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Organisation: Griffith University
Lead Researcher: Kathryn L. Modecki
Type of Publications: Journal article
Year Published: 2020
Concerns have been raised regarding the potential negative impacts of parents’ smartphone use on the parent–child relationship. A scoping literature review indicated inconsistent effects, arguably attributable to different conceptualizations of parent phone use and conflation of phone use with technological interference.
Type of Publication: Journal article
Organisation: University of Western Australia
Lead Researcher: Robert J. Donovan
Year Published: 2021
This paper provides such knowledge based on the development, implementation and evaluation of the Act-Belong-Commit campaign, the world’s first comprehensive population-wide public mental health promotion campaign which was launched in 2008 in Western Australia.
Organisation: University of Technology Sydney
Lead Researcher: Lisa Aitken
Type of Publications: Research report
Year Published: 2014
This report investigates the effectiveness and student outcomes of the U@Uni Summer School outreach program, providing recommendations for future success of the programs.
Type of Publication: Research report
Organisation: Curtin University
Lead Researcher: Tim Pitman
Type of Publications: Professional commentary
This article discusses the policy of uncapping places at university, and how this impacts disadvantaged students.
Type of Publication: Professional commentary
Organisation: NCSEHE
This paper uses an analysis of the admission policies of Australia's public universities to critically examine the use and application of notions of fairness. A further analysis of enrolment data is used to contextualise policy rhetoric against admission practice. Three broad themes of fairness emerge: merit based, procedural and normative.
Organisation: University of Queensland
Lead Researcher: Francisco Perales
Report recommends Australian higher education policy and practice recognise refugees and people seeking asylum as a distinct equity group, to address unique areas of disadvantage and disproportionately poor outcomes. The research found targeted support would particularly benefit humanitarian migrants with limited English-language skills and educational experiences.
Organisation: Charles Darwin University
Lead Researcher: Fiona Shalley
Year Published: 2019
Research found university student outcomes data does not entirely capture the complexity of regional and remote Indigenous student pathways. The report showed Indigenous students may engage with higher education for more than a decade, which needs to be considered in the evaluation of student success over the long term.
Lead Researcher: Ryan Naylor
Year Published: 2015
This guide is intended to help equity practitioners — particularly those who lack experience or confidence in program evaluation — to develop effective evaluation strategies for their programs. It is intended to complement existing institutional guidelines on evaluation, and acts as an initial introduction rather than a definitive guide to the subject.
Organisation: USC
Lead Researcher: Karen Nelson
Year Published: 2017
This report synthesised prior research on the sociocultural and financial context that students at Regional University Network (RUN) universities encounter, extending a comparative analysis of completion patterns and informing mitigation strategies to enhance the retention of equity group students in RUN universities.
Organisation: Edith Cowan University
Lead Researcher: Lynette Vernon
Year Published: 2022
This NCSEHE-funded research investigates mental health and wellbeing amongst university students, and how the levels of support offered by institutions impacts students during periods of disruption.