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Small Town Culture, a music group aiming to capture the spirit and uniqueness of life in the country, is an initiative funded by the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) dedicated to raising the aspirations of regional and remote students. Australian country music singer/songwriter, Josh Arnold, has been working with USQ since 2012, visiting schools in […]
31 July 2014
28 July 2014
Written by Tim Pitman for The Conversation The 2013 student data has been released, which includes information on access for groups of students under-represented in higher education. Lately, most of the attention has been on students from low socio-economic backgrounds, and whether or not the implementation of the demand driven system – or uncapping the […]
28 July 2014
22 July 2014
Report prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the Australian Government Department of Education SUMMARY Increasing participation in higher education for under-represented groups has been a goal of both the Australian Government and Australian universities. In particular, the government has invested in a wide range of programs to support the efforts of […]
22 July 2014
A recent study in Central Queensland of over 200 low- and mid-SES secondary school students suggested that schools are very influential in students’ decision-making about their higher education (HE) futures, with 59% of students suggesting that the views of their teachers were important or extremely important in this context.1 Other studies have noted that between […]
22 July 2014
OLT Report written by Don Boyd, Emmy Terry and Professor Sue Trinidad EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following report documents the journey, deliverables/outcomes and recommendations of the project Developing Strategies at the Pre-service Level to Address Critical Teacher Attraction and Retention Issues in Australian Rural, Regional and Remote Schools. In 2009 a group of tertiary educators from […]
4 June 2014
4 June 2014
It is recognised that regional and remote Indigenous students are under-represented in both higher education and vocational education and training. While there is general agreement that bridging or enabling education courses and programs are important in lifting participation rates and potentially in encouraging mobility between the sectors, there is a clear lack of evidence underpinning […]
15 May 2014
13 May 2014