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Seary, Karen; Smith, Alice; Toth, Gabriela; Flanders, Margaret – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
The development of a student identity as it relates to the transition of commencing students to higher education has long been identified in the literature as essential to success. As importantly, the existence of a sense of belonging has been considered key to transition and success and the formation of a student identity. Less prominent in the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Disproportionate Representation
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Rissman, Barbara; Carrington, Suzanne; Bland, Derek – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2013
This paper reports how one Australian university and the Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) are working together to increase the number of school students from low socio-economic backgrounds enrolling in undergraduate university degrees. This innovative program involves university lecturers and school teachers working together…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Hughes, Katie; Brown, Claire – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2014
This paper begins by outlining the "education revolution" policy direction of the Australian federal government, and the ways in which it envisages meeting its goal of having a 40% of the population between 25 and 34 with a Bachelor's degree by 2025, and ensuring that 20% of tertiary students come form LSES backgrounds. This is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Cultural Capital