{"id":30685,"date":"2026-03-13T10:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=30685"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:13:53","slug":"contribute-to-research-from-victoria-university","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/contribute-to-research-from-victoria-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribute to research from Victoria University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Reading time: 1 minute.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at Victoria University are looking for research participants <strong>who got admission into Bachelor programs via pathways where ATAR score is&nbsp;not the main factor. <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>About the study<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This research explores how <strong>domestic<\/strong>&nbsp;undergraduate students from <strong>low SES backgrounds<\/strong>&nbsp;experience university life across <strong>Victoria<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Western&nbsp;Australia<\/strong>. The aim is to understand what helps or hinders students\u2019 success and how universities can offer better support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>You\u2019re eligible if:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are currently studying at one of the following universities: <strong>Monash University, Federation University, RMIT University, The University of Western Australia, Curtin University, or Edith Cowan University<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You entered your current undergraduate course through <strong>a pathway that did not use an ATAR score<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You were identified as a <strong>low SES student<\/strong>\u00a0when you applied for your <strong>undergraduate <\/strong>degree. <strong>(Low SES refers to students living in the bottom 25% of Statistical Area 1 (SA1) regions according to the ABS SEIFA Index. You can check your area on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/socio-economic-indexes-areas-seifa-australia\/latest-release\">ABS SEIFA Map<\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>What\u2019s involved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>confidential interview<\/strong>\u00a0(approximately <strong>60 minutes<\/strong>) conducted online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You\u2019ll be asked about your educational pathway, your experience with the admission process, teaching and learning, and support systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>Interested?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to express interest, please contact: <strong>Dr Binh Ta, Mitchell Institute, <\/strong>Victoria University at <a href=\"mailto:binh.ta@vu.edu.au\">binh.ta@vu.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please email from your student email address, state which university you are currently study. Your low SES status will be confirmed in our interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To thank you for your time, you\u2019ll receive a <strong>$50 gift card<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Victoria University are looking for research participants who got admission into Bachelor programs via pathways where ATAR score is not the main factor. | Reading time: 1 min.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":29045,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4603,4857,5375,4591,5481,4663","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[142],"class_list":["post-30685","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-opportunities"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Curtin-Online-Students-38-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 05:44:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=30685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}