Category: Student Success

LEAP Mentoring Uni Experience Day

Whole of Institution Lifecycle Approach to Widening Participation

The Widening Participation Strategic Framework 2018 – 2023, with its 4 pillars of Outreach, Pathways, Participation and Impact, has been endorsed by Executive Group and aims to increase the enrolment, retention and success of students from our equity groups.

/ 8 June, 2018
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Widening Participation through Partnerships – A Whole of Institution Approach

Announcing the successful projects chosen for the LEAP – Partnership Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS).

/ 15 May, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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MAC101 – MQ essentials for students

This unit provides first year or new students with all the essentials for an easy transition into university.

/ 27 July, 2017
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Understanding why students drop out

How can we maximise retention and minimise drop outs?

/ 24 March, 2017
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Todays ‘typical’ student… who are they?

According to The Conversation, “The typical university student is no longer 18, middle-class and on campus”

/ 3 March, 2017