Despite a nearly 50% increase in the proportion of 25-to-34-year olds with a degree since 2008, the percentage of university students from under-represented equity groups has hardly changed.
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Community-run centres in regional and remote Australia are having positive impacts on students who were historically under-represented at university and at high risk of dropping out.
People living outside our big cities face many obstacles to going to university, but the innovations during lockdowns have opened a door to permanently improving their access and experience of study.
A government review of regional, rural and remote education tells us we need to recognise the uniqueness of and understand successes in these communities to improve outcomes for these students.
Australia’s regional universities face many challenges that need to be addressed at a national level if we’re going to keep feeling the economic benefit from agriculture we felt last financial year.
How we calculate university drop-out rates must be amended to reflect the changing cohort of university students, who often dip in and out of study and take longer to complete their degree.
If we’re serious about closing the gap in Indigenous education, our new research shows the value of building better bridges into universities and vocational education.
High school drop-out rates combined with costly travel and living expenses puts regional students at a disadvantage when applying to universities in Australia.
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Emeritus professor, University of New England
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Director Academic Governance and Standards, Deakin University
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Research Officer, CQUniversity Australia
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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CEO/Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University
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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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Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University
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Professor and Director, RegionxLink, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor and Higher Education Researcher, Charles Sturt University
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Professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra
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Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Practice, School of Education, UNSW
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Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Newcastle