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Event : SIHO webinar: Towards Genuinely Inclusive Universities

The Support Centre Inclusive Higher Education (SIHO) will host a webinar series entitled ‘Towards Genuinely Inclusive Universities: an international perspective on best practices in the implementation of universal design’. The series is composed of eight webinars and will run from December 2020 until July 2021. This webinar series will shed light on several topics closely […]

27 November 2020

Disability, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas

Event : ADCET student forum: Thriving through COVID

The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) invites university and TAFE students with disability to participate in a student forum supported by the NCSEHE — Thriving through COVID. This national online student forum will explore what has enabled students with disability to thrive in their studies through the COVID-19 period. Students who thrived […]

27 November 2020

Disability, Featured

Research-database : Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program: Seven Years On

The third case study publication in the NCSEHE series tracks the diverse activities, partnerships, positive outcomes, and sustainable impacts of Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) programs over time. Preface Professor Sue Trinidad and Dr Nadine Zacharias Every Australian should have the opportunity to build the best possible future for themselves, regardless of background […]

25 November 2020

General

Research-database : Briefing Note: Student Equity Performance in Australian Higher Education: 2007 to 2012

National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, Curtin University INTRODUCTION This NCSEHE Briefing Note reports on recent trends in student enrolment in Australian higher education in key equity groups. Specifically, it reports on the number of domestic undergraduates between 2007 and 2012 in the 38 ‘Table A […]

25 November 2020

General

Research-database : NCSEHE Briefing Note — Equity student participation in Australian higher education: 2014–2019

The new NCSEHE Equity Briefing Note is now available. It reports on undergraduate student data collected by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE). These data are also reported on the NCSEHE Student Equity Data Page. The page is an interactive resource that allow users to make comparisons between institutions, as well as at […]

25 November 2020

General

Event : An Eye to the Future of Work – Accessibility and Inclusion Beyond 2020

It has been said a thousand times already, but this year has been like no other. Blind Citizens Australia had planned to deliver a symposium around inclusivity within the workplace, focusing on changing employer perceptions about people who are blind or vision impaired at venues in both Sydney and Melbourne. They have ‘pivoted’ (another 2020 […]

24 November 2020

Disability, General

Page : NCSEHE Fellows

20 November 2020

General

Post : Event wrap-up — World Access to Higher Education Day Australasia

The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) invited equity practitioners from Australia and New Zealand to a Zoom celebration on 17 November to launch World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) 2020. Over 200 national and international delegates joined us to hear keynote speaker Professor Sally Kift on Equity and the ‘Anxiety […]

19 November 2020

Disability, Featured, First in Family, General, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Low SES, Mature age, Non-English speaking background, Regional, Women in non-traditional areas

Post : WAHED 2020 ‘Champions for Change’

The NCSEHE and Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) partnered to lead the Australasian hub event for World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) on 17 November 2020. The event celebrated the life-changing work of student equity practitioners in supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds into and through higher education. As part of the event, […]

17 November 2020

Featured, General

Event : ADCET Webinar: Accessibility in Apple Products

The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) will host a free webinar on 18 November 2020, presented by a representative from the Apple Initiatives team. Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone. Apple builds for inclusion and accessibility right from the start. Hear about some of the new accessibility features that come native […]

11 November 2020

Disability, General