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Organisation: Curtin University
Lead Researcher: Tim Pitman
Type of Publications: Journal article
Year Published: 2021
Drawing on three stages of development of Australian higher education equity policy across three decades of higher education disability policy, the article provides insights into how people with disability have been categorised, classified and counted in higher education and the implications this has for how they are supported.
Type of Publication: Journal article
Organisation: NCSEHE
Type of Publications: Research report
Year Published: 2020
On 9 December 2020, the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) invited university and TAFE students with disability to participate in a student forum, supported by the NCSEHE, entitled Thriving through COVID-19.
Type of Publication: Research report
Lead Researcher: Lynette Vernon
Year Published: 2019
This study used a person‐centered approach to identify classes of adolescents characterized by unique patterns of time‐use including traditional activities (paid work, homework, television, physical activity) and technological activities (gaming, social networking, Internet) and examined the relation to developmental outcomes (extracurricular activities, sleep, and academic attainment).
Organisation: AIHW
Lead Researcher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the Australian Government Department of Education
Year Published: 2014
Increasing participation in higher education for under-represented groups has been a goal of both the Australian Government and Australian universities. In particular, the government has invested in a wide range of programs to support the efforts of universities to increase the enrolment and completion rates of: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; those from low socioeconomic areas; people who live in regional and remote areas; students with disabilities.
Organisation: La Trobe University
Lead Researcher: Bret Stephenson
Year Published: 2022
This NCSEHE-funded report recommends institutions embed greater data literacy and equity consciousness, in light of increasing interest in advanced data analytics techniques.
Lead Researcher: Kitty Drok
Type of Publications: Impact report
In 2014, the NCSEHE provided funding to La Trobe University’s Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research to map the Australian higher education sector in relation to people from out-of-home care backgrounds, including kinship care, foster care and residential care. This impact report details the outputs, outcomes and ongoing impact of the research.
Type of Publication: Impact report
Organisation: Kings College London
Lead Researcher: Andrew Mark Bassett
Year Published: 2018
This research sought to understand the transitional journey into, and through undergraduate medical education, and future career aspirations for first-in-family medical students. The transitions highlighted in this article have important implications for those educators interested in a life cycle approach to widening participation in medical education.
Organisation: Queensland University of Technology
Lead Researcher: Sonia White
The aim of this project was to understand the information literacy experiences on both sides of the VET-to-university transition in order to develop a targeted information literacy support framework that would aid students transitioning to university.
Organisation: University of Western Sydney
Lead Researcher: Loshini Naidoo
This paper is based on a qualitative research study conducted across urban and regional Australian universities. The aim of the project was to investigate the enablers and constraints faced by refugee background students transitioning from high school to university.
Organisation: University of Melbourne
Lead Researcher: Frank Larkins
Year Published: 2015
In this paper we report on the enrolment trends for domestic and overseas students, principally at the bachelor degree level, since this is the area of primary focus for the policy reform.