When public schools are unable to offer advanced subjects, students who had planned to go to uni give up hope.
- Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
Our results highlight what’s possible when programs aimed at helping the most disadvantaged students are well funded.
Three decades of efforts to improve equal access to university have not worked. A new book, based on ten years of research, aims to look beyond narrow, impersonal definitions of ‘equity’.
We compared the educational progress in years 3 and 4 in 2019 with 2020 – the year normal schooling was disrupted by the pandemic. Overall, students progressed at the same rate in both years.
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