Increasing access and opportunity: Nesting Enabling programs in senior schooling

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Jones, Angela and Ramos, Fabiane. 2025. "Increasing access and opportunity: Nesting Enabling programs in senior schooling." 2025 Foundation and Bridging Educators New Zealand (FABENZ) 7th Biennial Conference . Wellington, New Zealand 08 - 09 Dec 2025

Paper/Presentation Title	Increasing access and opportunity: Nesting Enabling programs in senior schooling
Presentation Type	Presentation
Authors	Jones, Angela and Ramos, Fabiane
Year	2025
Conference/Event	2025 Foundation and Bridging Educators New Zealand (FABENZ) 7th Biennial Conference
Event Details	2025 Foundation and Bridging Educators New Zealand (FABENZ) 7th Biennial Conference Parent Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Delivery In person Event Date 08 to end of 09 Dec 2025 Event Location Wellington, New Zealand Event Venue National Library of New Zealand Event Web Address (URL) https://fabenz.org.nz/upcoming-conference-2025/
Abstract	In early 2024, four Australian universities (Edith Cowan, Murdoch, Southern Queensland, and Southern Cross) collaborated on a national benchmarking project examining in-school Enabling courses, supported by ACSES funding. Using NAEEA’s benchmarking framework, this first-of-its-kind study responded to the Universities Accord Final Report’s call for greater equity in higher education access. The project aimed to understand models of embedded high school Enabling programs by benchmarking and calibrating outcomes, assessments, and grading. Benchmarking revealed strong consistency across institutions in course design, partnership models and learning goals. This presentation shares key findings, including insights into best practice in designing embedded programs, student and educator perceptions on the efficacy of these programs as preparatory for university and outcome data, to showcase best practices for creating rigorous, supportive pathways to further study.
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	390306. Secondary education
	390303. Higher education
	3901. Curriculum and pedagogy
	3902. Education policy, sociology and philosophy
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Byline Affiliations	Edith Cowan University
	School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways - Pathways

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