Associate Professor Anna Bennett
Associate Professor/Director, Pathways and Academic Learning Support
Learning and Teaching
- Email:anna.bennett@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5378
Enabling approaches to access and success at university through inclusive design and evaluation
Dr. Anna Bennett is Director of the Pathways and Academic Learning Support (PALS) Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia, which offers higher education pathways, preparation programs and learning support for over 16,000 domestic and international students every year.
Her expertise lies in her deep knowledge of the pathways sector, inclusive and innovative approaches to program and curriculum design and student support, and the ability to recognise and address higher education trends and policies that enable change. Dr Bennett has a Phd in Sociology (UNSW), with publications and projects that explore inter/national higher education pathways, support, transitions and equity programs and their evaluation, and the policies that shape them. In 2020, Dr Bennett also worked with leaders in the field of equity across the higher education sector on the commissioned grant to understand 'Success from the Perspective of the Successful: Low SES Students, Success and Completion in Higher Education'.
Dr Bennett has also recently contributed new concepts that better enable all students to develop academic capability, and about the importance of pace and time in higher education courses to improve inclusion and retention. She also produced the Equity Initiatives Framework (EIF), another Department of Education commissioned international review of access and equity program impact, which focussed on the whole of the student learning journey, from access to postgraduate programs and learning support. The framework is used by the majority of Australian universities to guide and evaluate their access, transition and equity programs, and is outlined in a recent publication ‘Access and equity program provision-evaluation in Australian higher education: a what matters approach' Educational Research and Evaluation (2019).
Dr Anna Bennett works to identify the underlying powerful, but often ‘invisible’, educational approaches, course design and pedagogies that continue enduring problems and inequities in higher education. Identifying and disrupting these assumptions and habits is the goal of her research.
Dr Bennett believes we have a responsibility to put at the forefront of education the needs of the people they serve - to provide for them the types of programs and experiences they value. Programs and evaluation therefore need to be designed in highly responsive ways. Challenging outdated and socio-culturally biased assumptions at broader systematic and everyday levels is critical for ensuring that programs do not exclude and serve only small cohorts of students already more advantaged.
“Inclusion, diversity and responsiveness need to be front-and-centre of education and central to the responsive design and evaluation of it” Dr Bennett said.
“There are so many variables in people's backgrounds, contexts and destinations, and this changes considerably over time. Therefore, it is critical for us to appreciate this diversity, rather than impose 'one-size-fits all' structures. Continuous (re)design and evaluation processes enable us to ensure that learning experiences into, through and beyond an individual's education are engaging and meaningful".
Dr Bennett has led research on perceptions and experiences of capability, pace and time in higher education and their impact on diverse groups of students, including students from regional and rural areas. In a recent study, Capability Belonging and Equity in Higher Education (2015), Dr Bennett and colleagues found that there are serious consequences to deeply held, widespread assumptions and related stereotypes about who belongs and is capable in higher education. “Our notion of what constitutes capability, talent and potential is often very limiting for many students because we do not consider the wider impacts of socio-political and economic forces, students' broader relationships, locations, and cultural backgrounds. If we understand that capability is continuously developed in relation to context and that it can be nurtured in ways that value the wonderful individuality of each student, we can then become capable of improving student outcomes.” Dr Bennett said.
“We need to build responsive frameworks to serve our diverse populations" she added.
Evidence of Impact
Dr Bennett explains that evidence collected through a major national study she recently led shows that the most effective access and equity programs are student and stakeholder-centred and context-specific. Conducted with colleagues from the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, the Equity Initiatives in Australian Higher Education study was commissioned by the Australian Government and identifies initiatives that provide evidence they are effective, from school outreach through to postgraduate programs.
“It was the first national review to capture effective initiatives across Australian higher education. Importantly, the study also shows that rigorous evaluation is very important for ensuring that money invested is money well spent” Dr Bennett said.
Dr Bennett is Director of the Pathways and Academic Learning Support (PALS) Centre at the University of Newcastle.
“I am proud of the outstanding outcomes from our rich history of programs that have provided 60,000 students with access to enabling education for almost 50 years, as well as our English language and International learning support programs and services which are award winning and sector leading,” said Dr Bennett.
Enabling approaches to access and success at university through inclusive design and evaluation
Dr Anna Bennett is challenging everyday taken-for-granted assumptions and unrecognised historical habits to achieve more equitable education systems
Career Summary
Biography
Dr. Anna Bennett has a PhD in Sociology and applies theory and concepts to better understand issues in higher education. Current research areas include: analysis of access, participation and equity programs, evaluation and policies in higher education; discourses of capability; time and space in higher education; and exploring identities and subject positions in higher education.
