Students
Report
Are schools really safe places in Australia?
This report looks at international experience with schools-based LGBTI anti-bias programs and makes some practical recommendations for the direction of further research so that effective programs can be agreed upon and implemented in schools across Australia.
Thesis
Educational Perspectives of Samoan Board Members of South Auckland Secondary Schools
There are many factors as to why Pasifika learners are not achieving alongside the rest of their social groups. Some factors may relate to socioeconomics, poverty, barriers to learning, and a school environment not conducive to Pasifika ways of being. School boards govern schools and one of their objectives is to provide quality education for...
Submission
Regional Universities Network (RUN) submission on the draft possible key elements of the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) guidelines
A small proportion of Australia’s universities, such as RUN’s members, do the ‘heavy lifting’ in terms of providing access to students from low SES backgrounds.
Submission
Regional Universities Network submission to the Department of Education and Training Improving retention, completion and success in higher education
Structural, socio-cultural, economic and demographic factors that powerfully drive trends around retention and completion impact on regional universities very strongly, and in ways that differ from metropolitan institutions.
Discussion paper
Improving retention, completion and success in higher education
The likelihood of withdrawing from university is generally correlated with ATAR, according to this report.