The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success acknowledges Indigenous peoples across Australia as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which the nation’s campuses are situated. With a history spanning more than 60,000 years as the original educators, Indigenous peoples hold a unique place in our nation. We recognise the importance of their knowledge and culture, and reflect the principles of participation, equity, and cultural respect in our work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future, and consider it an honour to learn from our Indigenous colleagues, partners, and friends.

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Event information

Taking place on Thursday 13th & Friday 14th June at Lancaster University, the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) seventh annual Summer Symposium will focus on the ‘The third age of widening access. We are at the point of entering a new era in widening access. The strong focus on enabling access for working class adults gave way in the 2000s and 2010s for a fresh push towards increasing participation rates among young people in higher education. Now, widening access is moving to the ‘third age’ — where access and outcomes share centre stage. But will this new era look any differently from the past?

Bringing together key figures, policymakers, organisations and employers from across the sector who are committed to social mobility through widening access to higher education, The NEON Summer Symposium is one the most distinct and significant event for those working in the field in 2019.

More information is available on the NEON website.