Expertise
Anna is Director of the Pathways and Academic Learning Support (PALS) Centre at the University of Newcastle (UON)
Editor of the International Studies in Widening Participation journal.
Member of the international editorial board for Teaching in Higher Education
Member of the National Association of Enabling Educators Australia (NAEEA) Executive Committee and leads a NAEEA enabling programs advocacy subcommittee.
2018 Equity Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) UON
Co-convenor of the NAEEA Research Development and Collaboration Special Interest Group
Mentor Program Convenor National Writing Program, provided by CEEHE and sponsored by EPHEA/OFFA UK
Chair, Research Committee, ELFSC
Teaching and Administrative Expertise
Anna was convenor of Open Foundation, Australia's largest enabling program, for five years. Over 25 years of teaching experience (foundational and upper level Sociology). UON's enabling programs are open entry and enable people to qualify for entry into various degree programs across Australia through the UAC. ELFSC provides English language and Enabling programs for ~5,000 students every year.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Social Studies, University of Sydney
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Sociology
- Sociology of Education
Languages
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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390203 | Sociology of education | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Associate Professor | University of Newcastle Learning and Teaching Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Highlighted Publications
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2020 |
Bunn M, Bennett A, 'Making futures: equity and social justice in higher education timescapes', Teaching in Higher Education, 25 698-708 (2020) [C1]
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2021 | Bennett A, 'Open Foundation puts students at the core of curriculum and teaching', (2021) | ||||||||||
2021 | Bennett A, 'Finalists in the Opportunity and Inclusion category of the AFR Higher Education Awards.', (2021) |
Book (2 outputs)
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2016 |
Shah M, Bennett A, Southgate E, Widening Higher Education Participation: A Global Perspective, Chandos Publishing, Oxford, 264 (2016)
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2012 | Bennett AK, The Power Paradox: A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism, University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 137 (2012) [A1] | Nova |
Chapter (4 outputs)
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2016 |
Southgate E, Bennett AK, 'University Choosers and Refusers: Social Theory, Ideas of "Choice" and Implications for Widening Participation', Widening Higher Education Participation: A Global Perspective, Elsevier Chandos, Amsterdam 225-240 (2016) [B1]
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2015 |
Shah M, Bennett Southgate Shah, 'Global Perspectives on Widening Participation: Approaches and Concepts', Widening Higher Education Participation A Global Perspective, Elsevier, Amsterdam 241-253 (2015)
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1999 | Bennett AK, 'Feminismos y pedagogías en la vida cotidiana', Feminismos y pedagogías en la vida cotidiana, Ediciones Morata, Madrid, Spain (1999) | ||||||||||
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Journal article (20 outputs)
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2020 |
Lumb M, Burke PJ, Bennett A, 'Obscenity and fabrication in equity and widening participation methodologies', British Educational Research Journal, (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Bunn M, Bennett A, 'Making futures: equity and social justice in higher education timescapes', Teaching in Higher Education, 25 698-708 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Bennett A, 'Access and equity program provision-evaluation in Australian higher education: a what matters approach', Educational Research and Evaluation, 24 523-537 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Bennett A, Lumb M, 'Policy misrecognitions and paradoxes: developing more contextually attuned access and equity policies in Australian higher education', Policy Futures in Education, 17 966-982 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Bunn M, Bennett AK, Burke PJ, 'In the anytime: Flexible time structures, student experience and temporal equity in higher education', TIME & SOCIETY, 28 1409-1428 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Bennett AK, Burke P, 'Re/conceptualising time and temporality: an exploration of time in higher education', Discourse, 39 913-925 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Motta SC, Bennett A, 'Pedagogies of care, care-full epistemological practice and other
caring subjectivities in Enabling Education', TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 23 631-646 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Southgate E, Brosnan C, Lempp H, Kelly B, Wright S, Outram S, Bennett A, 'Travels in Extreme Social Mobility: how first-in-family students find their way into and through medical education', Critical Studies in Education, 58 242-260 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Brosnan C, Southgate E, Outram S, Lempp H, Wright S, Saxby T, et al., 'Experiences of medical students who are first in family to attend university', Medical education, 50 842-851 (2016) [C1] CONTEXT: Students from backgrounds of low socio-economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under-represented in medicine. Research has focused... [more] CONTEXT: Students from backgrounds of low socio-economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under-represented in medicine. Research has focused on these students' pre-admission perceptions of medicine, rather than on their lived experience as medical students. Such research is necessary to monitor and understand the potential perpetuation of disadvantage within medical schools.
