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A universal understanding of the challenges faced by university students from regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas would inform equitable course delivery and support measures, major research has shown. The Fellowship report by National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Equity Fellow Dr Janine Delahunty recommends engaging and supporting students from RRR areas […]
9 February 2022
NCSEHE Equity Fellowship final report Dr Janine Delahunty, University of Wollongong Executive Summary Background The overarching objective of the Fellowship entitled ‘You going to uni?’: Exploring how regional, rural and remote people navigate into and through university’, was to explore risks to university completion for those in regional, rural and remote locations of Australia. While […]
9 February 2022
A universal understanding of the challenges faced by university students from regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas would inform equitable course delivery and support measures, major research has shown. The Fellowship report by NCSEHE Equity Fellow Dr Janine Delahunty recommends engaging and supporting students from RRR areas to identify their strengths and hopes for the […]
9 February 2022
A study of students at an Australian university Dawn Bennet1, Elizabeth Knight2, Paul Koshy3 and Ian Li4 Undertaking university study is a significant step for all students, but particularly those from rural, regional, and remote (RRR) areas. For this cohort, the pathway to higher education is often riskier and more challenging, and one with fewer […]
16 December 2021
A new website launched today, produced by the NCSEHE, provides a central point of information about Regional University Centres (RUCs) and unites Australia-wide RUCs. Featuring targeted resources, news and events related to regional tertiary education, the website has been developed in consultation with the RUC Network Advisory Committee and funded by the Australian Government Department […]
14 December 2021
Written by Dr Janine Delahunty, University of Wollongong Illustrations by Kate Delahunty Taking steps towards what we’d like to be doing in the future, the kind of person we’d like to become, or alternatively what to avoid doing or becoming, can be likened to a “bridge between the present and the future”. For students from equity […]
12 December 2021
Since 2016, the NCSEHE Equity Fellows Program has supported 12 Fellows to undertake high-impact projects, specifically to improve higher education access, participation and success for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The 2019/20 Equity Fellows, Mr David Eckstein, Associate Professor Tim Pitman, Dr Janine Delahunty, Dr Andrea Simpson, Dr Katelyn Barney and Dr Nicole Crawford focused variously […]
10 December 2021
Written by Kylie Austin1, Olivia Groves2, Sarah O’Shea2 and Jodi Lamanna1 Effective career education has the potential to help all individuals to reach their full potential, by reducing the gap in educational and employment outcomes between students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. In Australian schools, the current provision of career education has been identified to be outdated and not […]
6 December 2021
3 December 2021
Mental wellbeing is a teaching and learning issue; it is a support issue; it is a university cultural issue; it is everyone’s business! During 2019–20, Dr Nicole Crawford conducted a major NCSEHE Equity Fellowship project, On the radar: Supporting the mental wellbeing of mature-aged students in regional and remote Australia. The research identified a variety […]
3 December 2021