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You are invited to attend the upcoming Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) Professional Development Day. Speakers will include: Margaret Steggles, Orientation & Mobility Specialist & Natalie Kaine, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Vision Australia Hamish Fibbins, Exercise Physiologist & PhD candidate, NSW Health Nickolas Vakas, Disability Consultant for students with a Neurological Disability, Physical Disability […]
10 October 2017
Towards an Inclusive University Macquarie University’s Widening Participation Unit (WPU) will host an inaugural symposium, titled Towards an Inclusive University, to showcase the initiatives that have contributed to improvements in the access, participation, retention and success of students underrepresented in higher education. Through the symposium, WPU will feature the University’s acclaimed and innovative LEAP (Learning, […]
9 October 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) look forward to bringing you this webinar, presented by Dr Priscilla Ennals. This presentation reports on a grounded theory study that used a participatory framework to explore the experiences of university students experiencing mental ill-health. While between 20 and 25 per cent of […]
3 October 2017
This webinar put a spotlight on effective career development for students in low SES and regional/remote high schools within the context of the increasingly complex and uncertain landscape young people face in trying to identify potential career paths. It was the first webinar in a new series, presented as part of the Building Legacy and Capacity project — […]
26 September 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) will be facilitating a webinar by Cathy Easte, discussing the 40th AHEAD Annual Conference held in July 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Some the main topics for Cathy while in Florida were the positioning of disabilities services in the USA, and the number of […]
18 September 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) Overview This webinar was presented by Rita Kusevskis-Hayes, Dr. Colin Clark and Matthew Wilkinson – UNSW project team for Enhancing Self-Disclosure Project. The project is funded through a HEPPP National Priorities grant. The aim of the project is to […]
14 August 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET), the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND), and the NCSEHE presented a free webinar presented by Dr Ian Li (University of Western Australia). Dr Li presented the findings of his recent NCSEHE funded research, Factors Influencing University Student Satisfaction, Dropout and Academic Performance: An Australian Higher Education […]
10 May 2017
The Inclusive Education Summit 2017 invites us to come together to think about education at a momentous time in global history, where the world has fractured, people are displaced and we search for new research, education programmes and political leadership to restore social cohesion and rebuild school systems that may claim to be an apprenticeship […]
5 April 2017
The biennial EPHEA conference is as a key professional development forum for equity practitioners in a wide range of fields to highlight best practice in student and staff equity. Equity practitioners across the higher education sectors in Australia, New Zealand/Pacific and internationally are invited to participate. This year’s theme is ‘Re-imagining equity: now and in […]
22 March 2017
Practical Strategies for Success The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) are pleased to bring you this webinar – it will be live captioned and there is no cost to participate. Students on the autism spectrum are a “burgeoning population” (Wenzel and Rowley) who may […]
16 March 2017