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Post : Progress bulletin — NCSEHE Equity Fellow Nicole Crawford
Enhancing student success: supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged students from regional and remote Australia Dr Nicole Crawford 2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellow University of Tasmania nicole.crawford@utas.edu.au In this Equity Fellowship, I’m investigating proactive approaches to supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged undergraduate university students in, and from, regional and remote Australia. The topic is underpinned […]
23 February 2020
Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Post : NCSEHE research project update: Higher education career advice for low SES students
In 2019, the NCSEHE commissioned four large-scale projects to improve access to information about higher education study options, pathways, and careers for disadvantaged students and those who influence them. With a particular focus on low socioeconomic status (SES), regional and remote, and Indigenous students, the research projects are being conducted under the Australian Government Department […]
20 February 2020
Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Post : If you’re preparing students for 21st century jobs, you’re behind the times
Pi-Shen Seet (Edith Cowan University) and Janice Jones (Flinders University) Originally published on The Conversation 17 February 2020 Every year, the Australian Taxation Office releases a report that includes the highest earning occupations in Australia. These are mostly in the medical, legal and financial sectors. This information is commonly used by school career advisers, together […]
17 February 2020
General, Low SES, Regional
Post : ADCET/NCSEHE webinar: Supporting students with disability during and beyond higher education
Presented by NCSEHE 2020 Equity Fellows David Eckstein and Tim Pitman The NCSEHE will partner with the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) for a webinar on Thursday 5 March, presented by NCSEHE Equity Fellows Tim Pitman and David Eckstein. Through their year-long Fellowships, David and Tim are examining the ways in which […]
14 February 2020
Disability, Featured, General
Post : Poorer NSW students study subjects less likely to get them into uni
Philip Roberts, University of Canberra Published on The Conversation 17 December 2019 More students from advantaged backgrounds study subjects that will get them a higher ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) in New South Wales, while students from lower socioeconomic families are over-represented in subjects that contribute less to the score. Our new study showed subjects […]
30 December 2019
Featured, General, Low SES
Post : Evaluation must reflect Indigenous students’ sustained commitment to university
New research led by Charles Darwin University has found university student outcomes data does not entirely capture the complexity of regional and remote Indigenous student pathways. The report, funded by the NCSEHE, showed Indigenous students may engage with higher education for more than a decade, which needs to be considered in the evaluation of student […]
17 December 2019
Featured, General, Indigenous
Post : Regional community attributes impact university engagement
Positive community attitudes and employer support for higher education are central to regional and remote student university success, new research has shown. The study, led by Dr Robin Katersky Barnes from the University of Tasmania and funded by the NCSEHE, defined student influencers and community characteristics that supported positive higher education outcomes. “Higher education access, […]
16 December 2019
Featured, General, Low SES, Regional
Post : Major research fellowships promote student equity in higher education
The NCSEHE has appointed four new Equity Fellows who will conduct targeted research projects to advance student equity research, policy and practice. The 2020 Equity Fellows, Mr David Eckstein (Swinburne University of Technology), Dr Tim Pitman (Curtin University), Dr Janine Delahunty (University of Wollongong) and Dr Andrea Simpson (La Trobe University), will undertake year-long projects […]
27 November 2019
Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional
Post : 2020 NCSEHE Equity Fellow Janine Delahunty
‘You going to uni?’: Exploring how regional people navigate into and through higher education Dr Janine Delahunty, University of Wollongong The Project The focus of my NCSEHE Equity Fellowship will be on the higher than average attrition of regional students from university. I am interested in finding out from regional students themselves what their perspectives […]
27 November 2019
General, Regional
Post : 2020 NCSEHE Equity Fellow Tim Pitman
Supporting people with disability from regional, rural and remote Australia, to succeed in higher education Tim Pitman, Curtin University About the Equity Fellowship My Equity Fellowship will focus on how universities can best support people with disability, who come from regional, rural and remote Australia, in their higher education studies. These students not only study […]
27 November 2019
Disability, General, Regional