‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10'– how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni
- Written by Sally Patfield, Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
Each year, about 30% of new undergraduates in Australia are the first in their families to go to university.
This means their parents do not have a university-level qualification. Often, they also don’t have any siblings or relatives who have gone to uni as well.
So these students must navigate a new and unfamiliar pathway. National data shows...





