Support for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
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The Access, Inclusion and Success (AIS) team leads Monash University’s strategy for improving the access, participation and transition to careers for students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds and regional and remote communities. Activities facilitated by the AIS team in 2023 included outreach and mentoring for secondary students, scholarships and academic co-curricular programs for our current students and alumni mentoring to strengthen graduate outcomes.
In 2023, 10.7 per cent of commencing domestic undergraduate students came from the lowest SES quartile.
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The Monash Guarantee
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The Monash Guarantee establishes a lower entry threshold for students from disadvantaged and lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds and a guaranteed place for those who meet the threshold. In 2023, more than 4000 offers were made to eligible applicants, which was approximately one-third of all offers made. Students admitted via the Monash Guarantee achieve a comparable level of academic success to non-Guarantee students from a similar ATAR band.
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Access Monash Mentoring
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Monash students participating in the Access Monash Mentoring program delivered intensive one-on-one mentoring to Year 11 and 12 students from low socio-economic status backgrounds aspiring to attend university. In 2023, Monash student mentors paired with 500 Year 11 and 12 students from partner schools to support them in their transition to higher education.
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