PE3 - Professional Experience with a difference

Community Action Support - Tennant Creek NT
Students work with young people at Tennant Creek High School to improve literacy, increase the confidence of the young participants and create a positive community perception of learning and higher education.

Refugee Action Support
Be a study mentor to newly arrived refugee students in selected schools in western Sydney. Participants receive two days training with the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation and are then matched with a student / school to work with them each week through the semester.

Mentoring Indigenous Students
Through the UWS Indigenous School Student Mentoring Program, students combine structured academic enrichment and Indigenous cultural awareness activities with one-on-one mentoring. The UWS mentors help to inspire the educational aspirations, engagement and confidence of young Indigenous students, at the same time building skills and knowledge relevant to their own personal and professional development.

Learning Choices - Next Generation
Project-based learning with young people who are at-risk, with the aim to improve learning and work transitions. Projects have ranged from model car construction to song writing, from comic book writing to making movies.

Crossing Borders - International Peer Support
Students who arrive from overseas often have a struggle in their first few months at university. They might be lonely, unsure what to expect, find differences from their own country confusing, lack confidence to explore and be anxious about achieving success. This strand of PE 3 has been set up to address these issues and help students settle in.