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Experiences from the Whole of Community Engagement Initiative Associate Professor James Smith, from Charles Darwin University, visited the NCSEHE in May 2015. James is one of the centre’s Visiting Fellows this year and gave a presentation on the HEPPP-funded engagement project he manages, the Whole of Community Engagement Initiative. Below is the full audio recording […]
31 July 2015
Strong partnerships, real outcomes DESCRIPTION Rural, regional, low SES, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are still significantly under-represented in tertiary education. Future Moves addresses these challenges by developing localised, strong and engaging partnerships with interactive activities for students who may not have considered university as a feasible option. Hosted from the Bathurst, […]
24 July 2015
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with disability face multiple layers of disadvantage. There is a broad range of literature and numerous recommendations for improving Indigenous people’s wellbeing, for supporting Indigenous students at university, and for supporting people with disability in an educational context. However, little is available that integrates these to guide best practice […]
21 July 2015
At all levels of the pathway, students are provided with industry experience and are able to exit and access employment outcomes DESCRIPTION The University of Wollongong’s Supported Pathways Program is designed to improve the participation of LSES and Indigenous people in higher education. The program involves collaboration with local government agencies, TAFE NSW and […]
14 July 2015
The program was developed specifically for Indigenous people in rural and remote areas of western New South Wales DESCRIPTION The iSmile Dental Assisting Training Program is a multi-sector partnership providing a supported pathway for Aboriginal students to a career in oral health or related areas in the health industry. The program is a pathway […]
30 June 2015
Associate Professor James Smith is the Program Manager for the HEPPP-WCE initiative within the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Indigenous Leadership at Charles Darwin University, a role that involves working with six remote Indigenous communities to build aspiration, expectation and capacity to participate in higher education. James recently spent a week at the NCSEHE […]
25 June 2015
The AIME program addresses educational inequity through a mentoring program designed to improve high school completion rates of Indigenous students DESCRIPTION The collaborative research partnership between the University of Wollongong and the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), an Indigenous community organisation, has grown from internal university funding to national funding. This mutually beneficial partnership […]
22 June 2015
The success of the partnership can be credited to shared goals, enthusiasm and commitment to the program DESCRIPTION Small Town Culture is a music label developed by Josh Arnold, an accomplished singer and song-writer, and supported by the University of Southern Queensland, to enable students from schools and communities in LSES, rural and remote […]
17 June 2015
Australian higher education equity policy currently focuses on access and participation, with the implicit assumption being that disadvantage will be ameliorated through educational achievement. Less is known, however, as to whether patterns of disadvantage continue post-completion. A new research project led by Dr Sarah Richardson, ACER, in collaboration with Curtin University’s Professor Dawn Bennett and […]
11 June 2015
It was important to the students to create a unique identity, which made rowing their own and to which all partners could be invited DESCRIPTION Row AHEAD engages students from Clontarf Aboriginal College in a program of self-development through the sport of rowing. Students take part in weekly training sessions, with the aim of […]
9 June 2015