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NCSEHE Equity Fellowship final report Tim Pitman, Curtin University Executive summary This report details the findings and recommendations from the NCSEHE Research Fellowship entitled “Supporting persons with disabilities from regional, rural, and remote Australia to succeed in higher education.” The study explored how students with disabilities were supported in their higher education studies by trained, […]
8 March 2022
8 March 2022
Dr Lucy Mercer-Mapstone (CI)1, Tahlia Fatnowna1, Professor Pauline Ross1, Dr Lisa Bricknell2, Dr William Mude2, Professor Janelle Wheat3, Dr Ryan P. Barone4, Associate Professor Doreen E. Martinez4, Professor Deborah West5, Dr Sarah Jane Gregory6, Professor Jessica Vanderlelie7, Professor Tricia McLaughlin8, Dr Belinda Kennedy8, Professor Amanda Able9University of Adelaide, Professor Philippa Levy9, Dr Kasia Banas10, Dr Florence Gabriel11, Professor Abelardo Pardo11, Dr Ian […]
8 March 2022
Joanna Tai1, Rola Ajjawi1, Margaret Bearman1, Joanne Dargusch2, Mary Dracup1, Lois Harris2, Paige Mahoney1 Executive summary Exams and other high-stakes time-limited assessments can act as barriers to success for some students in higher education. Though required by Australian law, adjustments do not necessarily lead to equitable academic outcomes (Brett, 2016; Kilpatrick et al., 2017), nor […]
21 February 2022
Dr Ian W Li1, Dr David R Carroll 2, Professor Denise Jackson3 Executive summary There have been expansionary policies aimed at widening participation in higher education in developed countries worldwide. In Australia, increasing participation among underrepresented groups is a national priority. This has led to the formation of six official student equity groups whose access, […]
17 February 2022
14 February 2022
Sharron King1, Cathy Stone2, Chris Ronan1 Executive summary This research sought to identify why high-achieving students (i.e., those in years 11 and 12 in an ATAR stream) from regional South Australia (SA) are transitioning from school to university at lower rates than students in metropolitan areas. Additionally, the project aimed to build an interstate comparison between […]
14 February 2022
10 February 2022
Alexander Newman1, Sally Baker 2, Clemence Due 3, Karen Dunwoodie 1 Executive summary Although growing numbers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Migrants and Refugees (CALDM/R) are entering higher education, the sector has limited knowledge of how they are supported to transition out of higher education and seek employment after they graduate. This is likely the […]
10 February 2022
9 February 2022