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Publication : Vulnerable learners in the age of COVID-19: A scoping review
Catherine F. Drane, Lynette Vernon and Sarah O’Shea Originally published in The Australian Educational Researcher Published online 27 November 2020 Abstract This scoping review provides an overview of COVID-19 approaches to managing unanticipated school closures and available literature related to young people learning outside-of-school. A range of material has been drawn upon to highlight educational […]
27 November 2020
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Publication : #NCSEHE_Snapshots series
On 26–30 October 2020, the NCSEHE hosted the Student Equity Snapshots Forum — a week of lightning talks and live discussions with the 2019/20 cohort of NCSEHE Equity Fellows. The event was complemented by a series of #NCSEHE_Snapshots publications. Over 500 of the limited edition booklets were mailed to Forum participants and key stakeholders, and […]
10 November 2020
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Publication : 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
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Publication : Discussion Paper on the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005
The Disability Standards for Education 2005 clarify and elaborate the legal obligations of education authorities and providers to students with disability, across all educational settings in Australia, from preschool to higher education. As part of its submission to The 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005, the National Centre for Student Equity in […]
25 September 2020
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Publication : Equity in postgraduate education in Australia: Widening participation or widening the Gap?
Deanna Grant-Smith, Bernd Irmer and Robyn Mayes Queensland University of Technology Executive summary The Commonwealth provides funding to universities to improve the access, participation, retention, and success of identified equity groups. Referred to as the widening participation agenda, the explicit goal is to increase levels of university participation by students from these underrepresented social groups […]
10 September 2020
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Publication : Lowitja Institute Career Pathways Report
‘We Are working for our people’: Growing and strengthening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce Lowitja Institute August 2020 Executive Summary Expanding and strengthening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professional workforce is recognised as crucial for improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The Career Pathways […]
13 August 2020
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Publication : Artificial intelligence, ethics, equity and higher education: A ‘beginning-of-the-discussion’ paper
Associate Professor Erica Southgate, University of Newcastle, Australia NCSEHE 2016 Equity Fellow Artificial intelligence (AI) can been defined as: a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. AI systems are designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy (OECD, 2019). AI […]
12 August 2020
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Publication : Looking to the future – Report of the review of senior secondary pathways into work, further education and training
Education Council 23 July 2020 Executive Summary Education must prepare young people both for active citizenship in a democratic society and for purposeful engagement with the labour market. This is vital at a time when trust in democratic governance and institutions is at a low level and cognitive technologies are transforming the future of work. […]
23 July 2020
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Publication : Rethinking ‘widening participation’ in higher education
Sarah O’Shea, NCSEHE Originally published in An invitation to reconceptualise Widening Participation through praxis, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education July 2020 The term ‘widening participation’ has gained currency across the higher education (HE) environment and is generally used unproblematically in both policy and institutional discourse. A Google search of this term returned nearly […]
15 July 2020
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Publication : Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19
An EPAT Collective Project Michael A. Peters, Fazal Rizvi, Gary McCulloch, Paul Gibbs, Radhika Gorur, Moon Hong, Yoonjung Hwang, Lew Zipin, Marie Brennan, Susan Robertson, John Quay, Justin Malbon, Danilo Taglietti, Ronald Barnett, Wang Chengbing, Peter McLaren, Rima Apple, Marianna Papastephanou, Nick Burbules, Liz Jackson, Pankaj Jalote, Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope, Aslam Fataar, James Conroy, […]
8 July 2020
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