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Foreword by Professor Sue Trinidad and Professor John Phillimore – NCSEHE Program Leaders Higher education confers significant individual benefits in terms of personal development, career opportunities and lifetime learning. In addition, higher education is key to the social well-being and economic prosperity of Australia. Providing access to higher levels of education to people from all […]
8 December 2015
Written by Dr Rahul Ganguly, Dr Charlotte Bronwlow, Dr Jan Du Preez and Dr Coralie Graham, University of Southern Queensland Executive Summary Across most universities in Australia, students with a disability have been enrolling in greater numbers than ever before. However, the scholarship and research on equity in the Australian higher education sector has largely […]
25 November 2015
Written by Jenny Gore, Kathryn Holmes, Max Smith, Andrew Lyell, Hywel Ellis and Leanne Fray, The University of Newcastle, Australia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project aims This project, Choosing University, sought to identify factors associated with schools and schooling that impact on students’ aspirations to attend university. The schools identified for the study were NSW government secondary […]
16 October 2015
Written by Dr Jill Scevak, Dr Erica Southgate, Dr Mark Rubin, Ms Suzanne Macqueen, Dr Heather Douglas and Mr Paul Williams, The University of Newcastle Australia Introduction Recent government objectives aimed at increasing student enrolment from non-traditional backgrounds has led to a broadening of the university student enrolment base. The profile of the university student […]
1 October 2015
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy and Richard Seymour, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) INTRODUCTION This NCSEHE Briefing Note provides an update on domestic undergraduate student enrolment and equity outcomes from 2007 to 2014, following Koshy and Seymour (2014). It focuses on undergraduate outcomes for Table A providers, given policy changes […]
10 September 2015
Written by Cathy Cupitt and Diane Costello (NCSEHE), and Geoffrey Mitchell (Queensland Government Department of Education and Training) STUDENT AMBASSADOR INVESTIGATIONS 1.1 Introduction The use of enrolled university students as student role models, mentors or ‘ambassadors’ to work with school students has been a common feature of outreach and engagement work undertaken by Queensland’s Widening […]
13 August 2015
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Key features of the sector in 2011-2013 The Australian higher education sector comprised: 37 ‘Table A’ public universities Three ‘Table B’ private universities (Bond University, MCD University of Divinity and the University of Notre Dame, Australia) Two ‘Table C’ providers (Australian branches of overseas universities – Carnegie Mellon University and University College London) […]
23 June 2015
Written by Dr Ryan Naylor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This guide is intended to help equity practitioners — particularly those who lack experience or confidence in program evaluation — to develop effective evaluation strategies for their programs. It is intended to complement existing institutional guidelines […]
3 June 2015
Written by Francesca Beddie, Francesca Beddie & Associates, National Centre for Vocational Education Research 3. THE CONTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO SOCIAL INCLUSION While the language in this area of public policy changes from time to time, the reliance on education and training in addressing disadvantage remains constant. When this research priority was formulated, the […]
22 May 2015
Written by Dr Chi Baik, Dr Ryan Naylor and Associate Professor Sophie Arkoudis, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an analysis of trends over a twenty year period in the attitudes and experiences of first year students in Australian universities. It is based on the national survey of […]
19 March 2015