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Staff in the Department of Education and Training, TAFE Institutes, Learn Locals and Universities who are supporting Koorie learners are invited to the 1st Koorie Education Network Forum of 2018 to share information about Koorie pathways and transitions in post-compulsory education, continue our conversations about best practice and strengthen networks. Presented by Victorian Aboriginal Education […]
18 July 2018
World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) Australia The NCSEHE hosted the Australian WAHED hub conference at Curtin University, Perth, attracting 138 delegates. The event was opened by Curtin University Provost Professor John Cordery and Minister The Hon. Dan Tehan MP (via video link). Student Voice: Individual student stories and panel discussion Chaired By Professor […]
11 June 2018
The final webinar in the Building Legacy and Capacity series put a spotlight on the long-term strategic vision for student equity in Australian higher education, and was presented by Matt Brett (La Trobe University), Daniel Edwards (ACER), Sally Kift (ALT Fellows), and Nadine Zacharias (NCSEHE). Webinar transcript. The webinar reported on the discussion and insights generated at the […]
5 June 2018
The final workshop in the Building Legacy and Capacity series, co-facilitated by Matt Brett (NCSEHE and La Trobe University) and Nadine Zacharias (NCSEHE), with guest presenter Sally Kift (Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows), put a spotlight on the long-term strategic vision for student equity in higher education. Each of the NCSEHE Equity Fellows have brought a […]
31 May 2018
This national forum—the culmination of an Office of Learning and Teaching project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training—focused on strategies for improving retention and completion rates of Australian Indigenous university students. The project has involved policy reviews and interviews with current, past and returning students and lecturers. New strategies have been developed to […]
18 May 2018
Seminar presented by NCSEHE Visiting Fellow Professor Sally Kift. Presentation Overview In 2018, we know a lot about what works for student learning, success, and retention. And, thanks to widening participation’s years of patient outreach work, which has delivered thousands more underrepresented students to our virtual and physical classrooms, our higher education focus on assuring diverse […]
27 April 2018
About the Building Legacy and Capacity Workshop and Webinar Series The Building Legacy and Capacity Project is an initiative by the NCSEHE to further extend the Centre’s capacity in synthesising, codifying and disseminating learnings from research and practice and use them to inform future initiatives, studies and policy. Project components include a series of expert […]
28 March 2018
Professor Dawn Bennett will be conducting a series of Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) workshops related to her Senior National Fellowship with the former Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT). The Fellowship positioned employability development as the cognitive and social development of students as capable and informed individuals, professionals and social citizens. […]
7 March 2018
Event presented by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne and KPMG A recording of the seminar is available here. Invited speakers: Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director with the Grattan Institute Andrew Harvey, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research at La […]
13 February 2018
The 2018 Universities Australia Conference, Future Fundamentals, was held in Canberra from 28 February to 1 March. The Keynote Address was delivered by The Hon Bruce Reed (Co-Chair Future of Work Initiative, Aspen Institute) who spoke on the future workforce, while Professor Margaret Gardner AO (Chair, Universities Australia) gave an engaging National Press Club Address. […]
19 January 2018