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Event : CRADLE Seminar: Open Textbooks in Australia: updated, localised, inclusive
The CRADLE team will present a panel discussion on 5 October, drawing on NCSEHE-funded research by Dr Sarah Lambert from Deakin University. Overview Open textbooks are a recent innovation in free, digital texts that can be: distributed at no cost; printed at cost-price; and modified for local needs, such as to correct gender, socio-cultural and […]
24 September 2021
Featured, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE & EPHEA event: World Access to Higher Education Day #WAHED2021
The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) welcomed nearly 200 participants from Australia and New Zealand for World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) Australasia 2021. This year’s event featured a keynote from Professor Maria Raciti (USC), who tackled the question, What’s the next step to help low SES students navigate perceived […]
19 September 2021
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Event : CRADLE Symposium 2021
What is assessment for inclusion? Problematising inclusion, equity, and access in higher education assessment. This year’s annual Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) symposium brings together researchers in the fields of higher education assessment, inclusion and social justice, to share ideas, research and practice, and problematise the concept of inclusive assessment. The symposium […]
25 August 2021
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Event : EPHEA presents: Designing initiatives for Pasifika Communities
Initiatives designed with, and for, Pasifika peoples are key to increased participation and retention in Higher Education. Pasifika peoples in Australia are a heterogenous, multi-ethnic community with diverse cultural identities and languages, recognised across 23 different Pacific ancestries. Despite these differences, Pacific communities share common cultural value structures including service, reciprocity, identity, belonging, respect, spirituality, […]
15 August 2021
Culturally and linguistically diverse, General, Indigenous, Low SES, Regional, rural and remote
Event : NCSEHE Webinar — Moving into, through and beyond STEM degrees: A student equity perspective
The NCSEHE hosted a webinar on Friday 27 August, drawing on new research to improve support for equity students moving into, through and beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees. Researchers from the University of South Australia, the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) presented fresh insights […]
13 August 2021
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Event : 2021 OECD Conference
Disrupted futures: International lessons on how schools can best equip students for their working lives A free online conference highlighting innovative research and practice As countries turn their attention from handling a healthcare emergency to dealing with its economic consequences, concern rises over youth unemployment. Even before the pandemic, young people in many countries were […]
4 August 2021
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Event : ADCET Webinar — Designing Online Education that Works for All Students: A 7-Step UDL Approach
Research has shown that students with disability are less likely to complete their studies than their non-disabled peers, and, if they do graduate, are less likely to engage in meaningful and competitive employment post-graduation (Kilpatrick, 2016; Equity Challenge Unit, 2014). One way to support the inclusion and participation of students with disability is by incorporating […]
4 August 2021
Disability, Featured, General
Event : ISSOTL 2021
Event overview The annual International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching (ISSOTL) conference is an important venue for facilitating the collaboration of scholars in different countries and disciplines and the flow of new findings across national borders, that the Society so values. This year, in response to the circumstances created by ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and […]
23 July 2021
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Event : EPHEA WA meeting and NCSEHE presentation by Lydia Woodyatt — Mental wellbeing for equity practitioners and university staff
On 9 July 2021, the NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) WA hosted a special presentation by Associate Professor Lydia Woodyatt. Lydia is an award-winning lecturer at Flinders University, leading the University’s Retention and Success strategy. Lydia sits on multiple advisory groups concerning wellbeing in higher education, and is the co-creator of […]
25 June 2021
Disability, Featured, General
Event : CGHE Annual Conference 2021
The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) annual conference returns for its sixth edition in 2021, taking place online as a virtual conference. The conference sessions will take place over two half-days, starting on the afternoon of Tuesday 11 May 2021 from midday (GMT) until close, then on Wednesday 12 May 2021 from 9 am […]
25 May 2021
Featured, General