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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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Publication : NCSEHE 2018 Annual Report
Director’s Report The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) has been successfully promoting equity in higher education from its base at Curtin University since June 2013 and as such, has been recognised by securing a contract from the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (DET) to continue its operations for a […]
30 May 2019
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Publication : Employment and study outcomes after graduation: An Australian higher education equity perspective
Ian W. Li and David R. Carroll The University of Western Australia Executive Summary Higher education policy in Australia has contributed to positive outcomes for equity groups, in terms of facilitating access, participation and completion of university. At the same time, prior research has indicated that labour market outcomes are comparable for graduates from equity […]
16 April 2019
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Publication : Narratives from Non-traditional Students in Higher Education
Suzanne Macqueen Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2017. Abstract This study examines the experiences of non-traditional university students in higher education. Recommendations from the Review of Australian Higher Education (Bradley, Noonan, Nugent & Scales, 2008) have seen universities aiming to increase enrolments of school leavers, […]
11 February 2019
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Publication : Briefing Note: Equity Student Participation in Australian Higher Education: 2012 to 2017
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE). Introduction This NCSEHE briefing note reports on domestic undergraduate equity student participation in Australian higher education from 2012 to 2017. It focuses on trends among domestic undergraduate enrolments in Table A provider institutions in identified equity groups: Low socioeconomic status […]
13 December 2018
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