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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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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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