Volume 16 Issue 2 2025

Abstract

In 2025 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 again to host the Student Success Conference.

As demonstrated in 2024, the first year of the collaboration between STARS, EPHEA and NAEEA, there was enormous value in bringing together three peak bodies whose key focus is on student success.  The collegial Student Success Conference was an ideal opportunity to disseminate current research, good practice, progressive ideas and opportunities focused on enhancing access and outcomes for students in post secondary education.

This special 2025 Student Success Conference issue brings together the accepted peer-reviewed articles and selected practice reports. We were especially pleased to see the high number of submissions reflect the enthusiasm and breadth of research undertaken in regional Australian universities – as the Conference was held in Cairns, Australia.

The editorial team are particularly grateful to all the authors, reviewers, Advisory Board and the Editorial Board members, for their sustained and generous support of this open access publication.