Improving access
The Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) provides funding to universities to implement strategies that improve access to undergraduate courses for people from regional and remote Australia, low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds, and Indigenous persons. HEPPP also helps to improve the retention and completion rates of those students.
The program has been established to help reach the Government’s goal to see 20% of all university enrolments filled by low SES students.
The University of Newcastle has a 20% admissions target for domestic low socio economic students which meets the Australian government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) low socio-economic enrolment target for Australian tertiary institutions.
In 2021, the University of Newcastle enrolled 7,505 students from Low SES backgrounds representing 22% of the University’s domestic enrolments.
The University of Newcastle has exceeded the HEPPP target for the last four years and continues the trend of enrolling greater than 20% of its domestic students from the Low SES or bottom financial quintile.
For more information, please visit https://www.education.gov.au/heppp.
Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.