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In response to this situation, a two year action research project explored the broad issue of higher education access for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds in South East Queensland, Australia. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of that project, and reports on the underlying factors which constrain access to higher education access for one cultural community in Australia. Analysis is based on interview data from young people and parents from this community, and presents a rich description of their lived experiences. Enhanced understanding of the perspectives of young people and their families relating to higher education access provides a solid foundation for developing informed and culturally appropriate higher education access initiatives.  \nIntroduction  \nIn recent years large numbers of Pacific Island migrants have moved to the South East Queensland region in Australia. However, the precise number of migrants in the region is unclear. Given that many of Pacific Island migrants arrive in Australia via New Zealand, they may be reflected in the data as New Zealanders, with no further indication of ethnicity. As a result of this, it is widely believed that official statistics for the region vastly under-represent the true number of migrants from a Pacific Island background. However, it is believed that the population could total about 70,000 people.  \nIn common with other migrant groups, this somewhat disparate Pacific Islands ‘community’ faces many settlement challenges . Of specific interest to this paper, are concerns as regards the educational outcomes of young people from this cultural community (Scull & Cuthill 2010, 2008, 2008a; Moreton Pacific Island Reference Group 2007; Mafi 2005) . These concerns have direct relevance to the Australian national agenda relating to higher education access for students from low socio-economic (SES) backgrounds (Department of Employment Education & Training 1990; Bradley, Noonan, Nugent, & Scales 2008) .  \nvol. 53, no. 1, 2011 Going to university: Pacific Island migrant perspectives, Michael Cuthill & Sue Scull 5  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nDespite considerable equity, outreach and access efforts during the past twenty years there has been ongoing under-representation of students from low SES backgrounds in higher education in Australia (James, Baldwin, Coates, Krause & McInnis 2004; Coates & Krause 2005; Ferrier 2006; Postle, Batorowicz,Bull,Clarke,McCann & Skula 1997). Based on analysis of students from a diverse range of schools, Dobson and Skuja (2005) argue that this under-representation of people from a low SES background is clearly not a reflection of their ability, but rather a function of a set of interrelated factors which constrain access to higher education (Slack 2003;Young 2004) .  \nFactors which have been discussed include the economic cost of higher education (Andrews 1999), lack of appropriate support networks (Harvey-Beavis & Robinson 2000), limited family experience with or understanding of higher education (Young 2004), and low‘aspiration’ - where many people from low SES backgrounds do not include higher education as part of their cultural world view (Marks, McMillan & Hillman 2001).The issue of equitable access to higher education is not specific to Australia, and is reflected in many overseas settings (e.g.Walpole 2003;Andrews 1999; Behnke, Piercy, & Diversi 2004; Tikly 2005; Blanden & Machin 2004;Abbas 2002; Cooke, ","cbCaiaAYq80HSOPY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaAYq80HSOPY","pdf",136529,"English","# Introduction\n# Research context","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address regarding access to Australian higher education?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses the ongoing under-representation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds in Australian higher education, despite equity and outreach efforts.\"},{\"question\":\"What research approach and data sources are used in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses a two-year community-based participatory action research approach, relying primarily on qualitative methods such as interviews, workshops, working groups, field notes, and observational data.\"},{\"question\":\"Which community’s experiences are examined more deeply in this paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper focuses on one cultural community within Australia, examining underlying factors that constrain higher education access for Pacific Island migrants in South East Queensland.\"}]","Going to university - Pacific Island migrant perspectives | PDF",1792081206,23]