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• Recruiting in Revesby[17 May 2012]

  

  Star Bulldogs Rugby League player Corey Payne teamed up with University of Sydney staff and students on Wednesday 9 May to encourage young people from Sydney's south-western suburbs to take on university. More

• No ordinary use of Bubblewrap and Boxes[10 May 2012]

  

  What would you do with your bubblewrap and boxes? Storage? Mailing? The performers of the Asking For Trouble theatre company had different ideas and used them to create an award-winning show for children. More

• Year 3 Introduction to Uni Day - Biggest ever Compass event[3 May 2012]

  

  Faculty staff and students from across the University of Sydney gathered on the front lawns of the Quadrangle yesterday to produce the Compass program's biggest and best Year 3 Introduction to University Day. More

• Our five new partner schools[26 April 2012]

  

  We are thrilled to announce that we have five new schools partnering with Compass this year. More

• Year 11 'Thinking Ahead' workshop took off at Condell Park HS[12 April 2012]

  

  Compass is launching a new workshop for Year 11 students to introduce the university scholarship process. More

• Teachers gearing up for Occupational Therapy at schools[12 April 2012]

  

  The much-loved Compass Occupational Therapy (OT) program is entering its third year in 2012. More

• Volunteer with Compass in 2012 - Apply Now![8 March 2012]

  

  We are preparing for another successful year with our school based volunteer programs and are seeking committed and enthusiastic individuals to join us in 2012. More

• Teachers Give 2012 MULTILIT Professional Development a Thumbs Up[8 March 2012]

  

  Compass Volunteers have been working with twelve of our primary and high school partners to encourage reading and literacy development through our Word Up program since 2010, and this is set to continue in 2012. More

• Catching up [8 March 2012]

  

  In the last few weeks the Compass team has been busy visiting our partner schools' staff and parent meetings, talking to teachers and parents about Compass and some of the programs and activities taking place in 2012. More

• Teachers impress at film production workshops[22 February 2012]

  

  Last week, 27 teachers from Compass partner schools attended professional development sessions for the Film Production and Editing and Stop Motion Animation programs. More

• Compass Points West[14 February 2012]

  

  The University of Sydney is joining forces with the University of Adelaide to encourage more children in Adelaide's northern primary schools to consider attending university. More

• Universities join forces to widen higher education participation[14 December 2011]

  

  Five Sydney-based universities are set to work together to increase the numbers of students from lower socio-economic backgrounds in higher education, with the announcement of $21.2 million in Federal Government funding over four years for the Bridges to Higher Education project. More