Giving to the Community
Community Engagement at UNSW is one of the cornerstones of our mission. Our objective is to make an impact on contemporary issues by being recognised as a key source of expertise in our communities, ensuring vibrant and growing partnerships with industry and community organisations, and developing and maintaining highly valued relationships with alumni, former staff and UNSW supporters.Nura Gili Indigenous Programs
Nura Gili provides pathways to learning opportunities that embrace Indigenous knowledge, culture and histories. The Centre recruits Indigenous high school students with potential and provides them with aspirational and informative programs such as The Winter School at Nura Gili. This program provides pre-programs in Medicine, Law, Engineering, Social Work and Business, offering guidance to students who are away from home and their communities for the first time, and introducing them to the skills needed to succeed in undertaking tertiary studies. For currently enrolled Indigenous students Nura Gili provides: personal pastoral support, academic support, student administration support, tutorial assistance, housing & accommodation assistance, scholarship & cadetship assistance.
As a result of the work of Nura Gili, the average retention rate for Indigenous students over 8 faculties is 91.85% compared to 81.88% for other students.
UNSW receives external support for Indigenous programs, as well as a large range of fully supported scholarships for Indigenous students at UNSW from companies, individuals and foundations. Currently UNSW offers 19 scholarships for Indigenous students at UNSW.
As a result of the work of Nura Gili, the average retention rate for Indigenous students over 8 faculties is 91.85% compared to 81.88% for other students.
UNSW receives external support for Indigenous programs, as well as a large range of fully supported scholarships for Indigenous students at UNSW from companies, individuals and foundations. Currently UNSW offers 19 scholarships for Indigenous students at UNSW.
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Contact Information:
Maureen O'Shea
Development Manager, Diversity and Culture
02 9385 9337
maureen.oshea@unsw.edu.au
Maureen O'Shea
Development Manager, Diversity and Culture
02 9385 9337
maureen.oshea@unsw.edu.au
ASPIRE Program
ASPIRE is a UNSW equity initiative that works in partnership with disadvantaged schools to lift student aspirations. Through work in schools and visits to the UNSW campus, the project enhances students awareness of university among students who may not have considered a university education before. It also works to support student attainment and help school students to achieve their full potential. ASPIRE also gives UNSW students the opportunity to volunteer in the community and develop their own skills as ASPIRE Ambassadors.
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Contact Information:
Maureen O'Shea
Development Manager, Diversity and Culture
02 9385 9337
maureen.oshea@unsw.edu.au
Maureen O'Shea
Development Manager, Diversity and Culture
02 9385 9337
maureen.oshea@unsw.edu.au
The Australia Ensemble@UNSW
The Australia Ensemble @UNSW is a professional chamber music ensemble resident at The University of New South Wales that presents an annual subscription series as well as many free performance events on campus.
The Australia Ensemble is well-known for its inventive programming and excellence of performance, maintaining a position of eminence since its establishment in 1980. Comprising seven of Australia’s leading musicians, the Australia Ensemble has a demonstrated commitment to the development of new Australian music, having been involved in commissioning a body of over thirty works by leading composers.
The Australia Ensemble has toured nationally and internationally as a symbol of the excellence of UNSW. It is managed by UNSW’s Music Performance Unit, and is involved with other performance activities on campus such as the Collegium Musicum Choir and Burgundian Consort.
The Australia Ensemble is well-known for its inventive programming and excellence of performance, maintaining a position of eminence since its establishment in 1980. Comprising seven of Australia’s leading musicians, the Australia Ensemble has a demonstrated commitment to the development of new Australian music, having been involved in commissioning a body of over thirty works by leading composers.
The Australia Ensemble has toured nationally and internationally as a symbol of the excellence of UNSW. It is managed by UNSW’s Music Performance Unit, and is involved with other performance activities on campus such as the Collegium Musicum Choir and Burgundian Consort.
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Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC)
Through KLC students work with real clients with real needs. This creates powerful forms of learning and promotes critical thinking about the whole legal system and the role of the lawyer and client within it.
‘KLC manages an average of 80 cases at any one time, offering high-quality legal services to the NSW community in the course of its innovative, dynamic education of lawyers. In 2007 it took on 146 new cases. Its social impact is significant. To cite just one example: the practices of all Australian health insurance companies changed after KLC ran a test case for a same-sex couple that was denied family health insurance.’
Anna Cody, Director, Kingsford Legal Centre
‘KLC manages an average of 80 cases at any one time, offering high-quality legal services to the NSW community in the course of its innovative, dynamic education of lawyers. In 2007 it took on 146 new cases. Its social impact is significant. To cite just one example: the practices of all Australian health insurance companies changed after KLC ran a test case for a same-sex couple that was denied family health insurance.’
Anna Cody, Director, Kingsford Legal Centre
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The UNSW Press Literary Fund
University of New South Wales Press Ltd has been operating since 1962 in book publishing, marketing, distribution and retailing. Its mission is to contribute to the intellectual and cultural development of Australia.
UNSW Press is committed to publishing the best non-fiction writing in Australia. This may be literary non-fiction by well-established writers, books from emerging writers, original scholarship pitched at a broad audience, major reference and cultural works of national significance or distinctively produced and designed books with high aesthetic value.
The UNSW Press Literary Fund enables such important projects by supporting writers with a UNSW Press book contract and providing them with the opportunity to work with editors to realise their book’s potential; by underwriting production costs and fees for designers, photographers and illustrators; by printing books on high-quality stock or distributing them in electronic formats; by covering permissions costs to copyright holders.
For more information click here
UNSW Press is committed to publishing the best non-fiction writing in Australia. This may be literary non-fiction by well-established writers, books from emerging writers, original scholarship pitched at a broad audience, major reference and cultural works of national significance or distinctively produced and designed books with high aesthetic value.
The UNSW Press Literary Fund enables such important projects by supporting writers with a UNSW Press book contract and providing them with the opportunity to work with editors to realise their book’s potential; by underwriting production costs and fees for designers, photographers and illustrators; by printing books on high-quality stock or distributing them in electronic formats; by covering permissions costs to copyright holders.
For more information click here
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