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Outreach & Social Inclusion
Ann StewartNational co-convenor EOPHEA Director, The Equity Office. The University of Queensland
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Overview
• Outreach in Australian universities
• Low SES & social exclusion
• Current challenges
• Emerging model
• Concluding statements
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Development of outreach in Australian universities – a brief background
1950s – post war. Menzies govt. Extensive scholarships & means-tested financial support. Encourage returned servicemen to uni & boost national educational level – related to national productivity.
• 1970s - Whitlam govt. Social justice agenda. Uni fees abolished & means tested education allowances.
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• 1980-90s – Hawke govt. A Fair Chance for All (Dawkins).– Designated equity (disadvantaged) groups– Under-representation related to proportion of
population.– HEEP funding introduced - universities
implemented schemes to increase participation. Reporting requirements.
– HECS introduced– Equity Scholarships provided
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1996 -2007 Under Howard govt.
– HECS substantially increased
– HEESP (increased funding)
– Re-introduction of Commonwealth scholarships
– HECS - HELP, FEE-HELP
2008 +Under Rudd govt.
Increased number Commonwealth scholarships
‘Sorry’ speech
Focus on social inclusion
National Centre for Student Equity, and???
Equity priorities remain essentially the same - emphasis on access for
Indigenous Australians and Low SES
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Why do outreach?• International competitiveness• National productivity• Skilled workforce• Social justice (values)• Social cohesion• Educated populace – citizenship• Harness intellectual capital• Reduction costs: welfare, criminal activity,
health
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Outreach & Low SES
1990 onwards
Traditional model: focus on schools in designated disadvantaged areas.– Equity scholarships, bursaries, grants– Mentoring & ambassador programs– Alternative entry pathways – Role models– Information events– School visits – Campus visits– Linked transition support programs– And so on…..
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What did all this do?
• Some improvement in numbers of women in non-traditional areas and postgraduate studies (much of this improvement for high SES women), and
• NESB groups (but significant analysis still required to ascertain differences between ethnic groupings, and intersection with gender). But…
• Virtually NO change in other groupings
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Challenges
• Students turned off by Year 10 • Subject choices not OP• Misconceptions about:
– university study– value of university education
• Parents disaffected with education(Parents most influence on post school choices)
• Current Context– Attraction of TAFE or employment– cost
University is nothing to do with people like us!
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Something new is needed!
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result
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New Message
University is a realistic option for people like ‘us’ –some time in our lives!
BUT
HOW DO WE EFFECT THIS LONG TERM, CULTURE SHIFT?
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A revisioned outreach
• National visionary leadership• Locally contextualised• Long term commitment• Sustainable reciprocal relationships with
community groups• Collaboration between stakeholder groups • Many challenges to overcome• Exciting possibilities for innovation & reduction of
duplication