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NCSEHE Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dr Cathy Cupitt, recently presented her preliminary work on online learners. In this session, Cathy discusses her findings on students’ motivations for studying online, their levels of engagement in the learning process, and the notion of grit (based on Duckworth et al.’s 2007 work), a learned and acquirable skill. (59MB audio […]
22 October 2015
Written by Paul Koshy, NCSEHE Research Fellow The second Global Access to Postsecondary (GAPS) Education Conference took place in Kuala Lumpur in early October 2015. The purpose of GAPS is to build the case for increasing access to post-secondary education for people across all socioeconomic backgrounds on a global basis, to enhance the exchange of […]
19 October 2015
A new study has found that a student’s gender and prior academic achievement may be the strongest predictors of participation in higher education. But the ways in which schools support students’ aspirations can also have a major influence on their plans when they leave school. The study, Choosing University: The Impact of Schools and Schooling, which was funded by the […]
16 October 2015
Research funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University has investigated equity groups and predictors of academic success in higher education, with particular focus on the influence of first in family (FiF) status, socio-economic and demographic contributors to the academic outcomes of students enrolled in a large regional […]
8 October 2015
Written by Sarah O’ Shea, Paul Chandler and Valerie Harwood for The Conversation Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has revealed Labor’s policy platform for higher education, saying the focus would be on retaining students in higher education and curbing the numbers dropping out. The students most at risk of not graduating are those from equity backgrounds […]
25 September 2015
Dr Bernadette Sanderson, Director of FOCUS West, recently visited Perth as one of the NCSEHE’s 2015 Visiting Fellows. Bernadette gave a presentation discussing widening access and participation in higher education in Scotland. Below is the full audio recording of Bernadette’s presentation, along with a transcript and her corresponding PowerPoint slides. (57Mb) Bernadette Sanderson Transcript […]
24 September 2015
The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) is providing yet another Curtin University final-year student with a valuable opportunity to gain work experience relevant to their field of study. Mr Ian Cunninghame, a final year Master of Professional Communications student at Curtin, has been contracted as a Data Entry Officer by the […]
17 September 2015
Research funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University has found that while more students with low SES backgrounds are attending and completing university, they are not completing their degrees at the same rate as their high-SES counterparts. The study, funded via the 2014 Student Equity in Higher […]
14 September 2015
The transition into higher education can be a challenge for students at the best of times. Not only must they navigate university administrative processes, increased study loads, and unfamiliar academic terminologies, but there are also lifestyle matters to negotiate. How do you balance your study load with your social and family commitments? Can you access […]
2 September 2015
Research funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University finds that first in family (FiF) students – students who are the first in their immediate family, including siblings, to have attended university – study to make a better life for themselves, and pursue their interests. The collaborative project […]
17 August 2015