Our universities are expected to deliver on multiple fronts critical to the nation’s future.

These expectations include:
• providing world-class education
• driving research and innovation
• boosting economic growth, creating jobs and supporting local economies
• fostering global partnerships to enhance Australia’s international reputation, and
• playing a key role in supporting regional areas and communities.

Yet, Australia’s universities are at a tipping point.

Over the past decade, a combination of policy decisions and external pressures has placed unprecedented financial strain on institutions that serve as the country’s foundation of education,
research and innovation.

On behalf of Universities Australia’s members, we present to you the second annual report required by the Universities Australia’s Indigenous Strategy 2022–2025.

Universities Australia, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Committee, and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium would like to acknowledge the significant contributions UA’s members undertook in completing this year’s annual survey, using the new survey software and data collection method.

We are pleased that the findings of this report provide further evidence of the significant contributions Indigenous peoples are continuing to make in the higher education sector. Many colleges and schools are experiencing the benefits of incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being into their curricula. Additionally, an increasing number of Senior Executive teams are benefiting from the inclusion of Senior Indigenous leaders and their expertise.