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Publication : Equalizing and Widening Access to Higher Education During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from a Multi-University Perspective
Emlyn Dodd1, Sonal Singh2, Jim Micsko3, Kylie Austin4, Carolina Morison5 and Stuart Upton5 Originally published in Student Success 17 September 2021 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused a rapid and unprecedented shift of widening participation and outreach activities to online and remote delivery. The impact of this went beyond practitioners and the university sector; positive and […]
22 September 2021
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Publication : Exploring benefits and challenges of online Work Integrated Learning for equity students
Amani Bell1, Kathryn Bartimote1, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone1, Gulwanyang Moran1, James Tognolini1 and Nora Dempsey2 Executive summary The Universities Australia audit of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) revealed alarming discrepancies in access to WIL for students from Regional and Remote areas, from Low and Middle socioeconomic status (SES), and Indigenous backgrounds: all are more than five percentage points […]
10 August 2021
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Publication : Should I stay or should I go? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on regional, rural and remote undergraduate students at an Australian University
Julia Cook, Penny Jane Burke, Matthew Bunn and Hernan Cuervo Originally published in Educational Review 3 August 2021 Abstract While widening participation in higher education for regional, rural and remote (RRR) Australian communities has been a major policy focus in recent years, the pandemic and resulting lockdowns and closures of internal borders between Australian states and […]
6 August 2021
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Publication : “Shining a Light” on Mature-Aged Students In, and From, Regional and Remote Australia
Nicole Crawford and Sherridan Emery Originally published in Student Success 3 August 2021 Abstract This article shines a light on a little-known cohort of higher education participants, mature-aged students in, and from, regional and remote Australia – the focus of a National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education mixed-methods study. Notable patterns were found […]
4 August 2021
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Publication : Aspiring to higher education in regional and remote Australia: the diverse emotional and material realities shaping young people’s futures
Skye Gibson, Sally Patfield, Jennifer M. Gore and Leanne Fray Originally published in The Australian Educational Researcher 28 July 2021 Abstract Students from regional and remote areas remain significantly under-represented in higher education despite decades of equity policy designed to encourage participation. One explanation is that policy initiatives often overlook the realities in local rural […]
30 July 2021
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Publication : Housing matters: Understanding the housing experiences of undergraduate regional, rural and remote students living outside the family home
Julia Cook1, Matthew Bunn1, Penny Jane Burke1, Hernan Cuervo2, Stephanie Hardacre1, Jace Blunden1 Executive summary Regional, rural and remote (RRR) tertiary students’ unequal access to, participation in and completion of higher education when compared to their metropolitan peers is a key area of policy focus for the current federal government. This focus led to the […]
27 July 2021
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Publication : On the radar: Supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged students in regional and remote Australia
2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellowship final report Dr Nicole Crawford, University of Tasmania Executive summary Background University students’ mental wellbeing is increasingly “on the radar” of universities in Australia and internationally. In this climate, this one-year 2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellowship research investigated university students’ perspectives on mental wellbeing and their insights into proactive approaches that they […]
20 April 2021
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Publication : “Ghost student” failure among equity cohorts: Towards understanding non-participating enrolments
Bret Stephenson, Beni Cakitaki and Michael Luckman Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research (CHEEDR), La Trobe University Executive summary The “ghost student” phenomenon Unit-level failure is a common experience among Australian university students, but it has not received adequate attention in the higher education research literature nor, until very recently, within government policy […]
3 March 2021
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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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