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We are also the sector leader of Indigenous student enrolments and employment of  Indigenous staff.</p><p class="landing-page-intro">We've committed to build on our achievements. In doing so, we will strengthen collaborations and partnerships with Indigenous communities within our regions and beyond.</p></div> </div> <div id="video-911549" class="uon-wide-feature uon-wide-feature-reverse uon-wide-feature-video uon-wide-feature-light-grey"> <div class="uon-wide-feature-visual"> <div class="embed-container uon-wide-feature-content-dark-video-caption"> <div data-listid="" data-videoid="syYtyQITwGs" id="youtube-syYtyQITwGs" data-title="Reviving Indigenous Languages" data-customimage="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0004/732172/varieties/gallery_slide.jpg" class="youtube-replace"> <div class="fa fa-play-circle"></div> </div> </div> <div class="uon-wide-feature-video-caption uon-wide-feature-content-dark-video-caption"> <h3>Reviving Indigenous Languages <small>4:20</small></h3> <p>People in the Hunter and around the country are using a unique community program to keep Indigenous languages alive.</p> </div> </div> <div class="uon-wide-feature-content"> <h2 class="underlined">Leaders in the Reconciliation movement</h2> <p>We are leaders in the Reconciliation movement, and continually strive to provide a culturally responsive environment for our staff, students and community.</p> <p class="uon-wide-feature-content-links"> </p> </div> </div> <h2 class="underlined centered-heading">We are guided by relationships</h2> <p class="landing-page-intro">We are guided by relationships and through the work of our local Indigenous communities.</p> <div id="uon-card-grid-911478" class="uon-card-grid"> <a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/our-uni/indigenous-commitment/the-wollotuka-institute" class="uon-card uon-card-half uon-card-light " > <div class="uon-card-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0008/915047/Wollotuka-Card-800x400px.jpg);"> <img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0008/915047/Wollotuka-Card-800x400px.jpg" alt="The Wollotuka Institute building at the Callaghan campus, on the traditional lands of the Pambalong people of the Awabakal nation" /> </div> <div class="uon-card-content"> <h3 class="uon-card-content-title">The Wollotuka Institute</h3> <p class="uon-card-content-summary">Committed to the advancement and leadership of Indigenous education at a local, national and global level.</p> <p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/our-uni/indigenous-commitment/office-of-indigenous-strategy-and-leadership" class="uon-card uon-card-half uon-card-light " > <div class="uon-card-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0007/915046/OISL-Card-800x400px.jpg);"> <img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0007/915046/OISL-Card-800x400px.jpg" alt="Four Aboriginal people at the Ngarrama event, the large crowd in the background " /> </div> <div class="uon-card-content"> <h3 class="uon-card-content-title">The Office of Indigenous Strategy and Leadership</h3> <p class="uon-card-content-summary">Responsible for driving a whole-of-University approach to Indigenous success.</p> <p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/medicine-and-public-health/thurru-indigenous-health-unit" class="uon-card uon-card-half uon-card-light " > <div class="uon-card-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0009/915048/ThurruCard-800x400px.jpg);"> <img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0009/915048/ThurruCard-800x400px.jpg" alt="A collabortaive artwork made by the Thurru Indigenous health Unit " /> </div> <div class="uon-card-content"> <h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Thurru Indigenous Health Unit</h3> <p class="uon-card-content-summary">Providing national leadership in the provision of community responsive Indigenous health education.</p> <p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/purai" class="uon-card uon-card-half uon-card-light " > <div class="uon-card-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0005/915053/Purai-Card-800x400px.jpg);"> <img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0005/915053/Purai-Card-800x400px.jpg" alt="A group of men dancing in traditional dress " /> </div> <div class="uon-card-content"> <h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Purai Global Indigenous History Centre</h3> <p class="uon-card-content-summary">Integrating global and transnational analytical perspectives and frameworks with research on Indigenous and diaspora histories and other related histories of race.</p> <p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="uon-large-block-cta"> <div class="uon-large-block-cta-link uon-large-block-cta-link-blue uon-large-block-cta-link-image uon-large-block-cta-link-image-only" 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2025</div></div><h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Ngarrama returns to light up Newcastle</h3><p class="uon-card-content-summary">Ngarrama will illuminate King Edward Park on Saturday 25 January when the University of Newcastle proudly welcomes the community back for its annual reflection event.