Who Seeks Access To What, When and Why?
Study title
Who Seeks Access To What, When and Why? Interrogating the Pivotal Role of Student Aspirations in Higher Education Participation (HEPPP, 2015)
Description
This project addressed low SES student underrepresentation in higher education, particularly in high-status degrees. Data from surveys and focus groups were mapped to indicate the specific occupational interests and educational aspirations of school students from Years 3–12 to inform targeted university outreach activities. A robust evidence base was generated, applicable to outreach activities across all Australian universities.
Publications
- Fostering diversity in the creative arts by addressing students’ capacity to aspire.
- An integrated analysis of school students’ aspirations for STEM careers: Which student and school factors are most predictive?
- Widening participation in medicine? New insights from school students’ aspirations.
- Parental influences on those seeking a career in STEM: The primacy of gender.
- Profiling Australian school students' interest in a nursing career: Insights for ensuring the future workforce.
- Unpacking the career aspirations of Australian school students: Towards an evidence base for university equity initiatives in schools.
- Australian school student aspirations for military careers: Traditional perceptions in shifting contexts.
- Who says we are not attracting the best and brightest? Teacher selection and the aspirations of Australian school students.
Contact
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.