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Organisation: La Trobe University
Lead Researcher: Lisa Andrewartha
Type of Publications: Journal article
Year Published: 2019
In Australia, military veterans have been largely invisible in the higher education sector. There is little national evidence on their access, success, and graduate outcomes. To address this gap, we conducted a national survey of student veterans who had enrolled in Australian higher education. In this article, we outline barriers they faced in accessing and transitioning to higher education, and their experiences at university.
Type of Publication: Journal article
Organisation: Curtin University
Lead Researcher: Tim Pitman
Type of Publications: Professional commentary
Year Published: 2017
This article explores university attrition rates in Australia, how this compares to other countries, what causes student attrition and what type of higher education system we should want.
Type of Publication: Professional commentary
Organisation: NCSEHE
Type of Publications: NCSEHE Fellowship report
Year Published: 2022
This NCSEHE Equity Fellowship Report showed a universal approach to accessible facilities, course delivery, and disability awareness will enhance participation and success for university students with disability, particularly those from regional areas.
Type of Publication: NCSEHE Fellowship report
Organisation: University of Melbourne
Lead Researcher: Claire Quilliam
Type of Publications: Feature article
Research finds greater university and broad scale support is needed in attracting, supporting and retaining rural, mature-aged nursing and allied health students.
Type of Publication: Feature article
Organisation: University of Western Sydney
Lead Researcher: Loshini Naidoo
Type of Publications: Research report
Year Published: 2015
This report examines the barriers and challenges faced by refugee background students transitioning from secondary schools to university in three regions. The three regions were chosen specifically for their demonstrated experience in providing targeted programs for refugee students, their significant refugee support programs with schools in the local area and their unique refugee populations.
Type of Publication: Research report
Organisation: University of Tasmania
Lead Researcher: Nicole Crawford
Year Published: 2020
NCSEHE Equity Fellow Nicole Crawford draws from her Fellowship research with regional and remote students to provide recommendations for supporting students’ mental health, wellbeing and success, in the context of learning and teaching online.
Lead Researcher: Ceridwen Owen
Year Published: 2016
This project targets improvements in support for higher education students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in light of the substantive existing and anticipated future growth of this population, and the failure of existing supports to meet their complex and unique needs.
Organisation: University of South Australia
Type of Publications: Multimedia
In this University of South Australia (UniSA) webinar, Dr Nicole Crawford provided a brief overview of her 2019/20 NCSEHE Equity Fellowship research, which investigated proactive approaches to support the mental wellbeing of mature-aged university students in regional and remote Australia.
Type of Publication: Multimedia
Lead Researcher: Paul Koshy
Year Published: 2013
This paper examines the measurement of the socio-economic status of Australian higher education students in relation to the Rudd/Gillard Government’s establishment of enrolment targets for higher education providers in regard to students from low SES backgrounds. The paper outlines issues with the relevance of current area measures which use a national benchmark, particularly in the context of geographical constraints on the draw-pool of Australian higher education providers, where students attend institutions in their own state or territory.
Organisation: Federal Council of the Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia
Lead Researcher: ICPA Federal Council
Year Published: 2014
This survey was commissioned by the Federal Council of the Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia (ICPA Aust.) as a means to examine the key factors that limit the ability of many young people from rural and remote areas of Australia, to access tertiary education. Rationale Engaging in tertiary education, at an institution of choice, should be an option for all young Australians.