Other Broad Strategies
The Academy
Oorala secured funding from the NSW Department of Education and Training through the Innovation and Collaboration Fund for the two-year ‘Pathways Academy’. Through collaboration with six regional schools, The Academy supports a regional education cluster through face-to-face, mentoring and virtual experiences with educational and community leaders. Experts in First Nations pedagogies, culture, innovation, and entrepreneurship development aim to deliver a solution-focused strategy to raise students' aspirations for tertiary study and secure pathways to UNE.
Experience Days and Camps
Oorala continues its successful Experience Days program. One hundred eighty-nine students from eight regional schools participated in seven experience days and three overnight camps offering course tasters in TRACKS, Science, Nursing and Sports Science, Criminology, Early Childhood Education, Law and Nursing and STEM.
National Indigenous Science Education Program (NISEP)
UNE partnered with Macquarie University and Armidale Secondary College to deliver the National Indigenous Science Education Program (NISEP). The program engaged 81 high school students in various science activities from years 7-12.
Indigenous Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator (UNE Tamworth)
In May 2022, UNE recruited a Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for UNE Tamworth. This is an identified role. The primary purpose of this position is to implement and coordinate student engagement and community outreach activities in Tamworth. The role also seeks to build the aspiration, capability and educational attainment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and to strengthen the local Aboriginal community and region with a place-based teaching and learning focus.
Indigenous Stakeholder Engagement Administrator (UNE Taree)
In June 2022, UNE recruited a Stakeholder Engagement Administrator for UNE Taree. This is an identified role. The primary purpose of this position is to support the implementation and coordination of student engagement and community outreach activities in Taree and the greater Mid-Coast region. The role also seeks to build the aspiration, capability and educational attainment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and to strengthen the local Aboriginal community and region with a place-based teaching and learning focus.
