Policymakers are challenged to advance diversity and inclusion throughout the Australian academy. Informing this issue, this study aims to (a) identify proportions of staff in Australian universities that are publicly reported as being represented by persons with disability; (b) identify categories of actions supporting the employment and career development of people with lived experience as reported within Australian university plans and (c) critically examine contemporary policy efforts of Australian universities by exploring the scholarly evidence base for measures with potential to support disability recruitment and advancement in the academy. The study is informed by thematic analysis as applied to 17 action plans retrieved from an internet search and 7 scholarly articles obtained from Scopus, ProQuest Central and ProQuest Social Science databases. This research offers policymakers a preliminary guide containing good practice features that they should consider when designing and developing policy endeavouring to increase the representation and advancement of persons with disability in staff at Australian universities.

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澳大利亚学院支持残疾人就业和职业发展的大学政策的批判性探索

政策制定者面临着在整个澳大利亚学院推动多样性和包容性的挑战。为说明这一问题，本研究旨在 (a) 确定澳大利亚大学中被公开报告为残疾人代表的教职员工比例；(b) 确定澳大利亚大学计划中报告的支持有生活经验的人的就业和职业发展的行动类别，以及 (c) 通过探索可能支持残疾招聘的措施的学术证据基础，批判性地审查澳大利亚大学的当代政策努力和在学院的进步。该研究的主题分析适用于从互联网搜索中检索到的 17 个行动计划和从 Scopus 获得的 7 篇学术文章，ProQuest Central 和 ProQuest Social Science 数据库。这项研究为政策制定者提供了一份初步指南，其中包含他们在设计和制定旨在提高澳大利亚大学工作人员中残障人士的代表性和进步的政策时应考虑的良好实践特征。