2022 Indigenous Education Statement

Targeted Tutorial Assistance TTA

In 2022, Oorala continued providing academic support for online and on-campus students through the Targeted Tutorial Assistance (TTA) program.

Table 3: Tutorial assistance provided in 2022

¹ Total number of unique students supported by tutorial assistance (if students have attended multiple tutorial sessions, still count them as 1 student).

² Record total number of tutorial sessions attended by students (each class a student attends counts as 1, the same student may attend multiple tutorial sessions throughout the year).

³ Record only hours of instruction received by the students (do not include staff planning or organising time).

⁴ Include any costs associated with providing tutorial assistance, including staffing costs, materials, facilities etc

Student Check-In

In 2022, the Oorala Student Experience team continued the Student Check-In program. The program seeks to engage with all students at two key stages in the teaching period, providing personalised information and advice to support student progression. The Student Experience team reviewed the program in 2022, enhancing areas such as identifying ‘at risk’ students and communications. This activity became increasingly crucial with the introduction of the Job Ready Graduate package, specifically with regard to the course progression requirements.

Table 4: Student Check-In 2022

Oorala's Student Engagement Officers

The Oorala Student Experience Team offers information and advice to current students to ensure they are involved in academic, social, and cultural studies. The best way to ensure that Indigenous students complete their courses is to give them access to a committed team that can offer comprehensive support throughout their degree program. 2,391 SRM student-staff interactions were recorded by the Oorala Student Experience Team in the Student Relationship Management (SRM) system in 2022.

Oorala On the Road

The Oorala Student Experience team engaged with their online student cohort through Oorala on the road. Approximately 80% of Indigenous students at UNE study online. Oorala on the Road leverages UNE campuses in Tamworth, Taree, and the Sydney Campus (Parramatta). Oorala meets with students face-to-face at these campuses.

UNE Student Experience

The Student Experience division invests heavily in supporting student progression and other aspects of the student lifecycle by delivering core services and targeted communications. In addition, the Student Experience division works collaboratively with the Student Experience Team at the Oorala Aboriginal Centre to ensure that their operations are culturally inclusive.

Non-ISSP funded Undergraduate Scholarships

The Oorala Aboriginal Centre and the UNE community support Indigenous undergraduate students by providing the following:

• Additional non-ISSP funded scholarships.
• Discipline-specific awards and prizes that support and recognise academic achievement and progression.
• Actively facilitating the application of eligible students for external scholarship opportunities.
• Providing a detour program.

Table 5: Non-ISSP Funded Scholarships paid to UNE Indigenous undergraduate students in 2022.

UNE Graduate School

A strategy to support HDR students with cultural support includes financial resources for Indigenous students. The Graduate School offers Indigenous Higher Degree Research students the Cultural Mentor Payment. This payment is for cultural supervision and/or mentoring. The payment is $7000 per annum.