First-in-family uni students should be recognised as disadvantaged or risk being left behind, author of new report says

People without university-educated parents are 36% likely to enrol in degree, compared to 59% of students whose parents are tertiary educated

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Jason Clare was the first person in his family to go to university, finish high school, or graduate Year 10, he told the Universities Australia's annual gala dinner in 2022.

My mum and dad never even dreamt of going to university," the education minister said in his first address to the peak body for the higher education sector.