Statement of support for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
The University of Melbourne releases a statement in support for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament.
Read moreAn international focus on Indigenous knowledge
The University of Melbourne is delivering on its commitment to elevating Indigenous knowledge in teaching and learning by co-hosting the inaugural workshop of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities’ (APRU) Indigenous Knowledges Working Group in Chiapas, Mexico.
Read moreTeaching in partnership with the Yambirrpa schools
The Melbourne Graduate School of Education's partnership with the Yambirrpa schools (Yirrkala and Laynhapuy Homelands) provides the opportunity for pre-service teachers to complete their final practicum placement in North East Arnhem Land and Yuendumu.
Read moreIndigenous History of the University of Melbourne
In November 2019, the University held a research colloquium on Place and Indigenous cultural recognition. An outcome of the Colloquium was an acknowledgement that the University’s histories are contested and the need to formally acknowledge our institutional and colonial past and our complicity with respect to eugenics and scientific racism. On this basis and in order to meet our Advancing Melbourne and elevate Reconciliation Action Plan commitments with respect to Place, the University commissioned an Indigenous led research project to properly articulate that contested history.
Truth-telling and Place: Contested Histories of the University of Melbourne (2022)
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