The Kungullanji Program: Creating an Undergraduate Research Experience to Raise Aspirations of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in the Sciences

Campbell, Jennifer-Leigh; Chang, Sushila

doi:10.18833/spur/4/3/17

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“…Students often may not access the IEU at their university because they believe they do not need what Nakata et al (2018) described as supplementary support. However, as this research has found, there are many ways in which engaging with GUMURRII has contributed to student success, for example, providing access to additional opportunities such as the Kungullanji undergraduate research experience (Campbell & Chang, 2021) and tutoring for future strategic purposes.…”

Section: Enhancing Engagement and Creating Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Kungullanji is an undergraduate research experience designed for First Peoples students and includes past students as mentors (Campbell & Chang, 2021). It accepts students in all years with varying levels of academic achievements, aiming to "improve cultural safety in research by creating a new space within the institution for Indigenous undergraduate research so as to better support inclusiveness, leadership, and cross-cultural collaboration between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and non-Indigenous researchers" (Campbell & Chang, 2021, p. 68).…”

Section: Accessing Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Accordingly, to increase student engagement, there should be a stronger focus on activities that move beyond orientation and the first-year experience. Students in this study spoke of their participation in the Kungullanji program (Campbell & Chang, 2021) and how this enhanced their university experience. This program could be expanded to more students and/or support similar programs in the faculties that provide opportunities to students whose research aspirations are not being met.…”

Section: Making the Initial Connectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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First Peoples' perspectives on successful engagement at university: What keeps students coming back to Indigenous education units?

Cook

Whatman

Sammel

2023

AJIE

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In this article, we present a case study of the nature of First Peoples’ engagement with the GUMURRII Student Success Unit at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Higher education plays a critical role in improving socioeconomic outcomes in First Peoples communities. Recent reports indicate First Peoples are still under-represented at university, with lower participation and higher attrition rates than non-Indigenous students. Previous studies indicate that engagement with Indigenous education units (IEU) improves student progression, retention and success; however, the specific nature of engagement with IEUs from the students’ perspectives has not been widely examined. We address a gap within the literature, seeking to better understand how support services are being contemporarily utilised by First Peoples students. By utilising an Indigenist research design, we offer an interpretation of the lived experiences of First Peoples students to better understand their reasons for engagement with IEUs, and to explore the impact upon their ongoing participation and outcomes in higher education. The findings contribute to broader understandings of the role of IEUs in higher education and illustrate that students engage with them for reasons that extend far beyond traditional tertiary support.

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Section: Enhancing Engagement and Creating Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Accessing Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Making the Initial Connectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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