Presentation
Navigating heightened risk among low SES students in VUCA times: What's the next best step?
World Access to Higher Education Day, 2021 (Virtual, 17-Nov-2021 - 17-Nov-2021)
Curtin University
2021
Abstract
There is no doubt that the pandemic has transformed higher education globally. Despite experiencing a paradigm shift of proportions unseen for decades, Australia’s widening participation (WP) community and its agenda remains resolute and committed to righting the wrongs of educational inequality. WP, however, is currently in the eye of the perfect storm. The perceived risk of going to university for students from low SES communities has been heightened during these VUCA times where Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity make it challenging to predict career outcomes. Shifting course delivery models and looming future work scenarios also fuel these perceived risks. It would seem that now is the time for the WP community to come together, reset the compass, and ask the hard question: What’s the next best step?
Details
- Title
- Navigating heightened risk among low SES students in VUCA times: What's the next best step?
- Authors
- Maria Raciti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - Legacy
- Event details
- World Access to Higher Education Day, 2021 (Virtual, 17-Nov-2021 - 17-Nov-2021)
- Publisher
- Curtin University
- Organisation Unit
- Sustainability Research Centre; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99584208402621
- Output Type
- Presentation
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