Acronyms

AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ALTF Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows A/Prof. Associate Professor ARC Australian Research Council ATAR Australian Tertiary Admission Rank ATEND Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability AusAID Australian Agency for International Development CDU Charles Darwin University CEEHE Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education CEO Chief Executive Officer CHEEDR Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research CoP Community of Practice CRADLE Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning FAAL Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law Go8 Group of Eight HDR Higher Degree by Research HELP Higher Education Loans Program HEPPP Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program

HILDA ISSR Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Institute for Social Science Research

JCIPP

John Curtin Institute of Public Policy LLN Language Literacy and Numeracy NAEEA National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia NCSEHE National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education NESB Non-English Speaking Background NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council NIRAKN National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network NPP National Priorities Pool NSW New South Wales NUHEIs Non-University Higher Education Institutions NUHEPs Non-University Higher Education Providers OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation

OLT

and Development Office for Learning and Teaching PASS Peer Assisted Study Support PFHEA Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy PGCW Postgraduate Coursework PhD Doctor of Philosophy Prof. Professor PVC Pro Vice-Chancellor QILT Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching QUT Queensland University of Technology SES Socioeconomic status SPERA Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia STEM Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics TAFE Technical and Further Education TEF Teaching Excellence Framework UK United Kingdom UniSA University of South Australia UNSW University of New South Wales UQ University of Queensland USA United States of America UTAS University of Tasmania UTS University of Technology Sydney UWA The University of Western Australia VET Vocational Education and Training WA Western Australia WIL Work Integrated Learning WINTA Women In Non-Traditional Areas

Note: For the purposes of this publication, "Indigenous" refers to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and/or Australian First Nations people, unless specified otherwise. This term is used for brevity. The NCSEHE acknowledges the diversity of views with regard to using these terms.