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Summer Schools build upon students’ potential to succeed in years 10, 11 and 12 Description The AIM High Program at the University of Newcastle builds on a successful institutional history of supporting students from a range of backgrounds to achieve a university education. Two established components of AIM High are the separate five-day residential […]
30 April 2014
17 April 2014
Written by Professor Sue Trinidad, NCSEHE Director, and Mel Henry, Curtin University Manager Corporate Values & Equity The Federal Government’s Review of the Demand Driven System report (released 13 April 2014), has strongly endorsed the current demand-driven funding system that enables students from under-represented backgrounds to access higher education, a result welcomed by the NCSEHE […]
17 April 2014
Regional and remote students are identified by the postcode of their permanent home residence, at either the time of initial enrolment (the “first address” measure), or current enrolment (the “current address” measure), using the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) system of classification. Resources relevant to regional and remote students on the NCSEHE website: Research reports, publications […]
7 April 2014
Greater retention and success results when students enter university well informed about how university will assist them to achieve their goals Description Access to the professions through higher education for LSES secondary school students across Victoria is the aim of the Learn, Experience, Access Professions (LEAP) program. LEAP adopts a consortium approach of coordinated […]
12 March 2014
Schools appreciate the opportunity to visit the university to ‘see and feel what a university is like’, and the contact with ANU students Description The Australian National University Regional Partnerships Program commenced in 2009 as a pilot program as an important part of the University’s engagement with its surrounding regions. Fifteen schools in the […]
10 March 2014
Student Equity Practice and Policy COVID-19 — Resources for the higher education sector A diverse collection of open access research, resources, articles and case studies are available on the NCSEHE website. A selection of materials applicable to issues in learning and teaching during—and beyond—the COVID-19 pandemic are listed here. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students […]
26 February 2014
6 February 2014
Aspire UWA supports students with academic potential, but facing significant challenges, to achieve their higher education goals Description Through formalised partnerships with 21 secondary schools in metropolitan Perth and 31 regional and remote schools across Western Australia, the university and school communities are working together to address traditionally low transfer rates to higher education. […]
3 February 2014
National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, Curtin University INTRODUCTION This NCSEHE Briefing Note reports on recent trends in student enrolment in Australian higher education in key equity groups. Specifically, it reports on the number of domestic undergraduates between 2007 and 2012 in the 38 ‘Table A […]
24 January 2014