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The 2017 NCSEHE National Equity Fellows Forum was held alongside the Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) 2017 Conference at Queensland University of Technology on 20 November. The NCSEHE has three primary objectives: to strengthen the evidence base by informing research directions; to collaborate with stakeholders to be at the centre of public policy dialogue; and […]
4 December 2017
On 20 November 2017 the NCSEHE staged the second National Equity Fellows Forum at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. The Forum presented and promoted the current projects of the 2017 Equity Fellows, Matt Brett, Louise Pollard and James Smith. Perhaps more significantly, by examining the commonalities and synergies of those projects, critical issues for […]
1 December 2017
Written by Tim Pitman, Curtin University and Gavin Moodie, RMIT University Originally published on The Conversation. The most recent statistics show first-year attrition rates in Australian universities are at 15%. This has caused the Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, to say universities “need to be taking responsibility for the students they enrol.” Attrition does not […]
30 November 2017
Final preparations for tomorrow’s Equity Fellows Forum are complete – we are ready! @MattBrettLTU @NCSEHE pic.twitter.com/LOBs71pFnq — Louise Pollard (@lm_pollard) November 19, 2017 Looking forward to an interesting morning.. @NCSEHE pic.twitter.com/vLauxgU5dl — CEEHE (@UON_CEEHE) November 19, 2017 Building leadership in equity research, policy and practice @NCSEHE national equity fellows #neff17. Fostering HE capability, investing in […]
30 November 2017
Description Explore Uni (EU) is Queensland University of Technology (QUT)’s signature Widening Participation (WP) program. It is a scaffolded program of residential camps and on-campus days immersing school students from low SES backgrounds in experiences that aim to: build aspiration for post-school study by building on students’ pre-existing strengths; shatter myths and misunderstandings about tertiary […]
29 November 2017
Inspiring through success: an Indigenous student ambassador’s perspective We first spoke to Jed Fraser in 2017 as one of our original My Story — Student Voice participants. Since that time, Jed has graduated from a Bachelor of Exercise and Movement Science at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and is currently studying Masters of Public Health at QUT. […]
29 November 2017
Written by Omer Yezdani, Australian Catholic University Originally published on The Conversation. Universities are vital to Australia’s sustained prosperity. However, the complexity of our current higher education policy landscape, combined with profound economic forces, have led to a number of myths and misconceptions about what happens to students after they graduate. New analysis reveals five myths […]
28 November 2017
Southern Cross University College will host the 6th Biennial National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference (NAEEA) at their Gold Coast campus. The conference brings together like-minded individuals who teach, design, work-in, support or research tertiary enabling programs in all their many forms. The conference theme is “Enabling Learning, Enabling Teaching” Sub themes are: advancing learning in […]
25 November 2017
Ann Luzeckyj, Ben McCann, Charmaine Graham, et al. Published in Higher Education Research and Development 19 September 2017 Abstract First in Family (FiF) is an under-recognised equity grouping which may encompass low-SES, mature-aged, regional and remote, and Indigenous students. FiF tertiary students are more likely to be in a position of educational disadvantage over students […]
24 November 2017
The 41st annual conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), will be held on 2-5 July 2018 (with pre-conference workshops on 2 July) at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide. The theme for the conference is (Re) Valuing Higher Education. Relevant areas and points of interest are captured within these sub-themes: valuing education […]
22 November 2017