Student Experience Excellence Award Finalists
Recognises and celebrates the outstanding contribution individuals or teams have made to enhance the quality of the student experience beyond the formal teaching environment.
Career Peers 5-Minute Talk
Ester Townsend, Amelia Young, Claire Conry, Eliza Shields, Daniel Burwood, Indiana Hardwick, Fiona Carruthers, Junho Lee, Ngoc Tran, Julia Rodriguez-Saco, Katrina Dwyer, Vishwank Jain, Annabel Hoysted
The Careers Service’s ’5-Minute Talk’ program bridges the gap between students and career-readiness by delivering tailored support to students. Led by student Career Peers, this initiative promotes the success of Career Ready Graduates aligning with our University’s commitment to equipping students for their professional futures. The program is integrated into teaching sessions, offering students Career Peer assistance on topics like job applications, placement experiences, and industry engagement, making sure they have easy access to practical career advice.
Digital Day in a Student’s Life Project Team
Dr Benjamin Shelton, Cordelia Prangley, Phoebe Turner-Purvis
The Digital Day in a Student’s Life project focused on determining how our University can create Australia’s most inclusive university experience, ensuring equity students are connected, supported and in control of their journey. The project also aimed to explore how the additive nature of university processes and systems may affect these students, considering their complex lived experiences beyond university. The focus was on identifying potential interventions to improve retention and success.
Dan Nguyen
Dan Nguyen has been the University’s shining star for Australia Awards students since 2022. She single-handedly welcomes, mentors, supports, and provides for this incredible cohort of promising, international students, guiding them all the way through from orientation to graduation. Our Australia Awards students have been selected to represent their countries on an amazing government-funded scholarship package and Dan ensures that they have every opportunity to thrive from the experience and from their time in Newcastle.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.