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NCSEHE EQUITY INSIGHTS: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
NEWS, INFORMATION, RESEARCH AND RESOURCES ON STUDENT EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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ACER, Curtin and NCSEHE report — More nuanced student equity measures needed
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A new report by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Curtin University and the NCSEHE investigates the feasibility of ranking Australian universities by how inclusive they are, and how well they support underrepresented student cohorts.
Published by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), the report cautions against using ranking systems exclusively to determine equity policy in higher education, due to the fundamental difficulty of finding agreement on what constitutes equity and how it should be measured.
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New research — Supporting careers of LGBTQIA+ students in Australian universities
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A research team led by Dr Zhou Jiang has found that despite large numbers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and more (LGBTQIA+) students in higher education in Australia, this cohort has been historically excluded from existing defined equity groups.
Currently, little is known about how LGBTQIA+ individuals in universities are being supported to achieve better career outcomes. This NCSEHE-funded project by Flinders University, RMIT University, and the Australian College of Applied Psychology yielded recommendations for universities and government.
Read the full report: Supporting careers of LGBTQIA+ students in Australian universities
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New research — Examining outcomes for care leavers in higher education
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Drawing on the first longitudinal data set on care leavers in Australian higher education, new research led by Professor Andrew Harvey examines the access, geo-demographic profile, course selection, success, retention, and completion rates of care leavers.
The data set focuses on all aspects of the student life cycle, from pre-access through to access, attainment, and outcomes. As a result, this study provides the first clear picture of the journey of care leavers in higher education — students who have previously been “invisible”.
Read the NCSEHE-funded report, led by La Trobe University: Success, retention, and completion of care leaver students in Australian higher education
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New research — Aspirations, equity and higher education course choice: The path travelled
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“Aspirations” have become a cornerstone of efforts to widen the participation of underrepresented groups in Australian higher education, with considerable practical and political attention given to “raising” aspirations over recent decades.
However, with very little longitudinal research on how students actually navigate their post-school futures, much of this activity has proceeded with limited understanding of the factors that enable or constrain the fulfilment of students’ aspirations post-school. New NCSEHE-funded research led by Dr Felicia Jaremus examined which students realise their childhood aspirations, for what higher education courses, and why.
Read the full report: Aspirations, equity and higher education course choice: The path travelled
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Feature article — Supporting LGBTQIA+ students and staff in higher education
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Individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+ can face exclusion and discrimination throughout higher education and into the workplace, often impacting their academic success and personal wellbeing.
Progress is being made across Australian universities to advance support and inclusion for students of diverse gender identities, and there is much to be learnt from established institution-led initiatives demonstrating outstanding practices in this area.
In this feature, we showcase two inspiring best practice case studies from leading institutions, Southern Cross University and Edith Cowan University.
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Student Voice — Stories of Success: Helen Miller
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Helen Miller has lived with disability throughout her whole life and faced discrimination at many turns.
While studying online from her home in a small country town was ideal to help manage her health conditions, Helen credits creative outlets and learning as key factors that helped her through difficult times and also, adjusting to new realities.
Since we last caught up with Helen in 2018, life has thrown more challenging circumstances at her. Through persistence and resilience, she is continuing her lifelong journey of creativity and the pursuit of knowledge.
Read Helen's story
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Feature article — Co-creating a manifesto for student-staff partnerships and equity
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In a new feature, Dr Amani Bell & Meenakshi Krishnaraj from the University of Sydney introduce a new resource to support student-staff partnerships and equity.
"We believe that student-staff partnerships can be a pathway toward socially just higher education, particularly when diversity is viewed as a strength, and when intersectionality and Indigenous ways of knowing and being are considered."
The manifesto was co-created with university students and staff during the 2021 Students as Partners roundtable.
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Call for papers: Student Success Special Issue
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Three NCSEHE Equity Fellows will be guest editors for the 2022 Student Success special issue, "Fostering connections in higher education: Inclusive pedagogies and practices".
Dr Katelyn Barney, Dr Nicole Crawford, and Dr Janine Delahunty are seeking contributions from a range of perspectives including:
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teaching staff
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academic learning advisors, librarians
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific and other First Nations centre/unit staff
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enabling educators
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satellite and regional campuses, including Regional University Centres (RUC) staff
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peer mentor/peer support programs staff and students
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equity practitioners.
Papers are due by 6 June.
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Student Equity in Higher Education Evaluation Framework (SEHEEF)
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Officially launched this week, the SEHEEF has been designed to support monitoring and evaluation of equity initiatives funded through the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP)
The DESE engaged the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland to co-design the Framework to effectively structure and guide three levels of evaluation:
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a national program evaluation of the HEPPP
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quality improvement evaluations of individual HEPPP-funded university programs and activities and evaluations of their effectiveness
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impact of individual HEPPP-funded university programs and activities.
View the Final Report and Guidance Manual
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Call for papers — Indigenous priorities for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Special Issue
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This special issue, "Indigenous priorities for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)" seeks to conceptualise what Indigenous EDI is (and isn’t), to consider how it is understood and practiced, and to scrutinise EDI in all its embedded and nascent forms, in the context of society, work and organisation.
The issue will look to understand the role of Indigenous paradigms and systems of knowledge, perspectives of identity, relationality, reciprocity, and connectedness in the organising of EDI.
More information and submissions
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