Indigenous

New research — Equity off course: Mapping equity access across courses and institutions

12 April 2022

New NCSEHE-funded research using national student enrolment data released to universities by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) has examined student ...

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New research — Interrogating relationships between student support initiatives and Indigenous student progression

7 April 2022

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students are enrolling in university degrees at historically high rates; however, the majority of these students are not ...

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New research — Investigating the current mental health framework for equity groups

24 March 2022

New research led by Tomasz Zając from The University of Queensland identified the critical importance of pre-existing poor mental health as a predictor of student attrition ...

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New research — Improve Indigenous access to healthcare professions for community wellbeing

2 March 2022

Attracting more Indigenous students to healthcare professions has been recommended to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. A new report by NCSEHE Equity Fellow ...

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New research — Building the evidence to improve completion rates for Indigenous students

28 February 2022

New NCSEHE-funded research shows that while the number of Indigenous students participating in higher education continues to grow, Indigenous student completion rates remain ...

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New research — Higher education aspirations, participation and achievement of Australian Indigenous males

24 February 2022

Research published today has found that despite high levels of aspiration to higher education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men are underrepresented at Australian ...

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New research — Personal connections key to the success of Indigenous university outreach

16 February 2022

Indigenous school students value the opportunity to build connections with their peers through university outreach camps, but more could be done to improve the delivery and ...

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Video resources on aspects of evaluation for university outreach practitioners working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

1 December 2021

An informative collection of videos has been produced to support university outreach practitioners in evaluating programs for Indigenous students. Developed as a component of ...

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Should culturally responsive and gender-sensitive strategies be adopted to increase university participation among Australian Indigenous males?

22 November 2021

Dr Himanshu Gupta, Professor James Smith & Mr Sam Moore Menzies School of Health Research, NT, Australia Global evidence suggests that educational interventions aimed at ...

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Introducing the ‘Indigenous Success: Doing it, Thinking it, Being it’ podcast series

11 October 2021

The Indigenous Success: Doing it, Thinking it, Being it podcast series is designed for university outreach practitioners working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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