Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE: The Socio-Spatial Influence of Schools

Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Molla, T., Findlay, K. and Sealey, T. (2015) Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE: The Socio-Spatial Influence of Schools. Project Report. Centre for Research in Education Futures and Innovation (CREFI), Deakin University, Melbourne.

Abstract

This report on Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE (Technical and Further Education) institutions is derived from research commissioned by Australia’s National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) hosted at Curtin University and conducted by researchers at Deakin University’s Strategic Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation (CREFI). The report focuses on the influence of schools on their students’ higher education (HE) preferences – particularly their preferences for TAFE bachelor degrees – as recorded by the Victorian and South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centres (VTAC and SATAC). Influence is researched in terms of a school’s socioeconomic status, geographical location and sector. The SATAC data set is considerably smaller, at around 8 per cent of the VTAC data set.

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Project Report)
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gale, Professor Trevor and Parker, Stephen
• Authors: Gale, T., Parker, S., Molla, T., Findlay, K., and Sealey, T.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Publisher: Centre for Research in Education Futures and Innovation (CREFI), Deakin University