Culture and community
There are many opportunities to participate in activities and events outside of your classes. This page outlines some of the things you can take part in to expand your career, social experience, cultural knowledge and volunteering expertise!
Work experience
SydneyTalent
SydneyTalent is a service of the University of Sydney that connects you with opportunities for meaningful, paid employment and work-related development while you study or after you graduate.
Placements with SydneyTalent offer flexible hours, fair market remuneration, and valuable experience, helping you to develop key work skills in a practical environment related to your academic interests.
Our unique learning and development program is tailored to enhance your workplace skills and professional competence. With SydneyTalent, you can create lasting relationships within your future industry, connect with potential long-term employers, and increase your competitive edge.
Contact:
SydneyTalent
Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building,
Darlington Campus
Phone 8627 8000
Website: sydney.edu.au/sydneytalent
Summer School
The Sydney Summer School is a full-fee paying award program that offers subjects from nine faculties for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Some subjects are provided online, some face-to-face and some offered in other countries.
You can accelerate your course (allowing international students to return to their home country sooner), repeat subjects in which you may have been unsuccessful, balance your workload throughout the year, or study one subject intensely.
Scholarships are available for local students and four merit prizes of $2000 are awarded (summer only). Online enrolment commences in early October for the Summer School (which runs three sessions in December, January and February), and in late May for Winter School (which commences in July).
Contact:
Summer School
Room 228, Institute Building, Darlington Campus
Phone: 9351 5542
Website: sydney.edu.au/summer
Exploring cultural life at Sydney
Being on campus means more than just lectures and tutes. The University offers a broad range of cultural activities. You can:
Visit a museum
The University’s three museums hold one of the largest university collections of antiquities, art, ethnography and natural history in Australia. Visit Sydney University Museums for more information.
See a performance
The Seymour Centre is home to concerts, dance, opera and theatre. See the Seymour Centre for the year-round program.
Listen to an expert
Sydney Ideas presents local and international speakers through a series of public lectures. You hear from journalists, politicians, scientists and social researchers, and many others great thinkers. Visit Sydney ideas to find out who’s speaking.
Visit a gallery
The Sydney College of the Arts Galleries showcase student and established artists’ work. They also feature public lectures, seminars and an artist- in-residence program. Visit sydney.edu.au/sca for details.
Also, visit the Tin Shed Gallery for contemporary, architectural and community art projects. See the Tin Shed Gallery website for details.
Work with an artist
The Art Workshops at the Tin Sheds Gallery provide students with the opportunity to work with professional practicing artists. For more information about the courses, visit the Art Workshops page
Volunteering Opportunities
Compass program
From school to uni...
The University of Sydney’s Compass program encourages primary and secondary school children to stay in school and think about higher education.
Volunteers can take part in a wide variety of projects throughout the year. For more information and details on how to get involved visit the Compass website.
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
There’s a revolution on campus. It comes dressed in black hoodies, with a mission to smash inequalities in Indigenous education. It’s called AIME – the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.
AIME partners volunteer university students one-on-one with Indigenous high school students in a university-based interactive mentoring program.
Student mentors need only commit 1 hour per week over 17 weeks, that’s only 17 hours which could change an Aboriginal kid’s life, and your own!
Apply NOW to be an AIME Mentor at www.aimementoring.com/join/