
How your gift makes a difference.
Leaving a Legacy
News • 14 Sep 2020
History of Disease More Relevant Than Ever
Janet Copley was a tireless political activist and campaigner for social justice in Newcastle and her legacy lives on through the University. She left a generous bequest to support women studying the Arts to attend University, and this has been used in part to establish a doctoral scholarship in her honour. The Janet Copley Doctoral Scholarship is to be awarded preferentially to women applicants who submit a proposal for a high quality project in areas related to: history; autobiography and biography; memoir and historical fiction; labour relations and labour histories; or aspects of Newcastle’s history, society and culture.
News • 14 Sep 2020
Why I Give
News • 8 Apr 2020
Inspired in the Past and Now Fuelling the Future
Though a relatively modest investment, Margaret Schmidt’s kind bequest has been able to support space research for 30 years and her legacy is still continuing today.
News • 3 Sep 2019
Designing the Future of Human-Kind(ness)
Sahibajot Kaur won the 2018 Commissioner K. G. Hoffman Prize in Urban Design, generously established by alumnus Kevin Hoffman. She is now shaping the future of our cities as an architecture graduate.
News • 8 Apr 2019
Support for Brilliant International Medical Students
Dr Benj Tarsh has decided to leave a gift in his will to the University of Newcastle to assist other international students who share his passion to help others.
News • 27 Sep 2018
Generosity launches countless careers in music
We don’t know much about the heroine of this story – a little about her family and their love of music – but we do know that her generosity will change the lives of many talented musicians and performing artists whose careers will owe much to Mrs Betty Dobrianskyj.
News • 1 Mar 2018
A Lifetime of Community Service Continues
The extraordinary life of Janet Copley is celebrated through a generous gift to support women’s education, community engagement and social issues.