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Post : National Careers Week webinar — Careers and student equity: Key influencers and careers advice for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
As part of National Careers Week, the NCSEHE will host a virtual event on Friday 21 May 2021 (national times listed below), showcasing major NCSEHE-commissioned research on key influencers and careers advice for equity students. Overview In 2019, the NCSEHE commissioned four large-scale projects to improve access to information about higher education study options, pathways, […]
8 April 2021
General
Post : Seeing ghosts: A closer look at non-participating university students
A quarter of university fail grades represent ‘ghost students’, who remain enrolled in undergraduate units but show no evidence of participation, new research has shown. The study, led by Dr Bret Stephenson from the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research (CHEEDR) at La Trobe University and funded by the NCSEHE, found improved identification […]
3 March 2021
Featured, General
Post : Why First-in-Family status matters
Dr Sally Patfield, Laureate Professor Jenny Gore and Dr Natasha Weaver The University of Newcastle, Australia For more than 30 years, the Australian national equity framework has focused on six underrepresented equity target groups: People from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds Indigenous Australians People from regional and remote areas People with disabilities People from non-English […]
1 March 2021
Featured, First in Family
Post : February Equity Insights eNews: The latest developments in higher education
The February 2021 issue of NCSEHE Equity Insights is out now! In this month’s newsletter: NCSEHE-led project to establish Australia’s first dedicated national Career Development Learning Hub for students with disability The NCSEHE welcomes new Postgraduate Research Fellow Dr Olivia Groves Feature interview: In conversation with Postgraduate Research Fellow Dr Olivia Groves Research update — […]
12 February 2021
General
Post : Research update — Re-imagining exams: How do assessment adjustments impact on inclusion?
One of 17 projects funded under the sixth round of the NCSEHE Research Grants Program, this Deakin University-led research is investigating barriers and enablers to inclusive assessment design. This month, Chief Investigator Dr Joanna Tai from the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) provides a progress update, including preliminary findings from the […]
5 February 2021
Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Post : More help needed for vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19 school closures
Catherine Drane (NCSEHE) Lynette Vernon (ECU and NCSEHE) and Sarah O’Shea (NCSEHE) During lockdowns due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, school closures were hotly debated. Complete school closures were perceived by some as being a way to protect both students and teaching staff. Although initially children appeared to be at low risk for contracting the […]
7 December 2020
Featured, General
Post : Event wrap-up — World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) invited equity practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to a Zoom celebration on 17 November to launch World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020. Over 200 national and international delegates joined us to hear keynote speaker Professor Sally Kift on Equity and the ‘Anxiety […]
19 November 2020
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Regional, rural and remote, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : WAHED 2020 ‘Champions for Change’
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) partnered to lead the Australasian hub event for World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) on 17 November 2020. The event celebrated the life-changing work of student equity practitioners in supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds into and through higher education. As part of the event, […]
17 November 2020
Featured, General
Post : NCSEHE Briefing Note — Equity student participation in Australian higher education: 2014–2019
The new NCSEHE Equity Briefing Note is now available. It reports on undergraduate student data collected by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE). These data are also reported on the NCSEHE Student Equity Data Page. The page is an interactive resource that allow users to make comparisons between institutions, as well as at […]
4 November 2020
Culturally and linguistically diverse, Disability, Featured, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote, Women in non-traditional areas
Post : NCSEHE Student Equity Snapshots Forum — Mr David Eckstein
‘There’s nothing inevitable about exclusion.’ Australian universities: choices and issues in careers support for students with disability The NCSEHE hosted a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows on 26–30 October 2020. Since 2016, the NCSEHE has supported 12 Equity Fellows to conduct targeted research projects, advancing student equity […]
30 October 2020
Disability, General, NCSEHE Equity Fellows