All universities provide financial assistance and scholarships targeted towards Indigenous students. Some colleges such as Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and St Catherine’s College at the University of Western Australia have established successful residential programs to assist Indigenous students with educational opportunities. Through the consultation phase to prepare the profiles, it was identified that there may be opportunities to encourage more Indigenous students to choose student accommodation though the expansion of these programs to help Indigenous students feel at home in purpose built student accommodation. Regional Student Accommodation Assessment Feb 2018

Indigenous Education & Boarding Australia (IEBA) invite you to join a national conversation to explore the creation of a network to share information to improve engagement, retention and outcomes for First Nations university students.

This first forum will include a session on ABSTUDY and a discussion regarding an ongoing network. If there is support it is proposed that there will be quartlerly online forums during 2022 to discuss issues of interest and share best practice, with the view to a future national conference.

The proposed program for the first network meeting is:

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS - 30 minutes
Tamm Kingi, Trinity College

ABSTUDY SUPPORT FOR TERTIARY STUDENTS - 20 minutes
Danielle Aeuckens, Dept of Social Services
Tasmin Jackson, Services Australia

ABSTUDY QUESTIONS - 20 minutes
Open forum

INDIGENOUS RESIDENTIINAL COLLEGES NETWORK - 30 minutes
Group discussion

ANY OTHER MATTERS - 10 minutes
Open forum

NEXT STEPS AND THANKS - 10 minutes
Greg Franks, IEBA

For further information please contact:

Greg Franks
Indigenous Education & Boarding Australia
ceo@boardingaustralia.edu.au

Tamm Kingi
Trinity College – University of Melbourne
tkingi@trinity.unimelb.edu.au

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