Australian universities undertake a broad range of initiatives to improve Indigenous higher education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and to deepen everyday Australian’s understanding of Indigenous knowledges and cultures.

In 2012, the Government uncapped university student places and established what was known as the “demand driven system”.

The Indigenous Student Success (ISSP) program is an initiative of the Commonwealth Government.

The Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) directly assists universities to increase the number of students from low-SES backgrounds enrolling and completing higher education.

UAW is a national group, sponsored by Universities Australia, that provides strategic advice and high-level guidance to Australian Universities and their governing bodies, relevant associated organisations and state/territory-based networks committed to improving the representation of women, both academic and professional, at executive levels of university leadership and governance.

Universities Australia, in partnership with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium (NATSIHEC), released its Indigenous Strategy 2017-2020 in March 2017.

The benefits of a university education for Indigenous students and their communities is at the heart of this campaign to inspire more Indigenous Australians into higher education.