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Submissions are invited from the general public, representatives from the education community, families, business, employers/employer groups, government agencies and the philanthropic sector for the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education. The review is seeking innovative solutions to help regional, rural and remote students succeed at school and in their transition to further study […]
20 July 2017
James A. Smith, Wendy Ludwig, and Christine Robertson, Charles Darwin University; Jack Frawley, University of Sydney; Dr Ekaterina Pechenkina, and Andrew Gunstone, Swinburne University of Technology; and Steven Larkin, University of Newcastle. Abstract Enhancing Vocational Education and Training (VET) to higher education pathways and transitions for Indigenous students is important. Dual-sector universities are well positioned to take the […]
3 July 2017
NCSEHE 2016 Equity Fellowship Report Associate Professor Erica Southgate The University of Newcastle Abstract People from equity groups are underrepresented in university degrees associated with high-status professions. The reasons for this are complex and relate to poverty, familial and community norms and expectations, inequitable access to high quality and adequately resourced schooling which affects achievement, […]
3 July 2017
3 July 2017
3 July 2017
Written by Jenny Gore, Professor of Education, University of Newcastle for The Conversation 27 June 2017 Indigenous students remain vastly underrepresented in higher education in Australia. According to Universities Australia, Indigenous people comprise 2.7% of Australia’s working age population but only 1.6% of university domestic student enrolments. In the past decade, there have been renewed efforts to increase […]
29 June 2017
Impact School: Education for Remote & Regional Australia Educational access and quality is a cornerstone of social impact in a fast-paced globalising and urbanising world. Given the changing context of education in the 21st century, we are faced with new challenges on top of long-existing issues in rural places. How do we ensure quality education […]
22 June 2017
The Minister for Education and Training released the final report of the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) Evaluation on 22 May 2017. The findings and recommendations from this evaluation have informed the Government’s reforms to the HEPPP announced under the Higher Education Reform Package. The evaluation found that the HEPPP has provided wide […]
23 May 2017
Australia-wide mentorship programs specifically designed for equity students are performing exceptionally well, new research has found. As part of the research led by Curtin University Associate Professor Susan Beltman and funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, mentorship programs offered by 39 universities were mapped across three stages: enabling, engagement and […]
11 May 2017
Samantha McMahon, Ashleigh Johnstone, Brendon Newton, Jason Gillard, Valerie Harwood, Kate Senior, and Amy Priestly Over the last six years the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) has worked in partnership with university researchers to develop a research base for its practice. The research partnership is led by Professor Valerie Harwood (Australian Research Council [ARC] Future Fellow). […]
2 May 2017