About the Journal

The Journal of Pathways Education and Research (JPER) is a fully online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing critical scholarship in pathways education and the broadening of participation across tertiary education.

It provides a platform for high-quality research, theory-informed analysis, and evidence-based practice by practitioners and researchers examining how learners are supported in transitions into, through, and across tertiary pathways, including from secondary schooling and across vocational and higher education.

Aims and Scope

JPER publishes high-quality scholarship on pathways education in its broadest sense, with a central focus on transitions into, through, and across tertiary pathways.

The journal recognises that these transitions are shaped across interconnected educational contexts, including secondary schools, vocational education and training (VET), higher education, and other enabling, bridging, and lifelong learning settings...

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Announcements

Call for Papers: Creating Inclusive Futures – NAEEA 2026 special collection

2026-09-15

Presenters at the NAEEA 2026 Conference in Perth are invited to develop their contributions into full manuscripts for Creating Inclusive Futures: Research, practice and policy in enabling education, a special collection in JPER. Expressions of interest close on 6 December 2026; full manuscripts are due on 31 March 2027.

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Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Inaugural Issue
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This inaugural issue has its origins in the 2025 Pathways Education and Research Colloquium, Advancing the Agenda, held at UniSQ Springfield on 24 October 2025, where the journal was formally launched. The colloquium brought together researchers, educators and sector leaders to examine equity, access, enabling education, vocational and higher education pathways, and student transition. Published progressively, the issue will include articles developed from colloquium presentations and discussions, alongside contributions originating beyond the event. Together, they establish a dedicated scholarly forum for research on pathways into, between and through tertiary education.

Published: 2026-07-24

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