Inaugural World Access to Higher Education Day is 28 November

The inaugural World Access to Higher Education Day is 28 November. As part of this, University of Southern Queensland is webcasting a series of speakers. USQ have invited questions via the hashtag #WAHED2018. But that is still hours of mostly talking heads, which is not the university experience I want. I got far more than that, with far less video, as a USQ student.

Program

Prudence Melom

9.30 am – 10.30 am Equity in Education for all creates great leaders of tomorrow. Keynote Address: Prudence Melom

11.00 am – 11.30 am Using USQ systems data insights to enhance the success and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Presenters: Angela Murphy, Ryan Cornwell, Benjamin Robert Dexter. University of Southern Queensland

11.30 am – 12.00 pm Strategies and Successes: ways of making education available to incarcerated students. Presenters: Stephen Seymour, University of Southern Queensland; Jayne Walker, Queensland Corrective Services; Marcus Harmes, University of Southern Queensland

12.00 pm – 12.30 pm Open Access College: widening access and enabling education at a regional
university. Presenters: Marcus Harmes, David Bull, Tatra Palfrey, University of Southern Queensland

1.30 pm – 3.00 pm Panel Session: Does everyone belong at university? Paul Buckley, Student, University of Southern Queensland (AEST); Jenelle Choyce, Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training; Roger Green, Mentoring for Growth member, and recipient of the Etcom Small Business
of the Year Award; Kristen Lyons, University of Queensland; Natalie Osborne, Griffith University + Brisbane Free University.

ps: The following week I will be presenting a short paper on how to provide micro-credentials for students of the Indo-Pacifc using mobile phones at the 7th International Conference on  Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) in Woolongong.