The ‘university place’: how and why place influences the engagement and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students: Final Report 2017

摘要: This seed project aimed to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university student engagement retention. Specifically, this attended the notion of ‘university place’ provides information two tools that universities can use help optimise persistence educational outcomes Indigenous Australians. has produced meaningful, useful novel contributions are relevant sector. Central is place. Place broadly defined as ‘space + meaning’ (Harrison & Dourish 1996). People’s identity intertwined with places and, such, people knitted together (Sack 1997). Even so, relationship between people’s place often overlooked (Malpas 1999). experiential setting consists a specific location cognitive, emotional, behavioural social activities occur within (Relph 1976). People alter their them navigate (Baumeiser Muraven Thus, comprises in locale transpires across students’ experience which intertwined. For project, case study approach comprisedof employed mixed methods were organised into three stages. Stage 1 included collation baseline data from participating (e.g. enrolment numbers) beginning-project presentations. 2 comprised interviews focus groups qualitative was collected from: a) undergraduate postgraduate students; b) academic teaching staff; c) administrative, professional technical (APT) staff. From data, framework developed discussed at mid-project presentations disseminated report. Finally, 3 quantitative via surveys of: served evolve develop tools. End-project presentations, workshops, publications an e-booklet widely disseminate findings. [Executive summary, ed];