Access & Geopolitics: Next Steps in Tackling the Equity Crisis in Global Higher Education (Recordings & Slides)
Welcome and Introductions
Dr David Mills, Director of the Centre for Global Higher
Education (CGHE)
Opening Plenary
Chair: Professor Graeme Atherton, Director of World Access to Higher Education Network (WAHEN)
- Dr Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert View slides.
- Professor Rachel Brooks, Professor of Higher Education, University of Oxford and President of British Sociological Association View slides.
- Professor Johanna Waters, Professor of Human Geography, UCL View slides.
- Professor Shamit Saggar, Executive Director of Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success View slides.
Paper Session 1A: Financing Equity
The Failures of Capitalism in Promoting Equitable Access to Higher Education View slides.
Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Financial Access for Low-Income Students in Indonesian Higher Education View slides.
Aid to Higher Education during the SDGs: Donor Interests Trump Recipients’ Access Needs View slides.
Perspectives of Elite University Students on the Distribution of Higher Education Opportunities in England
Paper Session 1E: Lived Experiences, Student Journeys, and Promoting Inclusion Across Systems
Navigating Whiteness in Education: A Pasifika Perspective View slides.
Relative Privilege: The Politics of Widening Participation at Lower-Tier Higher Education Institutions in China
Strongarmed by Silence: How Inaction Sustains the Exclusion of Students with Vision Impairment from STEM Education?
Understanding Rural Youth Journeys to and through Higher Education in Ghana
Paper Session 1G: Politics and Policy: Rethinking Systems and Strategies in Higher Education
Intersectionality in Higher Educational Institutions: Design and Implementation Strategies. The University of Malta Experience View slides.
Balancing Worlds – Navigating Pacific Wellbeing and Cultural Integrity within Australian Higher Education
Steps Required for Tackling the Equity Crisis in Higher Education in India
Reforming the ‘Right’ Way: Market, Hypernationalism, and Curriculum Vigilantism in Indian Higher Education View slides.
Paper Session 1K: Geopolitics and Global Mobility
The Expansion of Higher Education: Contextual Influences on Outcomes View slides.
Is It Worthwhile to Study Abroad? The Experiences of Self-Funded Students from a Non-Double First-Class University in the Less Developed Region of China View slides.
Bridging the Divide: Enhancing Student Success in Accounting Education Through Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) Institutions View slides.
Panel Discussion: What can the UK learn from global discussions about widening access?
Chaired by Dr James Robson, Director of the Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
- John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students
- Dr Samina Khan, Director for Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach, University of Oxford
- Professor Graeme Atherton, Director of World Access to Higher Education Network (WAHEN)
- Danielle Watkis, DPhil
Paper Session 2A: Private Provision and Equity
Private provision and higher education as a public good in Africa: Implications for equity and quality View slides.
The Impact of Private Higher Education Provision on Equity and Access: A Comparative Analysis of East Africa and Europe
Elite Private Higher Education in Malaysia and Pakistan: Contributions, Insights, Nuances, and Transformative Possibilities View slides.
Private funding for public good and public funding for private good? Thinking of the democratization of Higher Education in Brazil in terms of access, success and belonging View slides.
Paper Session 2E: Pathways and Barriers: Understanding and Supporting Underrepresented Learners in Higher Education
Multiple Inequalities at the Beginning of University Life: The Case of Southern Patagonia, Argentina View slides.
Financing Equitable Access to Higher Education in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities Amid Rising Demand View slides.
Pathways into and through Higher Education for young people with experience of children’s social care
Providing meaningful access for success: A case study
Paper Session 2G: Politics and Policy: Rethinking Systems and Strategies in Higher Education
The current right-wing government’s reaction to free access to Argentine public universities View slides.
Progress in the implementation of the National Strategy on the Social Dimension of Higher Education in Austria. What promotes and what challenges the process?
Equity at a Crossroads: Rethinking Private Provision in Ghana’s Higher Education View slides.
Reexamining the Quota System in Bangladesh’s Higher Education: Trends, Gaps, and Policy Implications View slides.
Paper Session 2K: Equity without Borders: Global Strategies for Inclusive Higher Education
Financing Equity: Racialised Financial Burdens and Global Pathways for African American and Latino Students in U.S. Higher Education View slides.
Experience of the UNESCO Chair of Inclusion in Higher Education in Chile
From Limitations to Deprivations: Examining Challenges, Global Policies, and Geopolitical Factors Affecting Afghan Refugee Women’s Access to Fair Higher Education in Host Countries (Pakistan and Iran) View slides.
Universitas 21 – A Global Perspective on Collecting Data to Support Staff and Students from Marginalised Communities View slides.
Closing remarks
Dr David Mills, Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE)
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