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Learn about HEPPP evaluation and financial responsibilities
Download our fact sheetLEAP On initiatives promote student graduate readiness. We promote lifelong learning by enabling students to develop employment ready skills, gain professional experience and build networks.
We encourage students to participate in experiential opportunities that consolidate academic learning. Our initiatives:
Widening Participation initiatives are funded by the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP).
In 2020, Macquarie University allocated HEPPP funding to the delivery of 29 separate widening participation initiatives. We engaged disadvantaged and underrepresented students across the life cycle of their learning journey. We also empowered primary and high school students with knowledge relating to alternate learning and entry pathways into university, raising their confidence to pursue higher education learning.
We supported students beginning higher education by providing them with information and resources to assist with academic preparedness. Connections with academics and services enhance student experience, learning outcomes and graduate opportunities.
The WPU values the importance of strong relationships, achieved through close working partnerships and collaborations with our community. Collectively, we can create a meaningful impact.
Our community-focused initiatives have assisted to raise awareness, advocacy and action.
The HEPPP Community Forum connects with an array of internal and external University stakeholders to:
Watch the recordings of our most recent forums on YouTube:
Download the combined speaker slides for more information and resources.
SEID is a network of internal, student-facing University stakeholders who meet quarterly to promote awareness of issues facing students and find collaborative solutions to support them.
RESIG is a grass-roots advocacy network, providing support to students from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in higher education.
Our initiatives involve:
Evaluations are an important means for the University to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to equity in education and the national widening participation agenda. Our quality assurance measures ensure our initiatives meet:
We employ both qualitative and quantitative approaches to:
We enable students to participate in initiatives that encourage career-ready skills:
CareerSeekers is a non-profit organisation supporting Australia’s humanitarian entrants into professional careers.
The program provides in-depth preparation and support to people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds who are studying at university or looking to restart their professional career in Australia.
Macquarie University formalised our relationship with CareerSeekers in 2019, and we have had 30 students undertake an internship to date.