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Entry from secondary school to Australia's top eight universities; (Group of Eight - www.go8.edu.au) istraditionally based on a student's abilities and academic performance as ranked by secondary school finalexaminations and assessments. Exiting secondary school students receive an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank(ATAR) and each degree program is correspondingly also ranked to that ATAR. Correlations between a student'sATAR and the degree programs ATAR requirement primarily shape entry to Australian university programs. Thispaper will discuss initial research findings associated with an alternate admissions scheme. The alternateadmission scheme at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia (UNSW) provides additional processesto identify abilities and aptitudes for tertiary study beyond the traditional ranking scores (ATAR). This alternateentry scheme was introduced in 2013 in the Faculty of Built Environment and assists students with Universityentry beyond the traditional ranking system. The scheme itself; supporting literature, its background and theschemes candidates current educational positioning within the degree will shape this paper. The outcomes of thisscheme will be examined with a view to understanding how traditional university entrance methods versusalternate entry methods determine or not student progression academically in a design degree in a Universitycontext.

The notion of the 'student experience' forms prime rhetoric woven through educational literature; both students and staff form this experience through educational and social practices within the university context. The measure of an experiential worth is framed firstly from an expectation of that experience, this expectation becomes the meter by which the experience is gauged remembered and reflected upon. The Student experience cannot be framed solely from its singular present moment and must be integrated firstly with the expectations that contribute to a fuller understanding of that 'experience' in a measured manner. Koselleck notes: "No event can be narrated, no structure represented, no process described without the use of historical concepts which make the past conceivable" (Koselleck1985, P. 112). This research endeavour examines the temporal structures of experience and expectation. The finding of this research will provide a forecast of future student engagement where the connection of expectation and experience would be designed from an integrated user experience position.

The concept of "migrant workers" derives from the household registration system of China's planned economy period. The continued existence of that system conflicts with the development of an integrated labour market. The current social security system, based on household registration and a large number of local pools, discriminates against migrant workers because of their mobility and the lack of mechanisms to transfer benefits between pools. As a result, migrants have made major contributions to China's economic development but do not get the same benefits as urban residents. Faced with this challenge, China's government has begun to introduce policy reforms to improve social security for migrants. This article explores this development through a focus on old-age insurance. It analyses the special needs of migrants, the obstacles facing policy development and the proposed solutions. It argues that social justice and social equity require the development of a system that treats all citizens equally, and that the logic of an integrated labour market will ultimately require a unified national system of old-age insurance. ; Andrew Watson