Fair access to university depends on much more than making students ‘job-ready’

By Sally Patfield
Community contribution / November 17, 2021

Today is World Access to Higher Education Day, but Australia is still a long way off fair access for students from all backgrounds.

The enrolment share of students from low socio-economic, regional and non-English-speaking backgrounds fell in 2019. And that was before the ...

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Fair access to university depends on much more than making students ‘job-ready’

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