Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Research Higher Degrees in the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
CEEHE welcomes expressions of interest from potential RHD candidates from across disciplines, at PhD or Masters level, in line with the University’s eligibility requirements and application processes.
CEEHE is committed to providing a supportive and dynamic environment for research development—by fostering peer support networks, enabling access to leading international scholars in the field (through visiting Professor programs and collaborations with overseas institutions and networks), and providing opportunities to enter new spaces of scholarship under the mentorship of supervisors and other CEEHE staff.
Image: Professor Emeritus Sue Clegg during a visit to CEEHE in 2022.
Research Higher Degree students are an integral part of CEEHE's community of praxis and contribute to our research outputs and impact. Our current cohort represent a range of disciplines, methodologies, and modes of study, focussed on issues of social justice and equity in higher education.
CEEHE also offers a Graduate Certificate in Professional Equity and Inclusion. You can read more about the Graduate Certificate here.
More information on RhD study
Mode of study
Research—Full time (PhD or Masters level)
Aligning with CEEHE's principles and commitment to social justice, candidates undertake new research to address issues of equity in higher education and life-long learning.
Praxis—Part-time (PhD or Masters level) combined with equity practice
Aligning with CEEHE’s commitment to praxis based frameworks, PhD candidates are supported to embed higher-degree level research in their field of practice and complete a PhD (generally by publication) alongside their work.
Applying for a Research Higher Degree
If you would like to find out more about Research Higher Degrees with CEEHE please contact us on the details below.
Current PhD Students
Shay Greig
UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education Scholar
From Steel City to the Knowledge Economy: Class struggle, gender, and power within the Higher Education experiences and outcomes for working class students in the Illawarra
Luz Gamarra Caballero
UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education Scholar
Identifying the factors in Indigenous women students’ success in higher education: a comparative study in Australia and Peru
Ernestina Nyaaba
UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education Scholar
Building understandings of the impact of gender-based violence on higher education access in Ghana
Ms Evonne Irwin
Learning and Teaching
Identities, power relations and mis/recognitions of 'Third Space' professionals in higher education work contexts
- T: 49215557
- E: evonne.irwin@newcastle.edu.au
Mrs Kristen Allen
Learning and Teaching
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?.
- T: 02 4348 4287
- E: kristen.allen@newcastle.edu.au
Ms Sharon Smith
Learning and Teaching
Differences that matter: Intra-actions of religion, gender and higher education.
catherine-burgess
Rediscovering science: Transitions and success in STEM studies for students entering university via alternative pathways.
- T: (02) 4921 5137
- E: catherine.burgess@newcastle.edu.au
Belinda Munn
Home, Hope and the Gatekeepers of Life Long Learning.
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