This paper reports the work of the VU Access and Success Project’s Student Ambassador UNI and YOU program which was developed to provide culturally responsive information sessions for parents and young people who are wishing to
increase their chances of access and success in the later years of schooling. The project focus was to enhance family educational literacy in communities where students and parents have limited knowledge and experience of post-compulsory schooling. The project is aimed at all 12-19 year olds and their families to provide support for successful engagement in school, VET and higher education programs and pathways. It responds to the need for students and families to have explicit and appropriate information about what post-compulsory study is available, what happens
there and how TAFE and higher education operate, before they can consider further study as a post-compulsory schooling option. Similarly, it aims to support students in
their first years of TAFE and/or higher education studies in the university so that they can continue to develop on-going knowledge of the university and the opportunities it
offers for career, pathways, international study, social life and work integrated learning.