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Taking into account socioeconomic status, Aboriginality, rurality, and gender, a new NCSEHE-funded research project is investigating the impact of schools on educational aspirations and university entry. Professor Jenny Gore, Director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Program at the University of Newcastle, working alongside colleagues Dr Kathryn Holmes, Professor Max Smith, and PhD students Andrew […]
16 June 2014
Written by Mary Kelly, Equity Director at QUT and NCSEHE Visiting Fellow The approach to ‘Commonwealth scholarships’ proposed in the Federal budget diverts attention away from the destruction of the existing Commonwealth Scholarships scheme; it trashes the legacy of both Menzies and Nelson, and won’t be enough to counter the deterrent effects of higher prices […]
30 May 2014
It is recognised that regional and remote Indigenous students are under-represented in both higher education and vocational education and training. While there is general agreement that bridging or enabling education courses and programs are important in lifting participation rates and potentially in encouraging mobility between the sectors, there is a clear lack of evidence underpinning […]
15 May 2014
Written by Dr Stewart Riddle (USQ), Distinguished Professor Brian Schmidt (ANU), Professor Bruce Chapman (ANU, NCSEHE), Dr David Zyngier (Monash), Professor Ed Byrne (Monash), Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner (UQ) and Dr Tim Pitman (NCSEHE) for The Conversation The government has unveiled a higher education deregulation agenda in Tuesday’s budget, including continuation of the demand driven […]
14 May 2014
In Australia, around 40,000 Australian children are estimated to require out-of-home care, a number that has risen every year over the past decade.1 Many of these children are from multiple equity groups. In Western Australia, for example, an estimated 45 per cent of children in foster care are Indigenous.2 Despite the magnitude of this cohort, […]
13 May 2014
Mary Kelly, Equity Director at Queensland University of Technology, recently visited Curtin University to collaborate with the National Centre team. We took the opportunity to speak with Mary about her career, the social justice initiatives embedded within QUT, and the importance of inter-institution cooperation. NCSEHE: The Australian, when it named you one of the Top […]
7 May 2014
The U@Uni University of Technology Sydney’s HSC Tutorial Scheme provides school-based tutorial sessions delivered by UTS students at UTS’s targeted schools in southwest Sydney Description The University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) U@Uni HSC Tutorial Scheme provides school-based tutorial sessions delivered by UTS students at targeted schools in southwest Sydney. This tutorial support assists Year […]
2 May 2014
Summer Schools build upon students’ potential to succeed in years 10, 11 and 12 Description The AIM High Program at the University of Newcastle builds on a successful institutional history of supporting students from a range of backgrounds to achieve a university education. Two established components of AIM High are the separate five-day residential […]
30 April 2014
Written by Professor Sue Trinidad, NCSEHE Director, and Mel Henry, Curtin University Manager Corporate Values & Equity The Federal Government’s Review of the Demand Driven System report (released 13 April 2014), has strongly endorsed the current demand-driven funding system that enables students from under-represented backgrounds to access higher education, a result welcomed by the NCSEHE […]
17 April 2014
Live the life you want through higher education Description The Make Your Mark website has been developed through a partnership of the five Bridges to Higher Education universities – the University of Western Sydney; the University of Sydney; the University of Technology, Sydney; Macquarie University and the Australian Catholic University – and the Universities […]
9 April 2014