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Publication : NCSEHE 2019 Annual Report
Director’s Report by Professor Sue Trinidad The NCSEHE had another productive year in 2019—as evidenced here in our sixth Annual Report—continuing to provide a strong networking function between student equity policymakers, researchers and practitioners. The Centre has—under the new contract from the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment for 2019–21—continued its operations to […]
7 May 2020
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Publication : The impact of ‘learning at home’ on the educational outcomes of vulnerable children in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Catherine Drane¹, Lynette Vernon² and Sarah O’Shea¹ ¹National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education — Curtin University ²School of Education — Edith Cowan University Executive Summary This review provides an overview of current approaches to managing school closures as well as recent literature related to young people learning “outside of school”. A range of […]
28 April 2020
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Publication : The online student experience: An exploration of first-year university students’ expectations, experiences and outcomes of online education
Thesis written by Melanie Henry Abstract Online higher education presents a critical opportunity to extend and diversify the student body. The Online Student Experience (OSE), and online student outcomes, however, remain shrouded in ambiguity. The literature presents conflicting reports of online education (OE) quality, confounded by a lack of appreciation for potential differences between online […]
6 April 2020
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Publication : NCSEHE briefing note: Equity student participation in Australian higher education 2013–2018
Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education Introduction This NCSEHE briefing note reports on domestic undergraduate equity student participation in Australian higher education from 2013 to 2018. It focuses on trends among domestic undergraduate enrolments in Table A Provider institutions in identified equity groups: Low socioeconomic status (Low SES) students Students with […]
17 December 2019
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Publication : Understanding completion rates of Indigenous higher education students from two regional universities
Fiona Shalley, James Smith, Denise Wood, Bronwyn Fredericks, Kim Robertson and Steven Larkin Charles Darwin University, CQUniversity, The University of Queensland and The University of Newcastle Executive summary Data shows that Indigenous higher education students have lower access, participation and completion rates compared with non-Indigenous students. Indigenous students from regional and remote areas face additional challenges […]
17 December 2019
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Publication : Access, quality and wellbeing in engineering Work Integrated Learning placements
Natalie Lloyd (University of Technology Sydney), Megan Paull (Murdoch University), Teena Clerke (University of Technology Sydney) and Sally Male (The University of Western Australia) Executive Summary Access, quality and wellbeing in engineering Work Integrated Learning placements: Implications for equity and diversity is a mixed methods study which examines student engineers’ experiences in Work Integrated Learning […]
5 December 2019
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Publication : Informing Policy and Practice IV
Foreword Professor Sue Trinidad — NCSEHE Director The objective of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) is to build the evidence base through research informing policy and practice. One of the ways we have achieved this is through the NCSEHE Research Grants Program which has funded 47 projects since 2014, with […]
27 November 2019
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Publication : My Story — Student Voice
Preface Professor Sue Trinidad, Director, NCSEHE Ms Nina-Marie Thomas, Editor, My Story — Student Voice The NCSEHE provides national leadership in student equity in higher education. The Centre connects research, policy and practice to improve higher education participation and success for marginalised and disadvantaged people. An emphasis on the “student voice” and evaluation and communication […]
25 November 2019
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Publication : Do MOOCs contribute to student equity and social inclusion? A systematic review 2014–18
Sarah R. Lambert Published in Computers & Education Volume 145, February 2020, 103693 Abstract In recent years, hopes that Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) would make access to education fairer faded in the light of research showing MOOCs favoured the already educated and relatively advantaged. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of […]
8 November 2019
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Publication : Good Practice in Online Teacher Education
Janet Dyment, Jill Downing, Cathy Stone, Naomi Milthorpe, Tracey Muir, Elizabeth Freeman and Belinda Hopwood Published by the University of Tasmania July 2019 Context The growth in online Initial Teacher Education Online learning is fast becoming the preferred mode of study for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students in Australia. Between 2007 and 2016, the proportion of […]
18 September 2019
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