Tag: widening participation
Making Connections Through Academic Mentoring
Macquarie academics support students from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds to navigate university and feel more connected at university.
Widening Participation in 2018 – A Year in Review
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Programs and Pathways, Professor Sean Brawley, guided the University’s Widening Participation Unit (WPU) to strategically and proactively respond to sectoral changes around equity in higher education. The new approach, outlined in the Widening Participation Strategic Framework 2018...
Engaging Students from Equity Groups
2019 HEPPP funded LEAP PEGS initiatives The Pro Vice-Chancellor Programs and Pathways, Professor Sean Brawley, along with the Widening Participation Unit (WPU) warmly congratulates the successful applicants of 2019 LEAP – PEGS ( Partnerships Engagement Grant Scheme) Nearly thirty different...
LEAP PASIFIKA
Engaging our friendliest neighbours : South Pacific Island States The Widening Participation Unit (WPU) hosted its first LEAP Pasifika meet and greet event this week with current Macquarie University students from Pasifika Backgrounds, academics and professional staff. The Pro Vice-Chancellor...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Refugee Transitions – How Can We Facilitate Success For Students From Refugee Backgrounds
A recent study on the transition challenges students from refugee backgrounds face in the quest to achieve further education also provides a series of recommendations to help facilitate success.