I founded Unilateral in 2024 because I'd spent too many hours working with students who did not end up with the outcome and pathway to the future they deserved. This is no-one's fault - as a previous school teacher I know that the curriculum is already packed and as a current senior lecturer, I know that there are many, many supports available. So what's the catch?

Students don't make use of university supports because the environment feels alien. Successful students feel like they belong, and this is very hard at a large institution where you don't know anyone.

Even harder if you don't feel like you look like everyone else, speak like everyone else or come from the same background. 

But further education should be for everyone. That's why I've created these resources. I hope they help.

If they do (or if you have any suggestions) please comment on the related resource.

References

I know, I know - this feels a little like homework. It's important though. You should demand to see people's working when it comes to your or your child's education. I've been teaching for a long time, so you should be able to rely on me, but why not ask for the evidence? Here are some of the sources for the statistics I present on my website and in my resources. If you find something that should be updated, let me know!

• Here's the 2022 Universities Australia report including  information about student satisfaction and completion rates.
• The Grattan Institute have published many reports about higher education, including this one where they arrived at the 2018 statistic that an incomplete course costs the student $12 000 
• Here are the most recently published (2023) Australian Government higher education statistics.
• Universities Accord interim report about supporting university student mental health (2023)