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A new report investigating the relationship between equity in Australian higher education and graduate outcomes, released today, has found that patterns of disadvantage persist when students complete university, but also that paid work in the final year of study matters in graduate outcomes. The report, Investigating the Relationship between Equity and Graduate Outcomes, funded by […]
27 April 2016
Written by Dr Cathy Stone, 2016 NCSEHE Equity Fellow, The University of Newcastle Australia Online learning has a critical place in widening access and participation and facilitating success in higher education for a diverse range of students, many of whom are from backgrounds which have been historically under-represented at university. Increasing numbers of Australian students […]
26 April 2016
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education is pleased to announce that 10 proposals have been selected for funding as part of the NCSEHE’s 2016 Student Equity in Higher Education Research Grants Program, for a total funding amount of $360,307. The Centre received 45 applications in total, which were considered first by an […]
21 April 2016
Written by Adjunct Professor Gavin Moodie (RMIT University) for The Conversation Almost since taking office, Education Minister Simon Birmingham has reiterated the Coalition’s commitment to allowing universities to recruit as many students as they wish. It is what the higher education sector has called “the demand driven system”. Birmingham has, however, emphasised that universities should […]
31 March 2016
A mixed methods research project funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education has found that approximately two-thirds of first-year university students surveyed in their final weeks of study felt confident about their academic ability, with male students particularly likely to feel confident about their intelligence and capability. The study, undertaken by […]
22 March 2016
A new study that examines labour market outcomes of more than 10,700 disadvantaged Australian university graduates has found graduates from low socio-economic backgrounds and regional and remote areas have employment outcomes comparable to graduates from more privileged backgrounds. The study, led by Assistant Professor Ian Li, from The University of Western Australia’s School of Population […]
8 March 2016
Written by Bronwyn Fredericks, Carolyn Daniels and Susan Kinnear for The Conversation “The more we’re going to get into these universities, the more we’re going to get educated, which means the more the … Indigenous communities themselves are going to grow and close that gap.” – A study participant in Rockhampton, Queensland. Across Australia, Indigenous […]
11 February 2016
A report prepared by researchers at CQUniversity Australia (CQU) and funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University, has found access and bridging programs are vital when it comes to raising education aspirations among Indigenous students. Bridging, enabling or access education programs are names given for formal programs […]
11 February 2016
Written by Dr Ann Stewart for Faculty Magazine. Reproduced with permission. Introduction For decades now, Australian governments of both persuasions have aimed to increase the participation of people from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds in tertiary education. The 2008 ‘Bradley’ Review of Australian Higher Education was the catalyst for a significant increase in funding for university […]
9 February 2016
It was with great pleasure last week that we launched our first research publication, Informing Policy and Practice: 2014 Student Equity in Higher Education Research Grants Program Projects, at the 2015 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) conference held at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Informing Policy and Practice showcases the twelve research projects […]
8 December 2015