Building ‘success’ into access education and training courses in vocational education and training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Regional and remote Indigenous students are underrepresented in both higher education and vocational education and training. This presentation explores current practices dealing with Indigenous enabling courses, particularly in the context of regional, dual-sector universities. In particular, it will focus on a nationally funded project which examined how enabling programs vary by institution (and region) in terms of structure, mode and ethos of offering; and direct and indirect impacts of these initiatives on Indigenous student participation and attainment; with a view to designing a best practice framework and implementation statement.