Lisa Andrewartha

Experience

• –present
  Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Education, La Trobe University

Education

•  
  RMIT, Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology) (Hons)

Publications

• 2023
  Balancing the books: how we can better support students who are parents, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
• 2022
  Staying the Course: Strategies for Australian Student Veterans in Transition, Journal of Veterans Studies
• 2019
  Passports out of poverty: raising access to higher education for care leavers in Australia, Children and Youth Services Review
• 2019
  Supporting military veterans in Australian higher education, Journal of Veterans Studies
• 2019
  Strengthening the evidence base to improve educational outcomes for Australians in out-of-home care, In P. McNamara, C. Montserrat, and S. Wise (Eds.), Education in Out of Home Care. Chapter 4 (pp. 47-60). Springer Nature.
• 2017
  Student voice and influence on employability in higher education, Student voice and influence on employability in higher education. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability.
• 2017
  Overcoming adversity: the strengths of care leavers in Australian higher education, International Studies in Widening Participation.
• 2017
  Employability and student equity in higher education: the role of university careers services, Australian Journal of Career Development.
• 2016
  Towards a national policy framework for care leavers in Australian higher education, In Philip Mendes and Pamela Snow (Eds), Young people Transitioning from care: International research, policy and practice. Palgrave.
• 2016
  Out of reach? University for people from low socio-economic status backgrounds, In A. Harvey, C. Burnheim, & M. Brett (Eds.), Student equity in Australian higher education: Twenty-five years of A Fair Chance for All. Chapter 5 (pp. 69-86). Singapore: Springer Publishing.
• 2016
  Care leavers in Australian higher education towards evidence-based practice, Developing Practice: The Child, Youth and Family Work Journal.
• 2015
  A forgotten cohort? Including people from out-of-home care in Australian higher education policy, Australian Journal of Education.
• 2014
  Willing and enabled: the academic outcomes of a tertiary enabling program in regional Australia, Australian Journal of Adult Learning.
• 2013
  Dr Who? Equity and diversity among university postgraduate and higher degree cohorts, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.

Grants and Contracts

• 2020
  Supporting student parents to succeed in Australian higher education

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education

• 2019
  Supporting carers to succeed in Australian higher education

  Role:

  Chief Investigator and Project Manager

  Funding Source:

  National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education

• 2019
  From the military to the academy: supporting younger military veterans in Australian higher education

  Role:

  Chief Investigator and Project Manager

  Funding Source:

  Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Government

• 2019
  Australian universities and educational equity for student veterans

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education

• 2017
  Supporting younger veterans to succeed in higher education

  Role:

  Chief Investigator and Project Manager

  Funding Source:

  Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Australian Government

• 2015
  Improving the employability of students from low socio-economic status backgrounds

  Role:

  Chief Investigator and Project Manager

  Funding Source:

  Department of Education and Training, Australian Government

• 2015
  Attracting and supporting care leavers from low socio-economic status backgrounds

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Department of Education and Training, Australian Government

• 2014
  University access and achievement of people from out-of-home care backgrounds

  Role:

  Chief Investigator and Project Manager

  Funding Source:

  National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education