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Overcoming barriers to high-status careers: A remote student’s perspective Since writing this 2018 feature article, Arshya graduated in 2019, and will commence work as an intern in January 2020 at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Read Arshya’s original story: Having grown up in a remote area of Western Australia, I appreciate university can be a scary and unfamiliar concept to […]
21 March 2018
Description CQUniversity is a comprehensive regional university with 25 campuses across Australia. Fifty per cent of its domestic undergraduate students are from low SES backgrounds, and 62 per cent are from regional and remote locations. With this proportion of disadvantaged students, CQUniversity experiences relatively high student attrition and low completion rates. The Retention and Return […]
5 February 2018
Director’s Report This fourth Annual Report outlines the activities of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) that continue to illustrate the breadth and depth of the ongoing initiatives undertaken to link with stakeholders — including academic researchers, policy analysts in government and education, and equity practitioners. In these endeavours we act […]
31 January 2018
31 January 2018
Description University of South Australia (UniSA) Connect curriculum enrichment programs involve over 8,000 senior secondary students annually, enhancing their STEM skills. The programs inspire further STEM study, educational attainment, and understanding of STEM career pathways. UniSA Connect’s strong equity focus targets students that historically have been less engaged with STEM, such as girls and Indigenous […]
29 January 2018
The 2018 Universities Australia Conference, Future Fundamentals, was held in Canberra from 28 February to 1 March. The Keynote Address was delivered by The Hon Bruce Reed (Co-Chair Future of Work Initiative, Aspen Institute) who spoke on the future workforce, while Professor Margaret Gardner AO (Chair, Universities Australia) gave an engaging National Press Club Address. […]
19 January 2018
Written by Susan Gair, James Cook University Originally published on The Conversation. Balancing work and tertiary study is harder now than in 2012: study Students know completing a university degree gives them a better chance of landing a high-paying job, often after surviving financial hardship while studying. But striking a balance between life, work and study appears to […]
17 January 2018
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Equity Student Participation in Australian Higher Education examines trends in higher education undergraduate enrolments in Australia between 2011 and 2016. This six-year period has been a time of marked change in Australian higher education, with the demand-driven system (DDS) increasing overall […]
14 December 2017
13 December 2017
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Equity Student Participation in Australian Higher Education examines trends in higher education undergraduate enrolments in Australia between 2011 and 2016. This six-year period has been a time of marked change in Australian higher education, with the demand-driven system (DDS) increasing […]
13 December 2017