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The third report in the 2017 NCSEHE Focus series provides new insights from research funded by the Centre on regional and remote students in higher education. This new resource also draws from the Centre’s submission to the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education, good practice case studies, and insights from research by the NCSEHE Equity Fellows. This […]
13 November 2017
The Equity Fellows Program supports three Fellows each year to undertake strategic, high-impact, high-profile leadership projects targeted, sector-wide, at improving the access, participation and success in higher education of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Research projects conducted by the NCSEHE 2017 Equity Fellows are making significant progress, having already demonstrated sector-wide impact, both nationally and internationally. We are delighted […]
10 November 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND), in partnership with the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) were pleased to bring you this free webinar “Mainstreaming Captions for Online Lectures in Higher Education in Australia – Alternative approaches to engaging with video content” […]
3 November 2017
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) is the independent regulator of fair access to higher education in England. Concluded in October 2017, this project sought to improve understanding of what a successful ‘whole institution approach’ to widening participation looks like. It aimed to: enable OFFA to provide greater clarity and guidance to universities and colleges about […]
27 October 2017
17 October 2017
You are invited to attend the upcoming Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) Professional Development Day. Speakers will include: Margaret Steggles, Orientation & Mobility Specialist & Natalie Kaine, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Vision Australia Hamish Fibbins, Exercise Physiologist & PhD candidate, NSW Health Nickolas Vakas, Disability Consultant for students with a Neurological Disability, Physical Disability […]
10 October 2017
Towards an Inclusive University Macquarie University’s Widening Participation Unit (WPU) will host an inaugural symposium, titled Towards an Inclusive University, to showcase the initiatives that have contributed to improvements in the access, participation, retention and success of students underrepresented in higher education. Through the symposium, WPU will feature the University’s acclaimed and innovative LEAP (Learning, […]
9 October 2017
The International Studies in Widening Participation (ISWP) journal is seeking articles of interest for forthcoming issues. The journal is hosted through a joint research collaboration between access and widening participation programs offered by ELFSC and CEEHE at the University of Newcastle, NSW Australia with Anna Bennett, Marie-Pierre Moreau and Nadine Zacharias as the editorial team. ISWP aims […]
6 October 2017
The Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) and the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND) look forward to bringing you this webinar, presented by Dr Priscilla Ennals. This presentation reports on a grounded theory study that used a participatory framework to explore the experiences of university students experiencing mental ill-health. While between 20 and 25 per cent of […]
3 October 2017
28 September 2017