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First in family to attend university
STEM: What universities could do right now to help first-in-family men succeed
Men from working-class and minority backgrounds are rarely represented in STEM disciplines. For those who choose to …
What happens now to students who are first-in-family to go to university?
Students who are the first in their family to attend university remain severely under-represented, despite policy efforts to …
There are direct actions we can take now to make university access fair
While in recent decades there has been a focus on improving equitable access to higher education, inequalities cannot be overcome by simply exhorting more young people to go to university. Policies must also address the disparities between students that affect their capacity to ‘choose’ higher education. Australia has seen substantial growth in university enrolments since …
First in family to attend university: latest Australian research findings
Over the past fifty years there has been a huge increase in enrolments in higher education in many …