2017

This NCSEHE briefing note provides an update on domestic undergraduate equity student participation from 2011 to 2016. It focuses on trends among domestic undergraduate enrolments in Table A provider institutions across identified equity groups.

This article explores university attrition rates in Australia, how this compares to other countries, what causes student attrition and what type of higher education system we should want.

The third case study publication in the NCSEHE series tracks the diverse activities, partnerships, positive outcomes, and sustainable impacts of Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) programs over time.

On 20 November 2017 the NCSEHE staged the second National Equity Fellows Forum at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. The Forum presented and promoted the current projects of the 2017 Equity Fellows, Matt Brett, Louise Pollard and James Smith. This communiqué sets out the questions raised by the three 2017 Equity Fellows, each of which selected key issues in three themes that need to be addressed by the equity and higher education sectors.

The third report in the 2017 NCSEHE Focus series provided new insights from research funded by the Centre on regional and remote students in higher education. This new resource also draws from the NCSEHE's submission to the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education, good practice case studies, and insights from research by the NCSEHE Equity Fellows.

The second workshop in the NCSEHE Building Legacy and Capacity Series was conducted on Tuesday 17 October 2017 at The University of Western Australia. The insights generated from the workshop and webinar informed a good practice guide for the sector, as well as a set of recommendations for policymakers and future research.

The NCSEHE's response to the Discussion Paper, prepared by independent reviewer Emeritus Professor John Halsey, focuses on the challenge of increasing access and participation to higher education among regional, rural and remote students.

The first workshop in the NCSEHE Building Legacy and Capacity Series was conducted on 28 September 2017 at the University of Canberra. The insights generated from the workshop and webinar have informed a good practice guide for the sector, as well as a set of recommendations for policymakers and future research, accessible below.

Building on previous research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 First in Family (FiF) university students from a range of disciplines across three South Australian institutions. In exploring the data, we have gained insight into students’ day-to-day experience of attending university and have gained information about their motivations and their struggles.

This paper presents findings from an initial scoping study that set out to ask and invite discussion on ‘what more can be done in higher education to better facilitate social mobility for equity groups in Australia?’ The research involved identifying studies which detailed information on the broad range of complex issues concerning social mobility both in Australia and internationally, in order to gain a fuller understanding of how important higher education participation has become in efforts to improve equity and social justice.