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Organisation: NCSEHE
Lead Researcher: Cathy Stone
Type of Publications: Professional commentary
Year Published: 2016
This article outlines preliminary findings of research on improving access, participation and success in online higher education.
Type of Publication: Professional commentary
Type of Publications: NCSEHE Fellowship report
Year Published: 2017
NCSEHE Equity Fellowship Research informed comprehensive new guidelines for improving student outcomes in post-secondary online learning, with a focus on undergraduate retention and course completion. Interviews with higher education practitioners from Australia and the UK consistently illustrated the need for a strategic, tailored approach to online programs, with an emphasis on student engagement and an individualised approach to monitoring, support and outreach.
Type of Publication: NCSEHE Fellowship report
Organisation: ANZSSA
This article introduces research that will lead to the development of a set of national guidelines, informed by research evidence, for improving the access, academic success and retention of students in online education. This research project aims to improve not only the transition of students into online higher education, but also their ongoing participation, success and retention.
Lead Researcher: Tim Pitman
Year Published: 2014
This article analyses universities' response to Pyne's review of Australia's demand-driven system of higher education to help show whether Pyne's final decision will be in harmony or conflict with the sector's advice.
Organisation: La Trobe University
Lead Researcher: Andrew Harvey
Type of Publications: Research report
Year Published: 2015
This report aims to provide the basis for such an agenda by highlighting the nature and extent of the problem, and suggesting practical solutions within both the education and community service sectors. The report provides recommendations targeted to the Australian Government, state and territory governments, higher education institutions, and community service organisations.
Type of Publication: Research report
Organisation: University of Queensland
Lead Researcher: Ameera Karimshah
Type of Publications: Journal article
Year Published: 2013
Over 1,000 domestic undergraduate students at the University of Queensland completed an online survey, in which students from low SES backgrounds were compared with students who were not. It was found that while most students experienced a combination of financial, relationship, mental and physical health stress, students from low SES backgrounds experienced more stressors as well as higher levels of stress.
Type of Publication: Journal article
Organisation: The Productivity Commission
Lead Researcher: The Productivity Commission
The report provides information about outcomes across a range of strategic areas such as early child development, education and training, healthy lives, economic participation, home environment, and safe and supportive communities. It also examines whether policies and programs are achieving positive outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
Organisation: Curtin University
Lead Researcher: Michael Dockery
This paper examines factors affecting parental expectations of higher education prospects for their children using Australian household survey data. Research found a variety of factors influence parental expectations, of which parents’ assessment of their children’s academic performance was the strongest.
Organisation: NCVER
Lead Researcher: Sinan Gemici
The authors examine factors that influence young people's plans to complete Year 12, their aspirations to commence university study in the first year after leaving school and their expected occupation at age 30. They also examine the extent to which the occupational aspirations of teenagers align with their actual job outcomes a decade later. The findings in this report demonstrate just how important parents and peers are in relation to young people's aspirations.
Lead Researcher: Sue Trinidad
Type of Publications: NCSEHE publication
Partnerships in higher education presents 31 case study examples of “partnership working” and covers each of Australia’s 37 public universities. Each case study details the partnership’s activities, outcomes, how the various partnerships work, and plans for the future.
Type of Publication: NCSEHE publication