On #Insiders this Sunday, David Speers will interview Education Minister Jason Clare #auspol

#TEQSA23 joining online this year. The benefit of this is that I can have a belly laugh moment while @LisaBolton_QILT is presenting! Very idiosyncratic ways Australian universities input their equity data. I can 💯 attest to that!

📢 New PhD Opportunity! We are joining with the @unimelb School of Social & Political Sciences to offer an interdisciplinary PhD scholarship to support research on governance & administration of supports for people with disability outside the NDIS. ⬇️ https://t.co/YfbhDo5OUg

This is such a game changer.

Here is my contribution to the discussion about the ongoing relevance of the national equity groups: Tracking student equity in higher education: Improving the status quo (while not throwing out the baby with the bathwater)

#qanda Yes! Unpaid placement question!! We need change! The status quo is not sustainable!!

There's still time to register for: Accord Insights with an Equity lens. We will explore the initial Accord recommendations through an equity lens, generating discussion and insights about creating an accessible and inclusive #HigherEducation system. https://t.co/uCqh7HAF0y

Today I am releasing the Interim Report of the Australian Universities Accord at @PressClubAust. 👇👇 https://t.co/qOihYiwLZ5

And we’re off @UniSTARSConf @amhhec #unistars Network Day! @TherealEPHEA @kyausti + @ZachariasNadine Student Equity Network -What’s the problem -it’s a wicked problem -insights across the last decade - #HEPPP + Demand Driven System -Much still to be done!

Heard an argument that selective schools are good for equity, so made the below figure using the 2022 ICSEA from ACARA for NSW secondary schools (excl K-12 schools). Fully selective schools are some of the most advantaged schools in the system.

The Disability Support Program gets a top-up in this year's budget but the National Disability Coordination Officer program was abolished (saving the same amount). It was one of the few programs working across HE and VET. Reform would have been the better path. Poor trade-off.

The budget maintains funding for the Indigenous, Regional and Low SES Attainment Fund (IRLSAF) but the targets for Indigenous and low SES student participation remain below actual participation (as per the latest published data). We're aiming for a decrease?!

Yay, Budget Night!! I’m strapped in with popcorn and bubbles!