Publications - Student Equity Unit

• Rural Students Survival Guide - helpful information for rural students - contact the Margaret Heagney, Co-ordinator of Student Equity by email at Margaret.Heagney@adm.monash.edu.au to request a copy
• Respecting Difference - Teaching students with diverse educational backgrounds (cultural diversity brochure)
• A Fair Go in the Classroom - Quality Teaching for All (gender equity brochure)

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

• Heagney M, (2004) "Dropping Out in Australia: Young students from low socio-economic backgrounds and non-completion" in proceedings of colloquium, Leaving Early: International Perspectives on Working Class Students' Withdrawal. Website: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/institutes/access/research/res20.htm
• Heagney M (2003) "Enhancing Student Retention: Using International Research to Improve Policy and Practice," Australian Report, Institute of Access Studies, Staffordshire University UK. www.staffs.ac.uk/institutes/access/research/res18.htm
• McLean P, Heagney M, Gardner K (2003) "The Implications of Globalisation for Supporting Students with a Disability: an Australian Perspective" in Thomas L, Cooper M, Quinn J (eds) Improving Completion Rates among Disadvantaged Students, Stoke-on-Trent, U.K. and Sterling USA, Trentham Books pp11-32
• McLean P, Heagney M, Gardner K (2003) "Going Global: The implications for students with a disability" in James R & Mok K (eds) Higher Education Research and Development, 22 (2): pp217-228.
• Ferrier F & Heagney M (2001) "Disadvantage is complex: targeting special groups is not enough" in Thomas L, Cooper M & Quinn J (eds) Access to Higher Education: The Unfinished Business, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire University Press, pp 83-97.
• Ferrier F & Heagney M (2001) "Re-thinking equity for students at Monash University" in Journal of Institutional Research, 10 (2): pp 50-68.
• Heagney M, Preece J, Blunt B, Popov N (2000) "Restructuring Higher Education in the Context of Political Change and Equity Concerns: a comparative study" in Thomas L & Cooper M (eds) Changing the Culture of the Campus: Towards an Inclusive Higher Education, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire University Press, pp 104-117.
• Ferrier F & Heagney M (2000) "Dealing with the Dynamics of Disadvantage: Options for Equity Planning in Higher Education Institutions", in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning: The Journal of the Institute for Access Studies and The European Access Network, 2 (1) pp 5 -14.
• Heagney M & James M (1998) "Student Equity: an Australian perspective" in Preece J (ed) with Weatherald C and Woodrow M, Beyond the Boundaries, exploring the potential of widening povision in Higher Education, Leicester, NIACE., pp 75-84
• Heagney M (1995) "Equity and Fee Courses: Choosing between a rock and a hard place" in Proceedings of Second National Conference on Equity and Access in Tertiary Education, 3-7 July.