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Institutional approaches and student perspectives on COVID-19 equity student support initiatives

  • Funded by National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)

  • Principal Investigator

    Lucy Mercer-Mapstone

  • Research Location

    Australia

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Sydney

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Disasters disproportionately impact marginalised groups. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption in higher education. Universities have rapidly responded, drastically altering students' experiences. This grant seeks to understand how 10 Australian universities have endeavoured to support equity students to retain access to learning through COVID-19. The team will analyse strategies undertaken by institutions and equity students' perspectives on those strategies. They will compare data across three types of universities (research intensive, innovative, and regional/remote) to identify in what ways institutions with significantly different cohorts can learn from each other to better support equity students in times of (future) crisis.