Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 3

Doctor of Philosophy

KELLY, Amanda Louise

Thesis Title

Success Means Different Things to Different People: Exploring Conceptualisations of Success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Higher Education

Supervisors

• Professor Abigail Cathcart  (Principal Supervisor)
• Dr Sarah Elizabeth Dart  (Associate Supervisor)
• Dr Bridget Yvonne Hughes  (Associate Supervisor)

Citation

This study explored conceptualisations of Indigenous student success, drawing on insights from key stakeholders, including Indigenous students, Elders, and university staff. Using a case study methodology and a rights-based approach, informed by critical interpretivism, the research draws on case studies from two Australian universities. Four key dimensions of success were identified: getting in, getting through, getting on, and intangible elements including well-being and happiness. Findings revealed that measures of student success are contested, with key differences in how students, staff, Elders, and institutional policies conceptualise them. This has implications for strategies to promote student success across the tertiary sector.

Undergraduate awards

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)

• WARNOCK, Lisa

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

• GEARY, Fletcher Glenn Luck

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Business (Management)

• MCLEISH, Olivia

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

• CRIGHTON, Matthew James
• MORTENSEN, Sarah Elizabeth

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Business (Advertising) – with Distinction

• WHATNALL, Angel Rogue

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Business (Management) – with Distinction

• VERRENKAMP, Nicholas Shaun

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Business (Marketing) – with Distinction

• KASSIOU, Jessica Louise

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative Writing)

• DARRAGH, Joshua Thomas

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)

• STEVENSON, Abbie Elizabeth

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama)

• BRANDON, Joshua Dean
• SOFTLEY, Taylor Erin

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music)

• MORRISON, Lucaeja Hope

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts)

• POZZI, Olivia Mary

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music) – with Distinction

• AGIUS, Natasha

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) – with Distinction

• PIMM, Lucinda June Buntine
• WELLER, Pipier Leigh

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative Writing) – with Distinction

• MAHER, Zoe Ellen

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) – with Distinction

• TAYLOR, Caitlin Rose

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science)

• PARKINSON, Ethan James

Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Systems)

• SUMMERS, Benjamin Thomas

Bachelor of Education (Secondary) – with Distinction/Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science) – with Distinction

• MCCURDY, Jacob Samuel

Postgraduate awards

Graduate Certificate in Education

• FAULKNER, Toni Ann
• HOLLAND, Angelina Tariro
• LEE, Su Mi

Graduate Certificate in Education (Autism)

• ANGELOS, Joanne Calliope
• ARYAL SAPKOTA, Nilima
• BERNASCONI, Debra
• BOWIE, Annelies
• DAWSON, Elly Kate
• DEBNEY, Narelle Jane
• FLETCHER, Zinia
• GILBERT, Tammie Elizabeth
• GRANT, Joanne Louise
• GRAY, Brodie Lee
• HALL, Jackie
• HUNTER, Kelly Leanne
• JENKINS-OVERALL, Cheryl
• JOHN, Jo-Anne Natasha
• JREISSATY, Ewa Marzena
• KENNEDY, Peta Ker
• KHALAF, Hala
• LOWE, Margaret Dianne
• MOUDEM, Fortunata
• MULROONEY, Emma
• O'MALLEY, Lindsay
• SHEPHERD, Claire Elizabeth
• SHI, Kaidi
• SILVER-SMITH, Tanya
• STANDFIELD, Vashti Sian
• TONGE, David Steven
• VAN KEMENADE, Danielle Maree
• VOWLES, Stephanie Marissa

Graduate Certificate in Education (Career Development and Counselling)

• ABELLANOZA, Nadine
• ALDCROFT, Katherine Elise
• ANDERSON, Kristie Maree
• BAROT, Krunal Pravinchandra
• BOSELEY, Simeon Christopher Clay
• BRADSHAW, Kirsty
• BROADLEY, Kate
• BROUGHTON, Tracey Anne
• BUCK, Ashling
• CAFE, Michelle Joy
• CAMERON, Andrew Ian McFadyen
• CHETTLE, Emma Louise
• COWBURN, Lauren Louise
• DALBY, Alison Maree
• DALGLEISH, Amy
• DE SANTOS, Ian Winston
• DE VILLIERS, Karen
• DEJANOVIC, Robert
• ELLIOTT, Sonja
• FALKINDER, Sally
• FINNIGAN, Bradley John
• FOUNG, Anneliese Emma
• GU, Limin
• HAWKINS, Candice Lee
• HAYWARD, Lyndal Jane
• HINDS, Rhys Daniel
• HOANG, Long Le Duc
• JEPHSON, Lara Renee Valda
• JOHNSON, Michelle
• KING, Melissa Stacey
• MANCILLA BERNAL, Mabel Ivonne
• MELLIFONT, Emily Therese
• MITI, Tasfia Awal
• MORRISON, Chanel Marcelle
• NGUYEN, Thuy Anh Kim
• NORDEN CHOWDHURY, Pratiksha
• PHAM, Thi Kim Ngan
• PICKERING, Deryck
• PLUMRIDGE, Jordan Rhys
• SCHIMKE, Amanda
• SHAW, Vanessa Jayne
• SHEHRYAR, Aida
• SMYTH, Bianca
• SUKKAR, Diane
• TARR, Chloe Louise
• TYSON, Alexis
• VIGOR, Narelle
• VIJAY, Easwar Krishnan
• VINEY, Siobhan Kate
• WEBB, Katie Heath
• WEIJERS, Carla Alavdin
• WENLOCK, Evette Louise
• WHITTAKER, Lee Ronald
• WICKRAMASINGHE, Bimali Thanuja
• WILKINS, Stacey Maree
• WILLINGTON, Tennille Eve
• WOODS, Ann-Louise Grace

Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood)

• O'CONNOR, Pamela Lynn

Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership)

• AWCOCK, Jennie
• BIDARI, Ellen Joy
• CARMAN, Naomi Jaye
• HUNG, Ting-Ya
• MELAND, Olivia Rose
• ROSE, Jessica Sky
• TAYLOR, Robert John
• WALLER, Natasha

Graduate Certificate in Education (First Nations Education Practice)

• CHAPMAN, Trisha
• KIM, Sunny Sung-Yoon

Graduate Certificate in Education (Inclusive Education)

• CARLSON, Andrea
• EARLEY, Isabella Angela
• HYDE, Courtney
• KENNEDY, Clare Therese
• PIETSCH, Rodney
• RYAN, Monique Mary
• SERVIN, Kim
• STRICKLAND, Chloe
• ZWIRNER, Vanessa Jane

Graduate Certificate in Education (Indigenous Education)

• ANDREOU, Shavaun Maree
• BEETSON, Vena Marie
• BENDALL, Emma Ruth
• BUTLER, Kaylene Dawn
• CANTERBURY, Elese Maree
• COSGROVE, Teresa Anne
• MCKELVIE, Jami-Lee
• ROSS, Angela
• THAM, Aaron

Graduate Certificate in Education (Innovative Learning Design)

• AMIRI ALIABAD, Masoud
• AUCOIN, Bridget
• BLYTON, Selina Ruth
• BROEK, Marie
• BURNETT, Rebecca Amy
• CAMERON, Gabrielle Angela
• COCKS, Geneva Grace
• CORREIA DE ANDRADE, Marina
• CRUZ, Michelle Arleene
• CUSH, Tara Casson
• DAL CIN, Amber Renee
• EMMERSON, Mark Joseph
• FLOJGAARD, Nora Iliyanova
• FRY, Anne Susan
• GILBERT, Christopher Scott
• GILFOYLE, Sarah
• HABEL, Anne-Marie
• HALE, Maike
• HAYDEN, Miriam Jayne
• HITZ, Kyle Elizabeth
• HUTCHINS, Bonnie
• JOHNSON, Callum
• KENDALL, Jasmine
• KNIGHT, Catherine Louise
• LANCASHIRE, Belinda
• LAWRENCE, Christopher Mark Andrew
• LESTER, Eliza
• LIANG, Wen Hao Hao
• LLOYD, Michelle Angela
• MASSA, Catherine Margaret
• MILLER, Hope
• OGILVIE, James Alexander
• ORLANDO, Davide
• PAYNE, Melissa Louise
• ROBERTS, Deborah Michelle
• SARRAN, Marybeth
• SCOTT, Buffy Claire-Marie
• SMITH, Rachel
• STEPHENS, Catherine Adela
• SWIFT, Vanessa Kate
• TCHAN, Stephanie Jane
• TIEDEMAN, Vicki Gaye
• TRAN, Ha
• VIEIRA, Elaine
• VOSLOO, Max
• WALTERS, Jane Elise
• WICKERSON, Amy
• WIJAYABANDARA, Kusinara
• ZETZMANN, Camille

Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)

• MILNE, Elisabeth Jane

Graduate Certificate in Education (STEM in Education)

• GAGLIANO, Stefanie
• LAWLER, Gai Maree
• MOIR, Sarah
• SHIN, Gyu Hee

Graduate Certificate in Education (TESOL)

• FULLELOVE, Ainsley Emma Kathleen
• HANCOCK, James Dominic
• HOOIJER, Eleny Margaretha
• SULLIVAN, Amy Catherine
• WHATSON, David William

Graduate Certificate in Education (Trauma–Aware Education)

