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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 : Narratives of Access: A Critical Exploration of How Institutional Interactions with Students Affect Regional Student Participation in Higher Education
Jenny Ostini, Helen Partridge, Kate Kelly, Sue Owen and Sandra Jefferies. Published in Student Success Published online 26 May 2020 Abstract This article examines the narratives that drive university staff understanding of the concerns and experiences of regional and remote students at five universities in Australia. Interviews were conducted with thirty university staff members over […]
4 June 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 : 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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Publication : Community influence on university aspirations: Does it take a village…?
Jenny Gore, Leanne Fray, Sally Patfield and Jess Harris The University of Newcastle Executive Summary This project, Community influence on university aspirations: Does it take a village…?, examined how post-school aspirations are formed within, and shaped by, the communities in which young people live. While “aspirations” have become a key feature of Australian higher education […]
19 September 2019
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Publication : Shifts in space and self: Moving from community to university
Sarah O’Shea (University of Wollongong), Erica Southgate (University of Newcastle), Ann Jardine (University of New South Wales), Shamus Smith, (University of Newcastle) and Janine Delahunty, (University of Wollongong) Executive Summary University enrolments have grown at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and this participation is only set to increase (Kemp & Norton, 2014; Universities […]
9 September 2019
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Publication : Beyond graduation: Long-term socioeconomic outcomes amongst equity students
Wojtek Tomaszewski, Francisco Perales, Ning Xiang and Matthias Kubler The University of Queensland Executive Summary This report aimed to address significant gaps in scientific knowledge about the trajectories of post-graduation outcomes of students from equity groups by examining the following research questions: Do equity graduates reap the benefits of university education to the same extent as […]
28 July 2019
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Publication : NCSEHE Focus — The National Priorities Pool Program
The National Priorities Pool Program: Past trends and future opportunities In 2017–18, the NCSEHE was commissioned by the Department of Education (“the Department”) to deliver a web resource providing open access to a diverse collection of National Priorities Pool (NPP) research and projects. Projects conducted under the NPP (a component of the HEPPP, funded by the […]
6 July 2019
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