Bridges, Pathways and Transitions

Chapter 3

Building Bridges

The Story Behind Australia’s Largest Widening Participation Collaboration

Gail Whiteford¹, Annette Cairnduff², Catherine O’Donnell³, Jane Cavanagh⁴, Ruth Tregale⁵ and Jude Stoddart⁶,    ¹Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia,    ²The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia,    ³Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia,    ⁴Institute of Child Health at University College London, London, United Kingdom,    ⁵Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia,    ⁶Senior Equity Consultant, Sydney, Australia

Abstract

The story of Bridges to Higher Education, in which a consortium of five large Australian universities joined together in collaboration with numerous stakeholder groups to offer a comprehensive ...