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Publication : Ameliorating disadvantage
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
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Publication : Best-practice career education
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
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Publication : Informing key influencers
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
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Publication : A student-centred approach
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
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Publication : Counting on Indigenous accountants: Collaborative curriculum development for an Indigenous pre-accounting enabling program
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
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Publication : Success from the perspective of the successful: equity, success and completion in higher education
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
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Publication : NCSEHE 2021 Annual Report
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
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Publication : Crossing the threshold: What are the experiences of male learners transitioning into higher education from an enabling course?
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
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Publication : Building Bridges: Creating Mutually Beneficial Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) Opportunities in East Gippsland
Sneh Bhardwaj1, Andrew O’Loughlin1 and Damian Morgan2 Executive summary Australian students living in regional and remote areas including Indigenous Australian students suffer many disadvantages when receiving and utilising work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities. Several reasons – for instance the unpaid nature of WIL placements and lack of support strategies – explain proven roadblocks for regional and […]
4 May 2022
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Publication : Informing Policy and Practice V
Foreword NCSEHE Director, Professor Sarah O’Shea The NCSEHE endorses an approach to higher education policy that is grounded in inclusive participation. This vision is underpinned by an understanding that all people in Australia, whomever and wherever they are, are provided with the opportunity to successfully engage in lifelong learning that is inclusive, accountable and responsive […]
3 May 2022
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