</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured/dust-yourself-off-and-try-again-you-can-do-it-and-become-a-doctor" class="uon-card uon-card-1x uon-card-light uon-card-with-tag uon-card-with-date uon-card-with-meta"><div class="uon-card-image"><img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0009/1039158/varieties/sidebar_thumb.jpg" alt="Dust yourself off and try again: you can do it and become a doctor" /></div><div class="uon-card-content"><div class="uon-card-content-meta"><div class="uon-card-content-meta-tag">News</div><div class="uon-card-content-meta-date">12 Dec 2024</div></div><h3 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That’s what Shelby Edwards discovered while studying medicine at the University of Newcastle.</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured/millies-pathway-to-becoming-an-inspiring-teacher-and-making-a-change-in-community" class="uon-card uon-card-1x uon-card-light uon-card-with-tag uon-card-with-date uon-card-with-meta"><div class="uon-card-image"><img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0018/1026603/varieties/sidebar_thumb.jpg" alt="Millie’s pathway to becoming an inspiring teacher and making a change in community" /></div><div class="uon-card-content"><div class="uon-card-content-meta"><div class="uon-card-content-meta-tag">News</div><div class="uon-card-content-meta-date">08 Oct 2024</div></div><h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Millie’s pathway to becoming an inspiring teacher and making a change in community</h3><p class="uon-card-content-summary">The University of Newcastle is leading transformative change in rural and regional education, which is one thing that attracted proud Wiradjuri woman, Millie Mills, to the University. Millie relocated from Wellington and is currently in her second year of studying Education, something that she said is thanks to the Wollotuka Institute’s Yapug program.</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a><a href="#uon-card-grid-687714" class="button large-button uon-card-grid-more">Show more news</a><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/community-and-alumni/why-i-donate3" class="uon-card uon-card-1x uon-card-light uon-card-with-tag uon-card-with-date uon-card-with-meta uon-card-hidden"><div class="uon-card-image"><img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0003/1025238/varieties/sidebar_thumb.jpg" alt="Why I donate" /></div><div class="uon-card-content"><div class="uon-card-content-meta"><div class="uon-card-content-meta-tag">News</div><div class="uon-card-content-meta-date">01 Oct 2024</div></div><h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Why I donate</h3><p class="uon-card-content-summary">"Giving back to the communities we’re part of is very important to us. Providing scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying health degrees enables us to make a practical difference in the lives of people living in regional and remote communities."</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured/scholarship-supports-students-to-strive-to-success" class="uon-card uon-card-1x uon-card-light uon-card-with-tag uon-card-with-date uon-card-with-meta uon-card-hidden"><div class="uon-card-image"><img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0013/1018030/varieties/sidebar_thumb.jpg" alt="Scholarship supports students to strive to success" /></div><div class="uon-card-content"><div class="uon-card-content-meta"><div class="uon-card-content-meta-tag">News</div><div class="uon-card-content-meta-date">29 Aug 2024</div></div><h3 class="uon-card-content-title">Scholarship supports students to strive to success</h3><p class="uon-card-content-summary">The Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle has announced their 2024 Indigenous scholarship recipients at their annual breakfast. The 48 successful recipients were celebrated in front of their peers thanks to the generosity of their community scholarship donors.</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a><a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured/in-three-minutes-or-less-creative-pitches-take-first-place-at-competitive-research-finals" class="uon-card uon-card-1x uon-card-light uon-card-with-tag uon-card-with-date uon-card-with-meta uon-card-hidden"><div class="uon-card-image"><img src="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0008/1017836/varieties/sidebar_thumb.jpg" alt="In three minutes or less: Creative pitches take first place at competitive research finals " /></div><div class="uon-card-content"><div class="uon-card-content-meta"><div class="uon-card-content-meta-tag">News</div><div class="uon-card-content-meta-date">28 Aug 2024</div></div><h3 class="uon-card-content-title">In three minutes or less: Creative pitches take first place at competitive research finals </h3><p class="uon-card-content-summary">Jake MacDonald and Zanab Malik claimed first place at the University of Newcastle’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) and Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) competition finals last night.</p><p class="uon-card-content-link">Read more</p></div></a> </div>  </div><div class="uon-heading-tabs-content-tab" id="uon-heading-tabs-content-tab-935180"> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div></div>  <div id="uon-acknowledgement"> <div class="inner"> <p>The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. 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