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2015 |
Buchanan RA, Southgate E, Bennett A, 'Editorial: Social justice in the enterprise university: global perspectives on theory, policy, ethics and critical practice', International Studies in Widening Participation, 2 1-3 (2015) [C3]
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2014 |
Southgate E, Bennett A, 'Excavating widening participation policy in Australian higher education: subject positions, representational effects, emotion', Creative Approaches to Research, 7 21-45 (2014) [C1]
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2012 | Bennett AK, Hodges BE, Kavanagh KO, Fagan SJ, Hartley JH, Schofield NJ, ''Hard' and 'soft' aspects of learning as investment: Opening up the neo-liberal view of a programme with 'high' levels of attrition', Widening Participation & Lifelong Learning, 14 141-156 (2012) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
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Conference (25 outputs)
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2020 | Bennett A, 'Enabling approaches to online, blended and hybrid educational design and pedagogy', UniSA (2020) | ||||
2020 | Bennett A, 'Time to be inclusive: developing multi-pronged responsive time structures for students who have high work and/or caring commitments', Central Queensland University (2020) | ||||
2018 |
Bunn M, Bennett A, Burke PJ, 'Temporalities of trust and betrayal: teaching and learning in the neoliberal university', Newport, Wales (2018)
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2015 |
Burke PJ, Bennett AK, 'Capability, belonging and mis/recognition in higher education', SRHE Annual Conference Papers, Newport, UK (2015) [E1]
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2015 |
Brosnan CJ, Southgate E, Outram S, Kelly B, Harris G, Saxby T, et al., ''It all seemed a bit too big for little old me': Understanding the experiences of medical students who are first in the family to attend university.', Newcastle (2015) [E3]
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2013 | Bennett AK, 'The non-traditional student within the higher education marketplace: an analysis of student expectations of Enabling university programs', NAEEA Conference Program, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne (2013) [E3] | Nova | |||
2013 | Bennett AK, Fagan S, 'Beyond self-doubt: techniques to counter the Impostor-Syndrome'', National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne (2013) [E3] | ||||
2012 | Hodges BE, Bedford T, Bennett AK, Hartley JH, Kavanagh KO, Klinger C, et al., 'Enabling retention: Understanding and improving student retention rates in Australian university enabling programs', Conference Handbook. Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2012, Auckland, New Zealand (2012) [E3] | ||||
2012 | Bennett AK, 'Alternative pathways to higher education in Australia: The importance of enabling and empowerment beyond mainstream conventions', Conference Handbook. Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2012, Auckland, New Zealand (2012) [E3] | ||||
2012 |
Bunn RJ, Bennett AK, Southgate EL, Cooper SA, Kavanagh KO, ''Wow, I didn't know that!' The benefits of taking a collaborative approach to transition experiences of enabling students into Undergraduate Education Programs', Conference Handbook. Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2012, Auckland, New Zealand (2012) [E3]
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2011 | Bennett AK, 'A case study of perceptions of power: Clubs Australia, pokies and the politics of 'spin'', Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference: Local Lives/Global Networks, Newcastle, NSW (2011) [E3] | ||||
2011 |
Bennett AK, Burgess CA, 'Challenges at the cultural interface: The hidden academic cultural curriculum', Proceedings of the 1st International Australasian Conference On Enabling Access To Higher Education, Adelaide, SA (2011) [E1]
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Media (3 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2021 | Bennett A, 'Open Foundation puts students at the core of curriculum and teaching', (2021) | ||
2021 | Bennett A, 'Finalists in the Opportunity and Inclusion category of the AFR Higher Education Awards.', (2021) | ||
2017 | Bennett AK, 'Programs-that-prepare-students-for-university-study-may-no-longer-be-free', (2017) |
Other (2 outputs)
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2015 |
Bennett A, Buchanan R, Southgate E, 'Editors: Social justice in the enterprise university: global perspectives on theory, policy, ethics and critical practice', ( issue.2) (2015)
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2013 | Brosnan C, Southgate E, MacQueen S, Kelly B, Outram S, Rubin M, et al., 'Faculty of education and arts strategic networks and pilot projects scheme', Equity in Elite Degrees: social difference, institutional practice and processes of change (2013) |
Report (8 outputs)
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2022 |
Bennett A, MacQueen S, 'Success from the perspective of the successful: equity, success and completion in higher education', DESE (2022)
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2018 |
Bennett AK, Motta S, Hamilton E, Burgess C, Relf B, Gray K, et al., 'Enabling Pedagogies: A participatory conceptual mapping of practices at
the University of Newcastle, Australia', Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (2018)
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2018 |
Bennett A, Motta SC, Hamilton E, Burgess C, Relf B, Gray K, Leroy-Dyer S, 'Conceptualising Enabling Pedagogies at the University of Newcastle', Centre for Excellence in Education in Higher Education, 250 (2018)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 16 |
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Total funding | $1,293,929 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
