As of 2011, 57% of the 1,069,000 students enrolled in tertiary studies, were women (ABS, 2012). With such statistics increasing year after year, and participation rates of women in tertiary education now in ascendance, many believe the issue of gender equality in higher education to be no more. However, this claim of gender equality having been achieved in higher education seems to refer only to the symmetry of female and male enrolments throughout tertiary
As of 2011, 57% of the 1,069,000 students enrolled in tertiary studies, were women (ABS, 2012). With such statistics increasing year after year, and participation rates of women in tertiary education now in ascendance, many believe the issue of gender equality in higher education to be no more. However, this claim of gender equality having been achieved in higher education seems to refer only to the symmetry of female and male enrolments throughout tertiary