Belonging and Wellbeing
Source: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/tags/belonging-and-wellbeing Parent: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events
- 24 Feb 2026
### UNSW unveils university-wide Food Security Strategy
The new Food Security Strategy includes food lockers, cooking classes, an expanded free meals program and Food Hub offering, to help students access affordable, nutritious food.
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- 01 Aug 2025
### Weaving kindness into the fabric of UNSW's strategic vision
By multiple authorsacross UNSW Faculties and Divisions. Particularly since COVID, the idea of incorporating kindness into the university environment has been receiving increased interest.
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- 16 Oct 2024
### Innovative game helps educators foster student belonging
Helping students feel welcomed and valued also helps them learn. Achieving a welcoming classroom is no accident, yet it can be difficult to find guidance for how to do it.
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- 25 Jun 2024
### Kind classrooms can change the world
By multiple authorsacross UNSW Faculties and Divisions
In an age of increasing marketisation, automation and depersonalisation, Pedagogy of Kindness re-centres the human in higher education.
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- 28 Feb 2024
### Beyond the studies: immersing in arts & culture on campus
There's more to uni than studying. Extra-curricular activities such as immersion in arts & culture can have wide-ranging impacts. See how students from a range of faculties benefited from an art-making workshop by Abdullah M. I.
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- 20 Jul 2023
### More than a course: How an international student found her sense of belonging
One of our fantastic academics, Mira Kim, interviews one of her students, who took Mira's PELE course and realised that it gave her much more than an academic learning.
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- 19 Apr 2023
### Myth-busting on curricular approaches to student wellbeing
By Jacky Cranney, Nalini Pather, Leesa Sidhu, Gary Velan; SEA Fellows
\ Scientia Education Academy Fellows discuss how rigorous psychological science of wellbeing translates into curricular design and delivery.
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- 19 Apr 2023
### The sweet answer to my imposter syndrome
By Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Deborah shares her experience of how handing out free chocolate to her students taught her a life lesson on overcoming imposter syndrome.
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- 27 Mar 2023
### Celebrations & dedicated support for international UNSW students
With many more international students expected to return to campus in 2023, services and support is available to assist in their return to campus, or to kick start their journey.
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- 12 Dec 2022
### myEnglish Week boosts language confidence
UNSW students have found a fun and supportive community of learners and teachers at myEnglish Week. Registrations are now open for Term 1 2023!
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- 12 Dec 2022
### My First Day: An Empathy Project
'My First Day: An Empathy Project' is a collaborative initiative that puts that nerve-racking first day into perspective.
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- 02 Aug 2022
### Our students’ sense of relatedness & belonging – whose responsibility is it?
By Jacky Cranney, Nalini Pather, Leesa Sidhu, Gary Velan; SEA Fellows
\ Scientia Education Academy Fellows on building 'relatedness' and 'belonging' for students andhow to address the issue.
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- 18 May 2022
### Celebrating 20 Years: A Choral Salute
A tribute to Sonia Maddock for her 20 years as Director of UNSW’s Choral program - a place of expression and creativity, and a space of social engagement and belonging.
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- Thu 5 Mar 2026
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12pm - 1pm
### It’s All About the Students: Helping Them Connect
Join Mania Alehpour and Renata Zanetti for a workshop on how strategies to develop a safe learning space, supporting inclusion, and active participation in the classroom.
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- Thu 3 July 2025
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9am - 6pm
### QILT Symposium & NSW Higher Education Summit
This year, the New South Wales Higher Education Summit is being held in conjunction with UNSW’s inaugural Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Symposium.
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- Thu 19 June 2025
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11am - 12pm
### Positive strategies for university wellbeing in turbulent times
Join Prof. Paula Brough from Griffith University in exploring evidence-based strategies from the positive psychology movement to help both staff and students navigate turbulent times and boost wellbeing in university settings.
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- Tue 21 May to Wed 24 July
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### Lightning & Practitioner Workshops Term 2 2024
The Lightning & Practitioner Workshops are back for T2! These one-hour workshops touch on key topics in teaching and learning.
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- Wed 31 Jan to Tue 16 Apr
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### Lightning Workshops T1 2024
The Lightning Workshops are back for 2024! These workshops are hands-on 1 hour sessions that develop your teaching and course in a collaborative environment.
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