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Renowned leader and advisor to spearhead national student equity centre

6 April 2023

A prominent leader and advisor across government, industry and academia has been appointed the new Director of the revitalised National Centre for Student Equity in Higher ...

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Feature article — Learning from the experiences of students from asylum-seeking backgrounds in Australian higher education

22 June 2022

Karen Dunwoodie, Luke Macaulay, Kristin Reimer, Mervi Kaukko, Jane Wilkinson and Susan Webb A key equity group which has missed out on Australian higher education ...

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In conversation with NCSEHE Doctoral student Jaimey Facchin

16 June 2022

“Hey, my kid is in year 12. What the hell is an ATAR?” NCSEHE PhD student Jaimey Facchin is hoping her research can equip parents and carers of First-in-Family (FiF) students ...

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Guides for staff on student equity, and supporting students’ learning and mental wellbeing

14 June 2022

Dr Nicole Crawford NCSEHE Senior Research Fellow Do you ever wonder about the equity group classifications and where the categories come from? Would you like to learn more ...

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NCSEHE 2021 Annual Report

26 May 2022

Director’s Report Professor Sarah O’Shea Building upon the work conducted by the NCSEHE in 2020, the Centre has continued to foreground educational equity across higher ...

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Ditch the widgets. Start investing in their amazing futures

13 May 2022

Written by Daniel Edwards, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Originally published on AARE EduResearch Matters 11 May 2022 The cost of teaching a student from ...

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Country Universities Centre welcomes funding to encourage more people from the regions to go to university

10 May 2022

The Country Universities Centre (CUC) has welcomed the announcement from Minister for Regional Education Bridget McKenzie on funding the Eastern Australia Regional University ...

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The importance of trust in nurturing student engagement online

5 May 2022

Rebecca Bennett, Cathy Stone & Ameena L. Payne (bios below) Originally published on thesedablog, SEDA UK 15 March 2022 Positive relationships between students and ...

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New NCSEHE publication — Informing Policy and Practice V

3 May 2022

The fifth volume in the Informing Policy and Practice series collates 21 reports from the NCSEHE Student Equity in Higher Education Research Grants and Equity Fellows ...

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New research — The costs of and economies of scale in supporting university students from low SES backgrounds

26 April 2022

An Australian-first study by Marcia Devlin1, Liang-Cheng Zhang2, Daniel Edwards2, Glenn Withers3, Julie McMillan2, Lynette Vernon4 and Sue Trinidad5 has calculated the costs ...

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