The Racism@Uni survey, conducted in 2025, offers a detailed examination of racism in Australian universities. This presentation of the survey results presents a thematic analysis of open-ended qualitative questions. The analysis provides an understanding of the lived experiences of individuals affected by racism and the attitudes of respondents toward the topic of racism in Australian...

The largest and most comprehensive examination of racism in Australian universities. Its findings highlight that racism is deeply embedded across Australian universities and has profound impacts on students and staff. Racism occurs at similar rates at all Australian universities, confirming it is a systemic issue. The report makes 47 recommendations to Government and universities.

This policy brief analysed 40 years of Australian census data to determine the changing value of a university degree. It recommends replacing the Job Ready Graduates funding regime and diversifying post-secondary school pathways.

This report provides a formal evaluation of measures supporting the National Regional, Rural and Remote Tertiary Education Strategy. It assesses regional university funding, the Regional University Study Hubs Program, the Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program, and the Regional Education Commissioner role. The evaluation identifies 12 key recommendations to strengthen regional tertiary education outcomes.

Students undertaking compulsory placements as part of their university degrees encounter financial stress and often other forms of exclusion. This Australian project worked together with students and educators with lived expertise of placements to co-develop solutions to the issues of placement poverty and placement exclusion. It identified 40 solutions and eight overarching themes with seven...