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The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success acknowledges Indigenous peoples across Australia as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which the nation’s campuses are situated. With a history spanning more than 60,000 years as the original educators, Indigenous peoples hold a unique place in our nation. We recognise the importance of their knowledge and culture, and reflect the principles of participation, equity, and cultural respect in our work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future, and consider it an honour to learn from our Indigenous colleagues, partners, and friends.

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ACSES conducts targeted research, projects and data analysis to inform student equity policy and practice, as well as commissioning external research through competitive grants programs and Fellowships. The Centre also disseminates good practice examples and high-quality research with relevance to student equity in higher education.

This Research Library provides a searchable repository of publications, research, and resources published on the ACSES website since 2013.

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Understanding school students’ aspirations in uncertain times
L Fray, S Patfield, K Sincock, J Gore, and C Rubie​ , 2026
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study returned to a diverse cross-section of schools in the Aspirations Longitudinal Study (2012-2015) to understand how students’ views about their futures had changed over the past decade.
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Pathway programs and Indigenous student completion: Building the evidence
B Fredericks, K Barney, T Bunda, A Moor, K Hausia, S Parlett, N Richy, and D Taylor-Griffiths​ , 2026
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study identified and analysed the strategies used in three Group of Eight university pathway programs to support Indigenous students to successfully transition into and through university.
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Time for a rethink: Assessment policy to enable equity
J Dargusch, L Harris, J Willis, M Kettle, J Arnold, N Rogers, J Gallagher, and D N Chi​ , 2026
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study examined how assessment policies and practices around time are creating barriers for students from equity groups including First Nations people, migrants and refugees, people with disabilities, and those from low socio-economic backgrounds and regional and remote areas.
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Navigating the cultural interface: Indigenous PhD scholars’ experience of working toward equity in health research across Australia, Turtle Island Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand
S Andrews, T Eastman, E Munro-Harrison, and O Mazel​ , 2025
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study explored the ways in which Indigenous PhD scholars in Australia, Turtle Island Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand are championing community-informed and Indigenous-led research at the cultural interface in higher education.
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“We want to build a culture of learning in our community”: The widening participation functions of the Regional University Study Hubs Program
D Keenan​ , 2025
An ACSES Equity Fellowship final report. Using a mixed methods approach, this study offers new insights, including a typology of Regional University Study Hub models and key recommendations to strengthen the program’s impact on student success.
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Indigenous success: Creating a Senior Leadership Capability Model (SLCM) through capacity building
P Anderson, T Pham, and C Tapia Parada​ , 2025
An ACSES First Nations Fellowship final report. This project created a Senior Leadership Capability Model (SLCM), which is a unique framework specifically designed for university leaders to foster Indigenous success in higher education.
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Increasing the number of Aboriginal teachers in the Northern Territory: Planning for the future
T Woodroffe​ , 2025
An ACSES First Nations Fellowship final report. This project explored how teaching is perceived as a career by Aboriginal senior secondary students and current Aboriginal teachers, and examined strategies to promote teaching as a viable and appealing profession.
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Addressing placement inequities via participatory action research
A Bell​ , 2025
An ACSES Equity Fellowship final report. This project tackled placement poverty and exclusion faced by university students, especially those from equity-deserving groups, by co-developing 40 practical solutions with students and educators.
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Investigating the relationships between First-in-Family status, equity groups, and university access
T Zając, G Stahl, W Tomaszewski, and N Xiang ​ , 2025
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study compared the university enrolment patterns of First-in-Family (FiF) students, defined as students without university-educated parents, with that of non-FiF students.
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The Intersection of Geography, Topography and Mindset
Susan Webb, Reshmi Lahiri-Roy, Elizabeth Knight, Paul Koshy ​ , 2024
A Nuanced Understanding of Regional, Rural and Remote Students’ Tertiary Participation in Australia.
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The Critical Interventions Framework Part 3: Programs and approaches that enable equity in higher education
Anna Bennett, Ryan Naylor, Jo Hanley, Jo Lewis, Cheryl Burgess​ , 2024
The Critical Interventions Framework Part 3 (CIF 3) focuses on evaluative studies which provide details of the impacts of specific interventions on equity groups in relation to access to and success in higher education.
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“We want to build a culture of learning in our community”: The widening participation functions of the Regional University Study Hubs Program
D Keenan​ , 2025
An ACSES Equity Fellowship final report. Using a mixed methods approach, this study offers new insights, including a typology of Regional University Study Hub models and key recommendations to strengthen the program’s impact on student success.
Regional, rural and remote
Regional and remote
Increasing the number of Aboriginal teachers in the Northern Territory: Planning for the future
T Woodroffe​ , 2025
An ACSES First Nations Fellowship final report. This project explored how teaching is perceived as a career by Aboriginal senior secondary students and current Aboriginal teachers, and examined strategies to promote teaching as a viable and appealing profession.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Indigenous
Investigating the relationships between First-in-Family status, equity groups, and university access
T Zając, G Stahl, W Tomaszewski, and N Xiang ​ , 2025
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study compared the university enrolment patterns of First-in-Family (FiF) students, defined as students without university-educated parents, with that of non-FiF students.
First in Family
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The Critical Interventions Framework Part 3: Programs and approaches that enable equity in higher education
Anna Bennett​ , The University of Newcastle​
The Critical Interventions Framework Part 3 (CIF 3) focuses on evaluative studies which provide details of the impacts of specific interventions on equity groups in relation to access to and success in higher education.
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Regional, rural and remote
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“We want to build a culture of learning in our community”: The widening participation functions of the Regional University Study Hubs Program
An ACSES Equity Fellowship final report. Using a mixed methods approach, this study offers new insights, including a typology of Regional University Study Hub models and key recommendations to strengthen the program’s impact on student success.
Regional, rural and remote
Regional and remote
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Increasing the number of Aboriginal teachers in the Northern Territory: Planning for the future
An ACSES First Nations Fellowship final report. This project explored how teaching is perceived as a career by Aboriginal senior secondary students and current Aboriginal teachers, and examined strategies to promote teaching as a viable and appealing profession.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Indigenous
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Fellowship Reports
Investigating the relationships between First-in-Family status, equity groups, and university access
Tomasz Zając​ , The University of Queensland (UQ)​
A Small Grants Research Program final report. The study compared the university enrolment patterns of First-in-Family (FiF) students, defined as students without university-educated parents, with that of non-FiF students.
First in Family
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