All posts by Carolina Morison

WP LEAP Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS)

The Widening Participation Unit is inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2019 LEAP PEGS initiative. The Pro Vice-Chancellor Programs and Pathways has allocated $200,000 of Higher Education Partnerships and Pathways Program (HEPPP) funding to be available for the 2019 LEAP Partnership...

/ 13 February, 2019

2018 Australian Rural Education Award

The University’s Lighthouse Virtual Reality Outreach Project has been awarded the 2018 Australian Rural Education Award  by the Society for the Provision of Rural Education in Australia (SPERA). Sonal Singh, Widening Participation Unit Planning Manager, accepted the award on behalf...

/ 21 December, 2018
Desserts from The Sweetest Memory promo video

Shared humanity through recipes and personal memories

Everyone has a recipe and a sweet memory to share: Help students from refugee or asylum-seeker backgrounds AND get a great recipe story book.

/ 28 November, 2018
Photo by Ben White

Celebrating World Access to Higher Education Day

The Widening Participation Unit celebrated World Access to Higher Education Day in style: engaging with higher education practitioners to discuss student equity, equitable access, policy, research and practice; planning a roadtrip with Sean; and publishing a book we can all...

/ 28 November, 2018
cupcakes for harmony day

Supporting ‘Everyone Belongs’ : 2018 LEAP – Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS)

Expressions of Interest are now open for Widening Participation's 2018 LEAP – Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme.

/ 22 March, 2018
Group of Leap students laughing

Celebrating Harmony Day

Widening Participation initiatives aim to strategically support students in higher education who are identified as disadvantaged and underrepresented. Find out more about WP projects and the launch of 2018 LEAP – Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme at the upcoming Harmony Day...

/ 14 March, 2018
African musicians

Towards an Inclusive University – Widening Participation’s 2017 Successes

The Widening Participation Unit (WPU) has successfully rounded off 2017 with various notable achievements.

/ 14 December, 2017