Widening the Participation of Indigenous Students in Australian Higher Education

Abstract

In Australian higher education, Indigenous students are defined as students who selfreport as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student to their higher education provider, either at the time of their enrolment or during their studies. This briefing paper considers how Australian universities are performing against parity targets for the participation of Indigenous students in higher education. It finds that despite over three decades of the widening participation agenda, significant work remains to reach targets for enrolments and completions inundergraduate, postgraduate coursework, and postgraduate research