the benefits […]
13 September 2018
General, Regional