Work Integrated Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences
byLed by Associate Professor Fiona Martin, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences subcommittee for Work Integrated Learning have been tasked with investigating the…
cultural competence
A shared sense of place – empowering culturally responsive teaching
byWhat is culturally responsive teaching? To be a culturally responsive teacher is to be “abletounderstandandconsiderthe differentculturalbackgroundsof thepeople(we) teach“. The University of Sydney is an…
Head, heart and hands: reflections on a new unit on Disability and Decolonising Practices
byEmbedding equity and inclusivity into the curriculum can be challenging.Amani Bellfrom Work Integrated Learning in the Sydney School of Health Sciences (SSHS) recently had…
What do students think about working as ‘students as partners’?
byIn 2020, a group of student co-designers partnered with the University of Sydney’s Educational Innovation team to develop Get Prepared, a learning resource supporting…
Support students with a values affirmation exercise
byThe start of semester can be an exciting and stressful time for students. For those from under-represented groups, a place like The University of…
Expanding Awareness of Inclusivity and Disability at the University of Sydney
byIn 2018 an OLE (Open Learning Environment) on Disability Awareness and Inclusivity was launched, the vision of a large team of staff across the…
Upcoming seminars on Indigenous, Maori and Pasifika students’ experiences of higher education
byThere are two Widening Participation Network seminars coming up on 12 and 13 October 2017. Indigenous students’ experiences of higher education: rippling stories of…
Understanding Student Awareness of their Cultural Competence Skills in the Humanities
byAs a partnership of two students and an academic, we wanted to measure students’ understanding and experience of cultural competence and whether this might…
Changing the way we think and do ‘international education’
byOn Friday 23 June, Dr Wendy Green will lead a discussion based on her current work on engaging students as partners in global…
Student ambassadors for cultural competence
byIn 2015, the theme of the Sydney Teaching Colloquium was ‘cultural competence is everyone’s business’. The university community met on 4th November to explore…