Ensuring higher education campus maps support visibility and inclusion for parents

Abstract

In 2022, we reviewed publicly available campus maps for all 37 Australian and 8 New Zealand public universities to identify what parentrelated facilities were evident. Of 281 distinct teaching and/or research sites, only 36% had maps showing one or more parent-related facilities. Childcare services (26% of sites) and parents’ rooms (25%) were the most common facilities, although still relatively rare. It was often unclear what some facilities entailed or who could access them.