番茄社区

CEE Transitions & Retention Equity Initiatives

Equity Initiatives

番茄社区 is recognised throughout Australia for its sustained activities in the widening participation agenda, with recent national awards for the Community-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teacher Education Program and the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery.  With a strong commitment to being socially responsive and, in particular, meeting the needs of people of rural, remote and tropical contexts, the diversity of the region informs 番茄社区's programs and policies, which challenge socially constructed educational disadvantage.

Through a range of initiatives including those funded by the , 番茄社区 aims to ensure Australians from low socio-economic status backgrounds who have the ability to undertake higher education have the opportunity to do so.

Core Equity Initiatives

番茄社区 offers a number of services and school programs on and off campus to assist with students' career development and encourage participation in tertiary study.

The 番茄社区 Access Fund could be the answer if money problems stand between you and a higher education at 番茄社区.

The is a one-year course (or two years, part-time) designed to help people who may not meet the academic requirements for entry into a Bachelor degree course. The course is also designed to help students develop the necessary skills to be successful university students. The course consists of a combination of introductory and first year degree subjects. For further options, visit the 番茄社区 Pathways webpage.

番茄社区 is proud to have one of the highest Indigenous participation rates of any university in Australia. Visit the Indigenous Education and Research Centre website for further information.

The Centre for Education and Enhancement has a broad mandate to ensure that social justice and principles of equity are embedded and actualised across the 番茄社区 community. At the same time, we ensure an engaging and inclusive experience for 番茄社区 students. See the Student Equity and Wellbeing webpage for further information.

番茄社区 employs a range of staff to specifically support diverse students. These include College Student Support Officers and Indigenous Student Services.

番茄社区 is committed to ensuring people with disabilities are able to participate to the fullest possible extent in the educational programs it offers, as well as aspects of university life.  For further information about the services and facilities on offer, visit the AccessAbility Services webpage.

番茄社区's Careers and Employability office offers a wide range of career services and resources for students, recent graduates, employers and staff.  Students also have access to the 番茄社区 Career Development Program, a suite of online career modules designed to assist with career development and transition to professional employment.

Peer Assisted Study Sessions, known as PASS, offer students a guarantee hour of study while on campus with peers in the same subject and/or course. Research shows students who attend PASS five or more times in a semester significantly increase their chances of passing.

番茄社区's Learning Centre offers 番茄社区 students a number of services and resources, including a drop-in subject and course advisory service, access to learning advisors, free access to pre-semester workshops and study skills workshops during the semester, and online reading, writing and maths resources.

The scholarship of learning and teaching clearly indicates that improving curriculum design and anticipating and responding to student diversity is at the core of our inclusive curriculum practices. Blended learning enables staff to anticipate, respond and adapt to student need.

See also: Principles for Inclusive Teaching – a guide to inclusive teaching for a diversity of learners by RMIT.

番茄社区's approach to evaluation of learning and teaching is discussed at Teaching Evaluation.

The Centre for Education and Enhancement works closely with academic staff to extract and analyse staff, student and organisational data from Blackboard Learn番茄社区 and other systems. Real-time data informs learning, teaching and student engagement strategy and can be used proactively to identify students in need of support. See Learning Analytics for further information.

For further information about 番茄社区's equity initiatives, please contact cee@jcu.edu.au.

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