Highlighted grants and funding
Critical Interventions Framework Part 3: A review of Interventions to Enable Equity in Higher Education$59,700
Funding body: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
Funding body | National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) |
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Project Team | Anna Bennett, Ryan Naylor, Joanne Hanley, Joanne Lewis, Cheryl Burgess |
Scheme | Research Grants Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | N |
Higher Education Strategy - Collaboration and Innovation Fund$350,000
Funding body: NSW Department of Education
Funding body | NSW Department of Education |
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Project Team | Mary Teague UNSW lead; Samantha Clarke USyd |
Scheme | Collaboration and Innovation Fund |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2024 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1600 - Aust Competitive - StateTerritory Govt |
Category | 1600 |
UON | N |
20232 grants / $119,400
Critical Interventions Framework Part 3: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Interventions to Enable Equity in Higher Education$59,700
Funding body: Department of Education
Funding body | Department of Education |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Dr Ryan Naylor |
Scheme | National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G2300636 |
Type Of Funding | C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose |
Category | 2100 |
UON | Y |
Critical Interventions Framework Part 3: A review of Interventions to Enable Equity in Higher Education$59,700
Funding body: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
Funding body | National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) |
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Project Team | Anna Bennett, Ryan Naylor, Joanne Hanley, Joanne Lewis, Cheryl Burgess |
Scheme | Research Grants Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | N |
20222 grants / $368,000
Higher Education Strategy - Collaboration and Innovation Fund$350,000
Funding body: NSW Department of Education
Funding body | NSW Department of Education |
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Project Team | Mary Teague UNSW lead; Samantha Clarke USyd |
Scheme | Collaboration and Innovation Fund |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2024 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1600 - Aust Competitive - StateTerritory Govt |
Category | 1600 |
UON | N |
Military Academic Pathway Program (MAPP) II (National Veteran Pathways to University): Mapping Australia - A National Approach to the Military Academic Pathway Program$18,000
Funding body: Department of Veterans` Affairs
Funding body | Department of Veterans` Affairs |
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Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1500 - Aust Competitive - Commonwealth Other |
Category | 1500 |
UON | N |
20191 grants / $235,737
Success from the Perspective of the Successful: Low SES Students, Success and Completion in Higher Education$235,737
Funding body: Department of Education and Training
Funding body | Department of Education and Training |
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Project Team | Professor Penny Jane Burke, Doctor Olivia Evans, Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Professor Sarah O'Shea, Mrs Kristen Allen, Associate Professor Nida Denson, Nida Denson, Professor Peter Howley, Doctor Suzanne Macqueen, Dr Carmen Mills, Carmen Mills, Dr Ryan Naylor, Ryan Naylor, Associate Professor Maria Raciti, Ms Olivia Evans, Maria Raciti, Aprof MARK Rubin |
Scheme | Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (HEPPP) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G1900344 |
Type Of Funding | C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose |
Category | 2100 |
UON | Y |
20182 grants / $43,600
Equity Research Fellowship$39,150
Funding body: Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Funding body | Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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Scheme | Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
Equitable Approaches to Pedagogy and Course Design in the Teaching of First Year Economics and Politics$4,450
Funding body: Faculty of Business and Law University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Business and Law University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | T & L research grants |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20164 grants / $220,827
A comparative evaluation of the efficacy of the equity strategies employed by Australian universities$156,686
Funding body: Department of Education
Funding body | Department of Education |
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Scheme | Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | N |
It's About Time: working towards more equitable understandings of the impact of time for students in higher education$34,191
Funding body: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
Funding body | National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) |
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Project Team | Professor Penny Jane Burke, Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Professor Jacqueline Stevenson |
Scheme | Research Grants Program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1600939 |
Type Of Funding | C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose |
Category | 2100 |
UON | Y |
Enabling Pedagogies and Transitions $19,950
Funding body: Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Funding body | Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education |
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Project Team | Bennett, A., Motta, S., Burgess, C., Gray, K., Hamilton, E., Relf, B., Leroy-Dyer, S. and Albright, J. |
Scheme | Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
