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Publication : Tracing the impact of Out of Care, Into University: Raising higher education access and achievement of care leavers
Kitty Drok for the NCSEHE In 2014, the NCSEHE provided funding to La Trobe University’s Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research (CHEEDR; then known as the Access and Achievement Research Unit, or AARU) to map the Australian higher education sector in relation to people from out-of-home care backgrounds, including kinship care, foster care […]
4 March 2020
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Publication : Mind the Gap!’ Exploring the post-graduation outcomes and employment mobility of individuals who are first in their family to complete a university degree
2019 NCSEHE Research Fellowship final report Sarah O’Shea, University of Wollongong Executive summary This report details the findings and recommendations from the NCSEHE Research Fellowship entitled ‘Mind the Gap!’ Exploring the post-graduation outcomes and employment mobility of individuals who are first in their family to complete a university degree. This one-year study explored how learners […]
21 January 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 : Regional communities’ influences on equity participation in higher education
Robin Katersky Barnes, Sue Kilpatrick, Jessica Woodroffe, Nicole Crawford, Sherridan Emery, Gemma Burns and Margaret Noble University of Tasmania Executive Summary There has been a growing interest in challenges faced by students from regional and remote Australia as their higher education access, participation, retention, success and attainment indicators persistently remain below those of their metropolitan counterparts. However, many students […]
15 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 : The social marketing messenger is as important as the message
Learnings from a case study of widening participation in Australian higher education Maria Raciti and Joshua Dale (USC) Published in AASM Viewpoint Vol. 8, No. 2 2019 Abstract Widening participation (WP) endeavours seek to increase the participation of vulnerable students in higher education in Australia. WP has been demonstrably successful. WP outreach is predominantly people-rich, yet […]
30 October 2019
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