Low SES

Research update

5 February 2021

Re-imagining exams: How do assessment adjustments impact on inclusion? One of 17 projects funded under the sixth round of the NCSEHE Research Grants Program, this Deakin ...

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My Story

16 December 2020

Student Voice: Reflections on 2020 from the NCSEHE vloggers In March 2020, NCSEHE invited eight university students from diverse backgrounds to document their personal ...

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COVID-19 has cooled low-SES parents’ access to ‘hot knowledge’

10 December 2020

about supporting their university-bound children. But are ‘warm knowledge’ solutions up to the challenge? Naomi Alberti and Maria Raciti, University of the Sunshine Coast As ...

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Event wrap-up — World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia

19 November 2020

The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) invited equity practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to a Zoom celebration on 17 November to ...

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NCSEHE Briefing Note — Equity student participation in Australian higher education: 2014–2019

4 November 2020

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 ...

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For the first time, Closing the Gap has a higher education target – here’s how to achieve it

26 October 2020

Written by Ian Anderson. Palawa, Australian National University The new National Agreement on Closing the Gap has a higher education target for the first time. It’s also the ...

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Pivots and Pirouettes: Widening Participation during a Pandemic

1 October 2020

Bethany Ross (U@Uni Academy, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Technology Sydney) COVID-19 has exposed and magnified existing structural inequities within ...

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Equity in postgraduate education in Australia: Widening participation or widening the gap?

10 September 2020

A report released today provides direction for the Australian higher education sector to improve postgraduate outcomes for equity group students, as higher degrees become an ...

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August issue of NCSEHE Equity Insights

2 September 2020

The latest issue of NCSEHE Equity Insights eNews is out now! Highlights include: Progress bulletin and preliminary findings — NCSEHE Equity Fellow Tim Pitman NCSEHE submission ...

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New evidence: Stark inequity of online access for rural and remote students

31 August 2020

By Cathy Stone and Monica Davis Originally published on EduResearch Matters 31 August 2020 It’s long been known that those in regional and remote areas of Australia do not ...

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