A comparative evaluation of the efficacy of the equity strategies employed by Australian Universities$10,000
Funding body: Department of Education and Training
Funding body | Department of Education and Training |
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Project Team | Professor Geoff Whitty, Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Professor Denise Wood, Chris Veraa, Lindy Smith, Marcia Devlin, Karen Nelson, Andrew Harvey, Angela Hill, Megan McBaron, Marcia Devlin |
Scheme | Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (HEPPP) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1600736 |
Type Of Funding | C2110 - Aust Commonwealth - Own Purpose |
Category | 2110 |
UON | Y |
20152 grants / $234,952
Critical Interventions Framework Part 2$205,262
Funding body: Department of Education
Funding body | Department of Education |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Ms Belinda Munn, Professor Geoff Whitty, Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore, Professor Max Smith |
Scheme | Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1501186 |
Type Of Funding | C2110 - Aust Commonwealth - Own Purpose |
Category | 2110 |
UON | Y |
Capability, Belonging and Equity in Higher Education: Developing Inclusive Approaches$29,690
Funding body: National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
Funding body | National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) |
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Project Team | Professor Penny Jane Burke, Associate Professor Anna Bennett, Associate Professor Seamus Fagan, Mrs Catherine Burgess, Aprof JANE Maguire, Associate Professor Erica Southgate, Associate Professor Shamus Smith |
Scheme | Research Grants Program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1500360 |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Commonwealth |
Category | 2OPC |
UON | Y |
20142 grants / $62,336
Overcoming limiting notions of academic capability: strategies to improve the participation and completion rates of students from non-traditional and low socio-economic backgrounds$47,336
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Anna Bennett |
Scheme | Special Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND ARTS STRATEGIC NETWORKS AND PILOT PROJECTS SCHEME$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Caragh Brosnan |
Scheme | Strategic Networks Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20121 grants / $9,077
Establishing effective and sustainable links between Enabling and undergraduate programs by examining the transitions of ELFSC students$9,077
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Anna Bennett |
Scheme | CTL grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2022 | PhD | Building Science Capability in Higher Education | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Home, Hope and the Gatekeepers of Life Long Learning | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | (Re) Constructing the Invisible: Religious and Gendered Subjectivities in Higher Educational Spaces - Aspiration, Access and Impact | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Notions of Success in Australian Enabling Education | Education, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | The Stories Behind the Figures: Successes Occurring for Enabling Students That the Data isn't Showing. Is it Time to Revisit the Definition of 'Success' in Higher Education to be More Inclusive? | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Professional identities and third space roles in Australian universities | Sociology, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Working within, without and between: identities, power/s and mis/recognitions of Third Space professionals in higher education | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2024 | PhD | Rhetoric and Reality: How Universities in Australia realise Equity | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Research Collaborations
The map is a representation of a researchers co-authorship with collaborators across the globe. The map displays the number of publications against a country, where there is at least one co-author based in that country. Data is sourced from the University of Newcastle research publication management system (NURO) and may not fully represent the authors complete body of work.
Country | Count of Publications | |
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Australia | 13 | |
United Kingdom | 3 | |
Canada | 2 |
News
News • 12 Nov 2021
Open Foundation puts students at the core of curriculum and teaching
According to the Department of Education Higher Education Statistics (2019), the University of Newcastle is the largest provider of pathways programs in Australia, with Open Foundation the largest and oldest.
News • 20 Oct 2020
New preparation program gives students a hand-UPP
Domestic students transitioning into their undergraduate degree in 2021 will have access to free personalised learning support thanks to an initiative at the University of Newcastle.
News • 19 May 2017
Programs that prepare students for university study may no longer be free
For the first time, students may have to pay up to A$3271 for “enabling” courses, designed to prepare students for university study.
News • 28 Apr 2017
University deadlines affecting student engagement
A new report shows many equity students in higher education are challenged by institutional expectations about time, with time management impacted by the competing imperatives of study, work and personal commitments.
Associate Professor Anna Bennett
Position
Associate Professor/Director, Pathways and Academic Learning Support
Learning and Teaching
Academic Division
Contact Details
anna.bennett@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4921 5378 |
Office
Room | GP104 |
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Building | GP104 Pathways Precinct |