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Organisation: NCSEHE
Lead Researcher: Catherine Drane
Type of Publications: Literature review
Year Published: 2020
This review provides an overview of current approaches to managing school closures as well as recent literature related to young people learning "outside of school". This summary literature review combines research on technology and learning, online learning and distance learning with very recent analysis of the educational impacts of COVID-19.
Type of Publication: Literature review
Lead Researcher: Sarah O’Shea
Type of Publications: Journal article
Year Published: 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has both widened and exacerbated student equity issues in Australian higher education, just as it has increased economic and social disadvantage in the general population. This article identifies the immediate impacts of the pandemic on existing equity structures, mapping potential areas for research analysis and policy responses.
Type of Publication: Journal article
Organisation: Murdoch University
Lead Researcher: Dr Rebecca Bennett
Type of Publications: Feature article
Year Published: 2022
This feature article highlights the importance of nurturing trusting relationships between students and teachers in online learning environments.
Type of Publication: Feature article
Organisation: Curtin University
Lead Researcher: Mel Henry
Through an in-depth case study of online first-year university students, this research identified six themes that describe students’ lived experiences of online education (OE), summarised as a motivation, ability, circumstances – interaction, curriculum, environment, or MAC-ICE, thematic structure of the online student experience (OSE).
Lead Researcher: Melanie Henry
Type of Publications: Research report
Year Published: 2018
A deeper understanding of the online student experience is critical to ensure universities attract and retain a diverse range of students. This PhD research contributes to this understanding, offering a rich description of how first-year students at an Australian public university constructed their lived experiences of OE, and attributed meaning to these experiences.
Type of Publication: Research report
Organisation: NCVER
Lead Researcher: Francesca Beddie
Year Published: 2015
From 2011 to 2014 a set of five national priorities directed research into selected aspects of Australia’s tertiary education and training sector. The body of work published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) over this period has explored many of the challenges facing the sector and pointed to some of the solutions.
Organisation: University of Canberra
Lead Researcher: Anne Daly
This article presents estimates of the private monetary benefits in Australia associated with the completion of Bachelor degrees for a range of fields of study under a range of different assumptions. The results are calculated on varying assumptions which provide evidence of the robustness of the conclusions. Finally, implications for policy, such as university financing and increases in university places, are discussed.
Lead Researcher: Ian Cunninghame
Year Published: 2017
This paper presents findings from an initial scoping study that set out to ask and invite discussion on ‘what more can be done in higher education to better facilitate social mobility for equity groups in Australia?’ The research involved identifying studies which detailed information on the broad range of complex issues concerning social mobility both in Australia and internationally, in order to gain a fuller understanding of how important higher education participation has become in efforts to improve equity and social justice.
Lead Researcher: Matt Brett
Year Published: 2016
This report represents the first stage of this research and analyses the prevalence, accessibility, and form of inherent requirement statements within the Australian university sector. This report represents the first stage of this research and analyses the prevalence, accessibility, and form of inherent requirement statements within the Australian university sector.
Lead Researcher: Maria Raciti
Year Published: 2019
This article is an output from the National Priorities Pool (NPP) project, 'Widening Regional and Remote Participation: Interrogating the Impact of Outreach Programs Across Queensland', led by the NCSEHE.