• BALDWIN-LANGLEY, Justine
• BANNISTER, Jessica
• BESGROVE, Kori
• BRENNAN, Danielle Joy
• BROWN, Fiona Elisabeth
• CANTWELL, Emily
• CARROLL, Tamara Jayne
• CHENEY, Amelia
• CHRISTIANS, Kylie Marie
• COLLIS, Nicole Courtney
• CONLON, Lauren Holly
• CUTHBERT, Candice Alisa
• DAY, Fiona Maree
• DINSDALE, Laura Susan
• DOYLE, Jade Katherine
• DUNSTAN, Karen Marie
• EAGER, Penelope Emma
• EDDY, Jenna Maree
• FINCH, Karmel Lee-Anne
• FITZGERALD, Kersten Lee
• FOSTER, Andrew William
• FOX, Stephanie Louise
• FREETH, Melissa
• GAUCI, Colleen Renae
• GRANTHAM, Chloe Alyce
• HANCOCK, Angela
• HAVLIS, Sophie Lee
• HEINZ, Gabriela
• HORDER, Amberley Jane
• HUARD, Angus Charles
• KERNICH, Tammie Renee
• KNIGHT, Lauren
• LANG, Kristy Irene
• MCGIFFORD, Narida Lee
• PARRISH, Treesa
• PEARCE, Lucy Mary Seton
• RAZMOSKA, Ivana
• SCOTT, Helen Mary
• SMITH, Caitlin
• SMITH, Deborah
• SOUTHWELL, Rachel Imperato
• SWIFT, Suellen
• SYMONDS, Warren Bryan
• THOMSON, Tia
• TUPICOFF, Renee Jenna
• WHINNETT, Nicole Marie
• WOOD, Deborah Kathleen
• WRIGHT, Beverley
• YOUNG, Sarah

Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies

• DAVIES, Rebecca
• PAWLYK, Suzana
• SELVADURAI, Kasthuri Kiwitea
• STEPHENS, Madeleine Grace
• VELLA, Wei Llamera

Master of Teaching (Secondary)

• ARMSTRONG, Benjamin James
• BAILEY, Mitchell Glenn
• BATH, Brianna Jade
• BOGA, Martin Joseph
• BOTT-BANAS, Gabrielle Mailli
• BURR, Zoe Isabelle Grace
• CAMPBELL, Oliver Joseph
• CARNEY, Ella Louise
• CHANDRATILAKE, Ravi
• CHOULES, Bradley
• CONOLAN BARRETT, Ruby Rose
• DARGUSCH-HAIG, Lily
• DILLON, Lana Mary
• DUFFY, Samuel Joseph
• DWYER, Nathan
• FISHER, Eloise
• GAEBLER, Erin Jay
• GODDARD, Hebe
• GREGORY, Nicholas James Maranello
• HARVEY, Grace Ann Margaret
• HARVEY, Jordana Elizabeth
• HAUENSCHILD, Ashley Gordon
• HEARD, Sarah Elizabeth
• HEINER, Tristan Daniel
• HOPE, Samantha Lee
• HUXLEY, Lauren Elizabeth
• KIRSTEN, Brandon Singh
• LAUBE, Patricia Oscella
• LAYDEN, Ryan James
• LEE, Alysha Mary
• LEIS, Harrison Andrew Patrick
• LEJEUNE, Julien Didier
• LONG, Daniel James
• MAINE, David Anthony
• MAPLEDORAM, Clare Elizabeth
• MARRYAT, Jacqueline Millicent
• MCDERMOTT, James Sean
• MCDUFF, Sophie Clare
• NICHOLLS, Kirby Charlotte
• O'CONNELL, Erin Ashlea Noreen
• PEARCE, Tobias Jonathon
• PEDERSEN, Samuel James
• PETTIS, Robert Gary
• PRICE, Summer Louise
• RAFTER, Gabrielle Jane
• RYAN, Matthew Keith
• SANDERSON, Natasha Rae
• SANKEY, Jessica
• SASI EMMANUEL, Thiru
• SMITH, Brock Marcus
• SMITH, Calissa Lee
• SONTI, Tapasya
• SPENCER, Karis Emily Stewart
• SPIERS, Luke Michael
• STEWART, Nikolai
• THOMPSON, Rhys Wayne
• TRAN, Winifred
• VALLE RICHARDSON, Alexandra Carol
• VARMA, Nikhil
• VAYRO, Samuel William
• VICKERE, Elly
• VIEN, Tin Trung
• WALTON, Emma Clare
• WARREN, Elizabeth Martha Beckinsale
• WATSON, Susanne Maria

Master of Teaching (Secondary) – with Distinction

• AMATO, Brigid Elizabeth
• ARLETT, Caroline Maree
• ASHFORD, Tamara Lee
• BERESFORD JONES, Gemma
• BODDINGTON, Kirsty Jane
• BURGESS, Sarah Katie
• CAMPBELL, Tess Antoinette
• DOUDKIN, Artemis
• DOUGLAS, James Flynn
• EVANS, Brendan
• FITZGERALD, Brooke Amy
• HOBSON, Claire Elizabeth
• HOLT, Tahlia Jade
• HUGO, Honor Joy
• JOHNSON, Lucas James
• KEMPTER, Kevin Samuel
• KIES, Carly Ryan
• MACAULEY, Teague John
• MARTIN, Natalie Amelia
• MITCHELL, Lachlan
• O'HARE, Simon Francis
• O'NEIL, Jordan Amy
• PARMLEY, Tatum Jane
• PEACOCK, Jemmah Lorraine Adele
• RICHARDSON, Kellie Faye
• SCHOER, Sienna Jayde
• SCHULTZ, Cassandra Lea
• SIMPSON, Faith Rose
• SKERRETT, Bianca Simone
• TEALBY, Eliza Rose