While research shows HEPPP has helped to increase numbers of disadvantaged students going to university, more specific evidence is still needed.
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About two-thirds of Australian medical students come from affluent backgrounds. Only one in ten from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.
In a recent article in The Conversation, Stewart Riddle cited UK, US and Australian research to argue that: … social class is the strongest predictor of educational achievement. But recent research shows…
The Conversation is running a series, Class in Australia, to identify, illuminate and debate its many manifestations. Here, Nicholas Biddle outlines how students’ low aspirations can lead to poor outcomes…
The Conversation is running a series, Class in Australia, to identify, illuminate and debate its many manifestations. Here, Stewart Riddle outlines the correlation between low socioeconomic backgrounds…
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Registrar in respiratory and sleep medicine, Monash Health
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow - School of Education and the Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland