Equity in higher education

Find out how to ensure that all students and staff within higher education have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of individual challenges or varied educational backgrounds. Equity is about ensuring university support and policies enable everyone to flourish, taking into account the wide range of differing needs across a campus community, as these resources explain.

By Eliza.Compton , 7 December, 2023

Community organising: a case study in parent engagement

Community meeting
Widening participation in higher education and improving the education journeys of young people cannot happen in isolation, writes Michael Bennett. Here, he outlines a programme that connects parents, community groups and the university
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 29 May, 2023

Social justice as part of medical education

A group of medical students stand around a patient in bed
Five strategies universities can adopt to aid medical students’ understanding of and engagement with social justice principles as part of healthcare training
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 3 May, 2023

How to advance equity-informed leadership in universities

red arrow through a wall of wooden blocks
Increasing diversity at universities requires more than raising aspirations and enrolment among Indigenous and other under-represented students. Braden Hill offers seven ways leaders can address barriers to equity
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4minutes
Equity in higher education