Researchers and widening participation equity practitioners from the University of Sydney,University of Canberra,University of Wollongong and Country Education Foundation were granted more than half amillion dollars from the NSW Department of Education to establish new forms of supportive digital communications for regional students and parents.The project is not intended to actively dissuade or encourage regional students to take agap year.The non-branded resources are designed to provide information to help regional students and parents think through what they might want from agap year and correct known misconceptions about gap years and university experiences.The topics that the resources will feature include the financial and social costs of going to university and issues associated with indecisions about going to university,what to study and careers.“For many students,a gap year is anecessary,well-reasoned and ultimately helpful event.But it’s not the automatic‘magic bullet’cure for post-school anxieties,indecisions,aspirations and needs that some students might think it to be.So,it is vital students and their parents are provided with accurate and easily accessible information to make their decisions,”said project lead,Dr Samantha McMahon from the Sydney School of Education and Social Work. 查看详细>>

Scholarships at the University of Sydney give more than just financial support.They instil confidence and adrive to succeed.For these five students,donor-funded scholarships changed everything.When Maddison Eveleigh was 13,she started working at her local bakery to save money to go to university.She longed to study at the University of Sydney,but it felt like adaunting ambition.No-one in her family had ever been to university,and she would need to move to the city from her home in Moruya,on the NSW south coast.“In country towns,university is not always the expected path and it can be very difficult to afford,”she says.She studied hard,hoping to get the results she needed to study science,but even with her savings and some financial help from her family,she knew she wouldn’t have enough to cover rent and living expenses in Sydney.Her only hope was ascholarship.She applied for the University of Sydney Early Offer Year 12 Scholarship,a donor?supported scheme for students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds or low socioeconomic schools.Eveleigh got into her chosen course and won the scholarship.“When Igot it,I immediately felt like the University of Sydney wanted me as astudent,”she says.“They can see the difference between coming from arural or acity school.” 查看详细>>

In asurvey of 37 Australian universities,the University of Sydney has been found to have the largest student mobility program in Australia.Published on Monday,the report by the Australian Universities International Directors’Forum found the University of Sydney student mobility program was both the largest in terms of size and in the proportion of the student body that had an international experience as part of their degree in 2017,with more than 4,400 students participating in the student mobility program as part of their degree.“In this globalised economy,experience overseas is vital for our students.Studying abroad equips our students with the skills they need for the jobs of the future,such as intercultural and interpersonal communications skills,problem solving,curiosity and tolerance,”Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Education)Professor Pip Pattison said.“My message to students is to see and experience the world.The lessons you learn from an internship with Tech Mahindra in India or while studying Chinese at Shanghai Jiao Tong University,or when meeting with disability rights NGOs in Jakarta will be just as important as the lessons you learn in alecture in Sydney.“To ensure all our students get the opportunity to undertake ashort-or longer-term mobility experience,the University is seeking to provide mobility scholarships for at least half our student mobility opportunities;through government,industry and university funding as well as philanthropy.”During her Bachelor of Science(Advanced)degree,Emily Blackburn took part in two semester long study abroad programs and three short-term in country language programs. 查看详细>>