Volume 15 Issue 2 2024

Abstract

In 2024 the Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference (STARS), Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA) joined together to host the 2024 Student Success Conference.

This collaboration was intentional. Internationally, access to and improving the student experience in tertiary education remains a focus for providers, regulators and governments.  In Australia, for instance, the Australian Universities Accord Final Report (Department of Education, 2024) provides a future-focussed blueprint for decision makers and practitioners. The Final Report and its Recommendations are anticipated to shape higher education policy and practice in the period leading to 2050, with the goal of improving the quality, accessibility, affordability and sustainability of Australia’s higher education system. STARS, EPHEA and NAEEA believed it was timely to bring together organisations whose key focus is student success, in a collegial forum to disseminate current research, good practice, progressive ideas and opportunities focused on enhancing access and outcomes.