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The Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education at the University of Newcastle has recently launched My Big Tomorrow, a new website designed for Year 9 and 10 students to assist with career pathway planning. Funded by the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (HEPPP), My Big Tomorrow aims to fill a gap identified by […]
13 May 2015
A new report shows that ATAR scores are a weak predictor of academic performance for first-year students. The report by Victoria University’s Victoria Institute for Strategic Economic Studies, and supported by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University finds new evidence of how factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic […]
13 May 2015
The program’s success lies with harnessing the different contributions made by all partners DESCRIPTION The Hike to Higher Education program has been designed in response to Anglicare Victoria’s four pillars of engagement, comprising of sport, art, music and environment; with the program linked to the environment. The program relies on current university students from […]
12 May 2015
The Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEHEE) at the University of Newcastle, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, has been awarded funding of $205,262 to expand the Critical Interventions Framework for Advancing Equity in Australian Higher Education (CIF I). CIF I was produced by Dr Ryan Naylor, […]
6 May 2015
Analysis of the latest university completions data has found that students from disadvantaged groups have a lower completion rate than the national average, according to the latest Joining the Dots research briefing released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Dr Daniel Edwards, ACER Principal Research Fellow, said the retrospective cohort study, tracking the […]
6 May 2015
Student activities include demystification and awareness raising; information on access, scholarships and other financial support DESCRIPTION Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, two TAFEs and three senior secondary colleges in south-east Queensland partner on an adult learner engagement and support strategy focused on low-income adults bridging to tertiary study via generic tertiary preparation or […]
4 May 2015
Following the release of the NCSEHE-funded report, Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE: The socio-spatial influence of schools, Deakin University’s Professor Trevor Gale and the Grattan Institute’s Andrew Norton took to Twitter to debate the findings: Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at #TAFE: The socio-spatial influence of schools http://t.co/m9zwtGRnzt @Deakin @andrewjnorton — NCSEHE (@NCSEHE) […]
1 May 2015
Initial findings from a study commencing in 2014 by the University of Melbourne’s Social Equity Institute highlight significant gaps in the higher education sector in terms of policy and programs in place for people of refugee background in Australia. The study, Supporting Outreach, Recruitment and Retention Of Students From Refugee Backgrounds, indicates a need for […]
1 May 2015
A study funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University has found that students who includes a preference for a TAFE degree on VTAC or SATAC forms are most likely to come from a high SES school in a metropolitan area and have a relatively low ATAR. The […]
29 April 2015
The pilot program has shown the potential UNI4YOU could achieve in the long term not only for individuals, but also in communities where UNI4YOU is delivered DESCRIPTION Uni4You, introduced in Raymond Terrace/Karuah (Hunter Region, NSW) in 2013, has since expanded to include Cessnock and North Lakes (Central Coast, NSW). It provides activities to support […]
29 April 2015