News Archive
21 November 2018
New Council Members announced
Five positions on the Women’s College Council have been confirmed from the recent election. In addition to the re-election of Sally Auld [1990-93] and Jennifer Davidson [1990-92], three new members have been confirmed for 2019: Jane Oakeshott [Women’s College 1979-83; Senior Student 1983] Deputy Director – Relationship Management, Campus Infrastructure Services, The University of Sydney […]
7 September 2018
Enhancing Opportunities for College Cooperation
St Paul’s College and The Women’s College within the University of Sydney are working closely on increased practical cooperation between the colleges to further improve the all-round educational experience of students in both colleges. For over 125 years, the two colleges have been partners in collegiate education for all their students. This partnership is evident […]
29 November 2017
Report to The Women’s College on Cultural Renewal
Wednesday 29 November 2017 The Chair of Council, Julie McKay, announces the release of the Report to the Women’s College on Cultural Renewal following the release of the Cultural Renewal at The University of Sydney Residential Colleges report, by Elizabeth Broderick & Co. Ms McKay’s announcement is here The Report to the Women’s College on […]
29 November 2017
Elizabeth Broderick releases reports on College culture
Wednesday 29 November 2017 Today Elizabeth Broderick & Co. released the report on the Cultural Renewal project at the University of Sydney Residential Colleges. Elizabeth Broderick & Co.’s media release is here
29 November 2017
University of Sydney Cultural Renewal Project 2017
Wednesday 29 November 2017 Today Elizabeth Broderick & Co. together with the University of Sydney released the overarching report on cultural renewal for the five University of Sydney colleges involved in the Project. The University of Sydney’s media release is here Link to the overarching report is here
16 November 2016
New Members of Council announced
Five positions on the Women’s College Council have been confirmed from the recent election. In addition to the re-election of Samantha Gavel [HOLDEN; Women’s College 1982-84] and Judy Mills [FITZSIMMONS; Women’s College 1984], three new members have been confirmed for 2017: Justine Beaumont [Women’s College 1986-88] Barrister, Nigel Bowen Chambers, Sydney As a barrister specialising […]
15 September 2016
Apply for a scholarship
Applications for scholarships to Women’s College close at 5pm on Tuesday 4 October and prospective students to the College are encouraged to apply. The College offers a range of scholarships to students from rural and regional areas and government schools, in addition to students from Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, post graduate medical students […]
25 August 2016
Message from the Chair and Principal
25 August 2016 This Saturday the Women’s College Open Day is an opportunity for our extensive community, friends and future students to visit and experience the ‘Women’s College Advantage’. Our hope is that all our visitors leave with a strong sense of our commitment to developing female leaders — young women who are confident, self-aware […]
1 August 2016
Learned Leadership
Women’s College students attending our annual leaderships seminars spent the morning learning the secrets of the graduate recruitment panel last weekend when presenters Lucy Nowland (Executive Director, Human Capital Management, Goldman Sachs) and Chris Franklin (Partner and Principal Consultant, Advalore Partners) held their Employability Workshop at College. More than sixty students signed up to the […]
13 July 2016
New Alumnae President
The Women’s College Alumnae Association has elected Prof Jakelin Troy as its new President. Jaky attended College 1980-82, 85 and is currently Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney. She is a Ngarigu woman whose country is the NSW Snowy Mountains. Jaky has studied widely in Australia, Japan and […]
4 June 2016
Alumnae Award Winners Announced
On 23 May 2016 the biennial Women’s College Alumnae Awards were presented during a special Formal Dinner in the College Dining Hall. The Awards recognise the significant personal and professional achievements of some of our many talented alumnae. Our warmest congratulations go to Elizabeth Elliot (winner, Alumna Award), Mary Assunta (winner, Alumna Community Achievement Award) […]
22 May 2016
A Message from the Chair and Principal
Friday 20 May, 2016 As members of the College communities would be aware, there has been significant media coverage over the last fortnight about incidents of unacceptable behaviour at Sydney University colleges and broader issues around poor college cultures. We feel it is important to state that Women’s College is fully committed to ensuring that […]
16 March 2016
New College Chair announced
College is excited to announce the appointment of a new Chair of the College Council, Ms Julie McKay. Julie is the Executive Director of the National Committee for UN Women, a role she has held for 9 years. In 2014, she was appointed as the inaugural Gender Advisor to the Chief of the Australian Defence […]
5 March 2016
Katrina Dawson Foundation scholars announced at Women’s College
Three Women’s College students have been announced as the first recipients of the Katrina Dawson Scholarships: Catherine Priestley (2nd year Arts Engineering), Kate Field (1st year Architecture & Environments) and Angie Lu (1st year Science Arts). The students will each receive financial support and mentoring to assist them in their studies over the course of […]
3 March 2016
Alumnae Award Nominations Now Open
Nominations are now open for the 2020 Women’s College Alumnae Awards. These Awards seek to recognise the achievements and service of our alumnae in their professions, community, arts, sport or family life and aim to reflect women’s leadership, vision, creativity, innovation and initiative. Three awards will be given in 2020: The Women’s College Alumna Award […]
5 January 2016
Vale Leonie Star BA MA PhD
Women’s College would like to inform alumnae and friends of the recent passing on 30 December 2015 of Dr Leonie Star, former Principal of College from 1974-80. Dr Star came to Women’s College following her return to Australia from New Brunswick in Canada where she had studied and worked for a number of years. She […]
5 December 2015
Katrina’s legacy
Katrina Dawson’s family speak about creating her legacy: funding three scholarships for young women of merit at Women’s College. See the Sydney Morning Herald article.
5 October 2015
Katrina Dawson Foundation Scholarships at Women’s College
The Katrina Dawson Foundation announces scholarships to support students attending Women’s College within the University of Sydney. Watch video Visit the Katrina Dawson Foundation website for more information on the Foundation Scholarships at Women’s College. Find out more on applying for scholarships at Women’s College.
3 October 2015
Women’s College alumnae assert their influence
Four Women’s College alumnae were recently named as finalists in the AFR Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards 2015. Suzanne Young (1987), Karen Canfell (1987), Sandra McCuaig (1961) and Elizabeth Constable (1961) were short listed from among more than 500 nominees in the prestigious awards recognising women in Australia whose work has had a transformative […]
20 June 2015
The Katrina Dawson Foundation established
The College would like to inform all members of our community that the Dawson family has established a foundation focussing on the education of women in memory of Katrina. Former…