History Outreach Program
This program is aimed at supporting teachers and students doing modern and ancient history and makes some of the University’s most interesting historical resources available to students in years 7-12. These resources include rare book manuscripts, Egyptian mummies and the University’s own Quadrangle. The program offers visits, workshops, prizes, and mentoring throughout the year for students in stages four, five or six who are attending a government-identified low socioeconomic school.
Communities of Support: Leadership Fellows Scheme 2020
This year, as part of a successful Strategic Education Grant (Widening Participation), we will recruit Leadership Fellows from across the Faculty (two per School), for HDR students to play a critical role in our new project entitled “Communities of Support: First Generation Students and the Transition to University.”
This Faculty-wide two-tier project will address student transition and retention issues among some of our most at-risk students, and contribute to student well-being and satisfaction. The project aims to create a pool of trained student volunteers and Leadership Fellows from each School who will work closely with current low-SES and First in Family students to co-create an intensive mentoring experience for incoming students in 2020. We hope to build a community of engaged, informed, and trained students and enrich the student experience for all, as well as hep inform a more formal Faculty-wide transition program in the future.
Our Leadership Fellows will be given the opportunity to advance key academic skills, including inclusive teaching and mentoring in higher education; providing mentorship to undergraduate volunteers, design support activities for volunteers to support their mentees, lead cohorts of volunteers in the delivery of grant projects, and provide general event coordination and publicity support. Find more information here.
About the Program
Archive:
The students who assist with, and take part in, the History Outreach Program occasionally post articles about their involvement and experiences on the Department of History’s History Matters website.
2019:
Clair Sole, “Miller Technology High Social Inclusion Program – Essay Writing Celebration,” History Matters, December 10, 2019
Clair Sole, “Chifley Senior Campus + University of Sydney Essay Competition,” History Matters, December 5, 2019
Bridget Neave, “Year 11 Program Volunteers visit Granville Boys High and Miller Technology High,” History Matters, June 7, 2019
Bridget Neave, “HUGE day to kickstart the History Mentoring Program for 2019,” History Matters, May 17, 2019
Bridget Neave, “Granville Boys High – Project Based Learning Presentation,” History Matters, April 16, 2019
Michael McDonnell, “Equity Scholarships in History,” History Matters, March 1, 2019
2018:
Bridget Neave, “Who Do You Think You Are – Exploring Students’ Pacific Island History,” History Matters, November 23, 2018
Bridget Neave, “Chifley High + University of Sydney Essay Competition,” History Matters, November 9, 2018
Bridget Neave, “Presentation Day – Year 11 program,” History Matters, September 30, 2018
Bridget Neave, “Social Inclusion program day – Essay Writing,” History Matters, August 3, 2018
Bridget Neave, “June 29: Year 11 Program day and Extension History Program mentoring day,” History Matters, July 6, 2018
Bridget Neave, “Stage 4 Open Day with Cecil Hills,” History Matters, May 4, 2018
Bridget Neave, “Student Equity Alliance debuts at O-Week,” History Matters, March 7, 2018
Michael McDonnell, “Cecil Hills High School Mentoring 2018,” History Matters, March 2, 2018
2017:
Bridget Neave, “Social Inclusion awards ceremony at Miller Technology High School (December),” History Matters, December 25, 2017
Bridget Neave, “Year 11 Mentoring Program Presentation Day (August),” History Matters, December 12, 2017
Chifley College Senior Campus Students and Staff, “Chifley College Prize Ceremony,” History Matters, November 14, 2017
Shayma Taweel, “What is the Social Inclusion Program?” History Matters, May 26, 2017
Shayma Taweel, “Miller Technology Prize Ceremony,” History Matters, January 9, 2017
2016:
Shayma Taweel, “Chifley College Prize Ceremony,” History Matters, December 16, 2016
Michael McDonnell, “Cecil Hills – History Extension mentoring program,” History Matters, December 16, 2016
Michael McDonnell, “Granville Boys High School Presentations and Awards,” History Matters, December 14, 2016
Shayma Taweel, “Parramatta High School visit,” History Matters, October 26, 2016
Shayma Taweel, “Year 11 History Presentation Day,” History Matters, October 7, 2016
Shayma Taweel, “Granville Boys High School Museum Visits,” History Matters, September 6, 2016
2015:
Michael McDonnell, “Chifley College Year 11 History Prizes,” History Matters, November 9, 2015
2014:
“Supporting Our Future Historians,” Granville Boys High School Website, October 28, 2014