Belonging and Wellbeing

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.

By multiple authors across UNSW Faculties and Divisions

In an age of increasing marketisation, automation and depersonalisation, Pedagogy of Kindness re-centres the human in higher education.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

UNSW students have found a fun and supportive community of learners and teachers at myEnglish Week. Registrations are now open for Term 1 2023!

'My First Day: An Empathy Project' is a collaborative initiative that puts that nerve-racking first day into perspective.

By Jacky Cranney, Nalini Pather, Leesa Sidhu, Gary Velan; SEA Fellows

Scientia Education Academy Fellows on building 'relatedness' and 'belonging' for students and how to address the issue.

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.