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The podcast raising the bar for Australian universities. Clever thinkers from the Australian universities community tackling the big questions about systemic change. Students, advocates, academics, and refreshingly honest senior leaders come together to envision how higher education can genuinely serve staff and students from traditionally marginalised and underserved backgrounds - and chart the path to get there. Produced on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands by Ebe Ganon.
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Episode 5: Placement Equity with Amani Bell and Lachlan Sibir
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In this episode, Ebe speaks with Associate Professor Amani Bell (University of Sydney) and Lachlan Sibir (classroom teacher and researcher) about placement equity and placement poverty in Australian higher education. The conversation explores what placement equity means and why it matters for students from equity-deserving backgrounds. We discuss t…
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Episode 4: Keeping Disability Rights on the National Agenda with the DIIU
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In this special episode recorded at UNSW's Diversity Fest, we examine the rising global threats to diversity and inclusion through a disability lens. Join Ebe Ganon in conversation with Professor Jackie Leach Scully (Director, Disability Innovation Institute UNSW), Professor Alistair McEwan (former Disability Royal Commissioner), and Dr Supriya Sub…
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Episode 3: Indigenous Knowledge in Learning and Leadership with Tracy Woodroffe
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In this conversation, Ebe sits down with Dr Tracy Woodroffe, a Warumungu Luritja senior lecturer at Charles Darwin University, to talk about what it really means to embed Indigenous knowledge in Australian universities - and why our current approaches keep falling short. Tracy shares her journey from childhood, to teacher, to academic, explaining w…
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Episode 2: Universities and the Disability Discrimination Act
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The Disability Discrimination Act review is happening right now - and it could fundamentally change how disability rights work in Australian universities. But only if the sector actually gets involved. In this episode, Ebe unpacks four game-changing reforms proposed in the DDA review and why every person in our sector needs to engage with this once…
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Episode 1: Student Advocacy and Disability Inclusion with Gemma Lucy Smart
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In this inaugural episode, we dive into the power of student collectivism and what it actually takes to build genuine advocacy movements within universities. Host Ebe Ganon sits down with Gemma Lucy Smart, a PhD candidate and seasoned disability advocate who serves as both Disability Equity Officer and HDR Equity Officer for the Sydney University P…
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Episode 0: Introducing Higher Hopes with Ebe Ganon
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Welcome to Higher Hopes, the podcast raising the bar for Australian universities. In this trailer episode, host Ebe Ganon introduces a new kind of conversation about systemic change in higher education - one that genuinely centres student voices, lived experience, and solutions to move our sector forward. Tired of surface-level solutions and feel-g…
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