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Equity in postgraduate education in Australia: Widening participation or widening the Gap?

Added 10 September 2020 by ncsehe

Deanna Grant-Smith, Bernd Irmer and Robyn Mayes Queensland University of Technology Executive summary The Commonwealth provides funding to universities to improve the access, participation, ...

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Lowitja Institute Career Pathways Report

Added 13 August 2020 by ncsehe

‘We Are working for our people’: Growing and strengthening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce Lowitja Institute August 2020 Executive Summary Expanding and ...

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Artificial intelligence, ethics, equity and higher education: A ‘beginning-of-the-discussion’ paper

Added 12 August 2020 by ncsehe

Associate Professor Erica Southgate, University of Newcastle, Australia NCSEHE 2016 Equity Fellow Artificial intelligence (AI) can been defined as: a machine-based system that can, for a given ...

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Looking to the future – Report of the review of senior secondary pathways into work, further education and training

Added 23 July 2020 by ncsehe

Education Council 23 July 2020 Executive Summary Education must prepare young people both for active citizenship in a democratic society and for purposeful engagement with the labour market. This ...

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Evaluating Cultural Competence in Indigenous Higher Education Contexts in Australia: A Challenge for Change

Added 11 June 2020 by ncsehe

James A. Smith and Kim Robertson Originally published in Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector June 2020 Abstract Indigenous participation and achievement in education is an issue ...

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The impact of ‘learning at home’ on the educational outcomes of vulnerable children in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Added 28 April 2020 by ncsehe

Catherine Drane¹, Lynette Vernon² and Sarah O’Shea¹ ¹National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education — Curtin University ²School of Education — Edith Cowan University Executive Summary ...

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The online student experience: An exploration of first-year university students’ expectations, experiences and outcomes of online education

Added 6 April 2020 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Melanie Henry Abstract Online higher education presents a critical opportunity to extend and diversify the student body. The Online Student Experience (OSE), and online student ...

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Tracing the impact of Out of Care, Into University: Raising higher education access and achievement of care leavers

Added 4 March 2020 by ncsehe

Kitty Drok for the NCSEHE In 2014, the NCSEHE provided funding to La Trobe University’s Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research (CHEEDR; then known as the Access and Achievement ...

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Improving employment and education outcomes for Somali Australians

Added 26 February 2020 by ncsehe

Andrew Harvey, Giovanna Szalkowicz and Michael Luckman Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research (CHEEDR), La Trobe University Executive summary Recent decades have seen a ...

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Mind the Gap!’ Exploring the post-graduation outcomes and employment mobility of individuals who are first in their family to complete a university degree

Added 21 January 2020 by ncsehe

2019 NCSEHE Research Fellowship final report Sarah O’Shea, University of Wollongong Executive summary This report details the findings and recommendations from the NCSEHE Research ...

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