Nov 2.1 Submission of Completed 2.1.1 Application Ethics application 2016 — applications for: submitted to UoN HREC submitted to HREC 8 Dec ethics approval by 30 November 2016. 2016. Conditional 2017 approval received 06 Feb. variation to the University of Final approval 17 May 17. Newcastle (UoN). 2.1.2 SERAP variation SERAP application State Education submitted once UoN submitted upon receiving Research Applications HREC approval is approval from HREC (17 Process (SERAP) obtained. May 17). variation to the NSW Department of Education. 2.2 Recruitment of Completed 2.2 At least ten primary, 37 Primary, secondary schools for data secondary and central and central schools collection. schools from regional and recruited to participate in remote NSW are the study from a range of recruited from a range of communities in regional communities, including and remote NSW. agricultural, Indigenous and mining. Nov 3.1 Review of literature Completed 3.1.1 Literature review Literature review 2016 on regional and remote completed which completed by 31 March Mar students' aspirations for underpins the data 2017. 2017 higher education. collection and analysis phases of the Project. 3.1.2 A journal article Journal article (Scoping presenting the literature Review) in preparation review outcomes is and will be submitted to prepared and targeted for the Australian Educational submission to an Researcher by the end of appropriate 2017. peer−reviewed Journal. Feb 4.1 Collection of new Completed 4.1.1 Data collection Survey data collected 2017 — quantitative data on complete. Targeted from 1532 students, 57 Apr student educational and response: 2000 student parents, 152 teachers. 2017 occupational aspirations surveys, 200 parent from participating surveys, 200 teacher schools through: surveys. 2000 student surveys 200 parent surveys 200 teacher surveys. Feb 5.1 Analysis of relevant, Completed 5.1 Analysis of extant Completed by 30 June 2017 — extant qualitative data qualitative data including 2017. Jun from the Aspirations coding and identification 2017 Longitudinal Study. of themes and preliminary reporting completed by 30 June 2017. 5.2 Analysis of relevant, Completed 5.2 All relevant Completed by 30 June extant quantitative data descriptive statistics and 2017.
Nov 2016 2017 2.1 Submission of applications for: ethics approval variation to the University of Newcastle (UoN). State Education Research Applications Process (SERAP) variation to the NSW Department of Education. Completed 2.1.1 Application submitted to UoN HREC by 30 November 2016. 2.1.2 SERAP variation submitted once UoN HREC approval is obtained. Ethics application submitted to HREC 8 Dec 2016. Conditional approval received 06 Feb. Final approval 17 May 17. SERAP application submitted upon receiving approval from HREC (17 May 17). 2.2 Recruitment of schools for data collection. Completed 2.2 At least ten primary, secondary and central schools from regional and remote NSW are recruited from a range of communities, including agricultural, Indigenous and mining. 37 Primary, secondary and central schools recruited to participate in the study from a range of communities in regional and remote NSW. Nov 2016 — Mar 2017 3.1 Review of literature on regional and remote students' aspirations for higher education. Completed 3.1.1 Literature review completed which underpins the data collection and analysis phases of the Project. 3.1.2 A journal article presenting the literature review outcomes is prepared and targeted for submission to an appropriate peer−reviewed Journal. Literature review completed by 31 March 2017. Journal article (Scoping Review) in preparation and will be submitted to the Australian Educational Researcher by the end of 2017. Feb 2017 — Apr 2017 4.1 Collection of new quantitative data on student educational and occupational aspirations from participating schools through: 2000 student surveys 200 parent surveys 200 teacher surveys. Completed 4.1.1 Data collection complete. Targeted response: 2000 student surveys, 200 parent surveys, 200 teacher surveys. Survey data collected from 1532 students, 57 parents, 152 teachers. Feb 2017 — Jun 2017 5.1 Analysis of relevant, extant qualitative data from the Aspirations Longitudinal Study. Completed 5.1 Analysis of extant qualitative data including coding and identification of themes and preliminary reporting completed by 30 June 2017. Completed by 30 June 2017. 5.2 Analysis of relevant, extant quantitative data Completed 5.2 All relevant descriptive statistics and Completed by 30 June 2017.