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Anna Bennett, Ryan Naylor, Jo Hanley, Jo Lewis, Cheryl Burgess Executive Summary The Critical Interventions Framework Part 3 (CIF 3) focuses on evaluative studies which provide details of the impacts of specific interventions on equity groups in relation to access to and success in higher education. The CIF 3 provides three major tools: an Equity Initiatives Impact Studies […]
26 March 2024
Equity Promotion Initiatives Across the World Edited by Jamil Salmi and containing chapters by Nasima Badsha, Kata Orosz, Nidhi S. Sabharwal, Renato H. L. Pedrosa, Gerry Postiglione, Jamil Salmi, Andrée Sursock, N. V. Varghese, Nadine Zacharias Preface Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. -Nelson Mandela In a […]
10 October 2023
Creating accessible, effective and equitable careers and study information for low SES students Prof. Dawn Bennett1, Dr. Jane Coffey2, Dr. Sherry Bawa2, Dr. David Carney3, Prof. Alfred M. Dockery2, Dr. Kathleen Franklyn2, Dr. Paul Koshy4, Dr. Ian W. Li5, Dr. Subhadarsini Parida2, & Unwin, Ms. Siobhan Unwin2 Executive summary This study examined low socioeconomic status […]
16 December 2022
For students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds Kylie Austin1, Sarah O’Shea2, Olivia Groves2, Jodi Lamanna1 Executive Summary This report details the findings and recommendations from the NCSEHE-funded project Higher education career advice for students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. This 18-month study critically investigated best-practice initiatives in career education for primary and secondary students from low socioeconomic […]
14 December 2022
of low SES regional, rural and remote students’ education and career pathway choices: A whole community approach Prof. Sue Kilpatrick1, Dr. Sarah Fischer1, Dr. Subhash Koirala1, Dr. Jessica Woodroffe1, Dr. Nicoli Barnes1, Dr. Olivia Groves2, Dr. Robin Katersky Barnes1, Dr. Kylie Austin2 Executive summary Education and career pathway decision making in rural, regional and remote (RRR) […]
9 December 2022
Understanding higher education pathways through co-design Dr. Mollie Dollinger1, Dr. Andrew Harvey1, Dr. Ryan Naylor2, Dr. Marian Mahat3,Dr. Belinda D’Angelo1 Executive Summary Provision of equitable access to higher education has never been simple. Disparities continue despite over 25 years of ongoing and directed efforts in policy and practice to improve participation across equity groups (Burke, […]
7 December 2022
Guzyal Hill, Asia Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University Aggie Wegner, Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security David Low, Asia Pacific College of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University Abstract With less than 100 registered Indigenous accountants in Australia compared to an estimated 200,000 non-Indigenous people in the field, […]
16 August 2022
Mark Rubin1, Penny Jane Burke1, Anna Bennett1, Olivia Evans1,2, Sarah O’Shea3,4, Kristen Allen1, Jean Parker1, Nida Denson5, Heather Douglas1, Monica Gendi1, Stephanie Hardacre1, Peter Howley1, Suzanne Macqueen1, Carmen Mills6, Ryan Naylor7,8 and Maria Raciti9 Published by the University of Newcastle Australia 2022 Abstract Success is often assumed to have a common definition and to be a […]
3 June 2022
Director’s Report Professor Sarah O’Shea Building upon the work conducted by the NCSEHE in 2020, the Centre has continued to foreground educational equity across higher education policy, practice, and research. This eighth Annual Report details NCSEHE activities designed to build the connections between equity policymakers, researchers, and practitioners as well as provide a platform for […]
26 May 2022
Jacinta Margaret McNamara, University of Wollongong Doctor of Education thesis Abstract When mature-age students return to study within higher education, they are presented with opportunities for life changing experiences. Many more students who are mature-age and from diverse backgrounds are now commencing university studies as part of the widening participation phenomenon. While quantitative data are […]
26 May 2022