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Strengthening Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics and Science DESCRIPTION SEAMS aims to increase the participation and attainment of LSES and Indigenous students in science and mathematics related disciplines in higher education. The program targets two cohorts: Indigenous students in early secondary school and LSES and Indigenous students in senior secondary school. SEAMS engages students […]
13 January 2015
In 2014, programs were delivered to a total of 155 schools DESCRIPTION From 2011–2014, the Central Queensland University Widening Participation team worked with over 20,000 students to promote, raise and support aspirations of school students towards university. Eight Widening Participation programs were delivered to students in Years 5–12 across 155 schools. Student-centred activities included […]
6 January 2015
CU is well-established and recognised as enhancing academic achievement and increasing student ambition DESCRIPTION Children’s University Australia (CU) provides extracurricular learning opportunities to children aged 7–14, and volunteering for 15–18 year olds. CU seeks to engage children in learning in its broadest sense and provide the scaffolding to develop self-efficacy, confidence and aspirations. CU […]
16 December 2014
Over 97 per cent of respondents indicated that they found FedReady to be beneficial and would recommend the program to their friends DESCRIPTION Federation University Australia’s (FedUni’s) FedReady program is an intensive course designed to prepare and support LSES students to get a head start in their university career. FedReady is coordinated centrally, involving […]
12 December 2014
Flinders uniTEST aims to provide greater access to university for students who would not otherwise be selected on the basis of Year 12 performance alone DESCRIPTION uniTEST is an aptitude test designed to assess students’ abilities and aptitude over the three core areas of quantitative, critical and verbal/plausible reasoning that underpin studies at university […]
9 December 2014
It is with great pleasure this week that we launch our second case study publication, Partnerships in Higher Education. This publication is a follow-up to last year’s Access and Participation in Higher Education: Outreach | Access | Support, and showcases some of the wonderful partnership work taking place across Australia as a result of the […]
5 December 2014
Dr Alfred Masinire, Lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand (“Wits”) in Johannesburg, South Africa, was recently in Australia to attend the 2014 SPERA conference. We took the opportunity to speak with Alfred about his journey into higher education, his role at Wits, and his research on incentives used to attract teachers to rural schools. NCSEHE: Please […]
4 December 2014
Written by Dr Tim Pitman for The Conversation On Tuesday night, the Senate voted to block the government’s Higher Education Reform Bill. Despite last-minute negotiations, consensus could not be reached regarding its signature element – fee deregulation. Education Minister Christopher Pyne views this as a delay rather than a defeat. He has already reintroduced the […]
3 December 2014
Written by Gavin Moodie for The Conversation The University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor, Michael Spence, presumably achieved his political aim by announcing that his university could offer scholarships to almost a third of its students if fees were deregulated. Education Minister Christopher Pyne enthusiastically used Spence’s announcement to laud the benefits of fee deregulation in parliamentary […]
31 October 2014
Brian O’Neil is principal of Calen District State College in Queensland and recently-appointed President of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA). We recently caught up with Brian at the 30th National SPERA Conference and spoke to him about his work at Calen, SPERA’s role in the education sector, and his […]
30 October 2014