‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’ – how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni

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 they are not only less likely to go to uni, but they are also less likely to graduate than those with university-educated parents.