Celebrating 50 years of educational opportunities!
The University of Newcastle is thrilled to commemorate 50 years of creating pathways to higher education. Partnering with the Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre (PALS) and the Library’s Special Collections, we’re showcasing the life-changing impact of our enabling programs such as the Open Foundation programs.
Newcastle Herald article 50 Years of Pathways to Brighter Futures Celebrating five decades of Open Foundation Friday July 26, 2024Also see Living Histories Digital Repository
50 YEARS FIFTY STORIESÂ Â Â Exhibition at the University Gallery!
50 YEARS FIFTY STORIES marks this milestone through an exhibition of 50 photographs and stories of both current and former students who are representative of the profound impact Open Foundation has had on individuals and the wider community.
Callaghan Campus Exhibition 10 July – 28 September. Further details HERE
Central Coast Exhibition 8 October – 22 November. Further details HERE
SHARE YOUR STORY!
We’d love to hear your story!
Share your experiences in Comments section below.
Newstep (Open Foundation) graduate here. I failed my HSC and undertook Newstep to get my ATAR score up. Through the patience of my English lecturer Jennifer C (I think that was her name), I learned how to write essays, form objective arguments, and add citations/references. Newstep was challenging, but I was also under a lot of stress with my mother being diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of the course. I changed as a person that year – I grew up and embraced the opportunity before me, studied hard and almost doubled my ATAR result. Mum got through her treatment too that year. It was a year of pain and growth and I wouldn’t be where I am today without that experience.
Newstep put me back on the path of my learning goals and I graduated from my dream BA Design degree at UNSW in 2014. That degree saw me head overseas on exchange where I learned from leaders in my field and I met lifelong friends I still connect with to this day.
I am now working at the uni at the DTS and I work in the same building I learned a handful of design courses in during my Newstep program.
Dear Melissa, thanks you for sharing your story and how wonderful you are on campus where your academic journey first begun. Regards Ann Hardy (Special Collections)