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DIRECTOR’S REPORT From June 2013 to December 2015, the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) is located at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. The NCSEHE originally began operation in 2008, hosted by the University of South Australia for a period of five years. The Federal Government then called for expressions of interest […]
9 October 2014
Thesis written by Dr Michael McCarthy ABSTRACT The parental choice of school process is a complex undertaking for parents. This complexity is evident when considered from the nuanced perspective of school choice by Indigenous and non-Indigenous parents living in rural and remote areas. The social and geographic contexts of these parents give rise to unique […]
3 October 2014
Report prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the Australian Government Department of Education SUMMARY Increasing participation in higher education for under-represented groups has been a goal of both the Australian Government and Australian universities. In particular, the government has invested in a wide range of programs to support the efforts of […]
22 July 2014
Thesis written by Dr Sarah E. O’ Shea ABSTRACT Beginning university study can initiate feelings of fear and self-doubt as students acculturate to a new and somewhat alien environment. For those individuals who have no friends or family members to provide guidance as they adapt to this university culture, such feelings can only be exacerbated. […]
11 July 2014
Written by Tabatha Griffin, Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) INTRODUCTION The vocational education and training (VET) system provides opportunities for individuals to undertake training for employment-related reasons, to enable further study, or for personal interest and development. Vocational education and training also often provides an entry point to the education […]
30 June 2014
Edited by Roger Wilkins, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne INTRODUCTION Commenced in 2001, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a nationally representative panel study of Australian households. The study is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is […]
17 June 2014
Hawke Research Institute Postgraduate Working Paper Series No 1, written by Dr Deborah Tranter ABSTRACT This paper draws on research undertaken as part of my doctoral thesis on the influence of school culture on the higher education aspirations of secondary students in one of the most socioeconomically and educationally disadvantaged regions in Australia: the outer […]
6 June 2014
OLT Report written by Don Boyd, Emmy Terry and Professor Sue Trinidad EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report documents the journey, deliverables/outcomes and recommendations of the project Developing Strategies at the Pre-service Level to Address Critical Teacher Attraction and Retention Issues in Australian Rural, Regional and Remote Schools. In 2009 a group of tertiary educators from […]
4 June 2014
Written by Dr Tim Pitman, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education ABSTRACT This study examines the use of the autobiographical research method, where information is gathered from a participant’s largely or wholly unstructured construction of narrative. It considers the experiences of three ‘miraculous exceptions’: university graduates from low socio-economic backgrounds, who are traditionally […]
19 May 2014
HEFCE Report published April 2014, 2014/08 INTRODUCTION The past few years have been a time of fast-paced change in higher education in England. Shifts in some areas have been more pronounced than in others. In 2013-14 we have seen numbers of full-time entrants at undergraduate level recover, following a dip in the previous year, and […]
1 May 2014