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The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) at Curtin University today conducted a forum to contribute to the national debate on the proposed scholarships available as part of the higher education reforms. Held at the University of Canberra, the Equity Scholarship Provision in Australian Universities: Insights and Directions forum built on NCSEHE […]
11 February 2015
The program stems from the desire to improve the participation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students in science subjects DESCRIPTION Old Ways, New Ways is a new outreach initiative at Edith Cowan University (ECU), which brings together Western and Aboriginal knowledge and perspectives on science. It has been developed to encourage and support […]
27 January 2015
The central aim is to stimulate interest in tertiary study and to widen the tertiary participation of LSES and Indigenous Queenslanders DESCRIPTION The Queensland Widening Participation Consortium is designed to improve the participation of LSES and Indigenous people in tertiary education. School outreach involves each partner university working with a cluster of local LSES […]
21 January 2015
In 2014, programs were delivered to a total of 155 schools DESCRIPTION From 2011–2014, the Central Queensland University Widening Participation team worked with over 20,000 students to promote, raise and support aspirations of school students towards university. Eight Widening Participation programs were delivered to students in Years 5–12 across 155 schools. Student-centred activities included […]
6 January 2015
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy and Richard Seymour, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) INTRODUCTION This NCSEHE Briefing Note provides an update on domestic undergraduate student enrolment and equity outcomes from 2007 to 2013, following Koshy (2014). It focuses on undergraduate outcomes for Table A providers, given policy changes in recent […]
10 December 2014
10 December 2014
10 December 2014
Dr Alfred Masinire, Lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand (“Wits”) in Johannesburg, South Africa, was recently in Australia to attend the 2014 SPERA conference. We took the opportunity to speak with Alfred about his journey into higher education, his role at Wits, and his research on incentives used to attract teachers to rural schools. NCSEHE: Please […]
4 December 2014
Brian O’Neil is principal of Calen District State College in Queensland and recently-appointed President of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA). We recently caught up with Brian at the 30th National SPERA Conference and spoke to him about his work at Calen, SPERA’s role in the education sector, and his […]
30 October 2014
The Australian Government recently announced a new approach to engaging and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in priority areas, including children and schooling, employment, and safety and wellbeing. The new approach, the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), began on 1 July 2014 and replaces more than 150 individual programmes and activities with five flexible […]
22 August 2014