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Dr Erica Southgate believes that everyone has the potential to succeed, and is using technology to level the playing field of privilege. Her 2016 appointment to the prestigious position of national Equity Fellow with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education is a testament to her enduring commitment to equity in education. Erica […]
3 June 2016
In Australia, a complex range of factors impact on the life chances of young people from marginalised and disadvantaged backgrounds, including: unemployment and under-employment; low-quality living environments; discrimination; poor or limited access to health and cultural services and technology; and poor or limited information on, and access to, further and tertiary education. At the same […]
30 May 2016
Work-integrated learning by way of field placements or practicums has been commonplace in creative, education and health professions for years now, however, is progressively being adopted in other disciplines. As a result, Australian universities are under increasing pressure to provide a range of work-integrated learning (WiL) experiences. WiL opportunities lead to the development of the […]
23 May 2016
Written by Dr Cathy Stone for ANZSSA Background Online learning has a critical place in widening access and participation in higher education for a diverse range of students, many of whom are from backgrounds which have been historically underrepresented at university. Thanks to the Equity Fellows Programme, established this year by the National Centre for […]
11 May 2016
The 2008 Bradley Review of Higher Education stated that regional students are under-represented in higher education when compared to their urban peers. Reasons for this disparity have been debated in Australian higher education research and include: the distance from home to university attachment to their home, family and friends, for students who would have to […]
10 May 2016
Getting an Early Start to Aspirations: Understanding how to promote educational futures in early childhood’ (GAESTA) Written by Nyssa Murray and Valerie Harwood, Early Start Research Institute, University of Wollongong. Funded by the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Scheme. The GAESTA project is inclusive of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and is seeking to understand how […]
4 May 2016
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