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The Wollotuka Institute is a unit within the University of Newcastle (Australia). It is a strategic and operational body which is responsible for all Indigenous activities of the University. The Institute was established in 1983 within the then Newcastle College of Advanced Education (NCAE) as a support program for Indigenous Australian students and was amalgamated into the University of Newcastle at the same time as the Hunter Institute of Higher Education. Wollotuka's all-Indigenous staff, overseen by an all-Indigenous Board of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education and Training, make it unique among Australian higher education Indigenous units and well respecting throughout Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Wollotuka Institute )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Wollotuka )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cqu.edu.au/cquninews/stories/engagement-category/fredericks-honoured-to-be-among-internationally-renowned-indigenous-education-leaders )〕 'Wollotuka' means "eating and meeting place" in the Awabakal language. Links with the Awabakal people and their land have been cited as a factor attracting academics to the university.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.desailly.com.au/blog/why-academics-love-newcastle-nsw#.UuYY8BB9LIU )〕 == History == The Wollotuka Institute started life in 1983 as a support program for Indigenous students. In the late 1980s, Wollotuka began to design and deliver courses in order to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander equity and participation within the University. This included the Aboriginal Bridging Program, which has now been replaced by the Yapug Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Enabling Program, as well as the Indigenous Australian Medical Students Program. The first students to undertake the medical program had graduated by 1990. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Entry Policy was implemented in 1993. The policy created selection procedures for entry of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to the University to address the particular circumstances faced by Indigenous people. Throughout the 1990s, Wollotuka continued to transition into the main provider of Aboriginal Studies courses to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study. It was the first institution in New South Wales to have a mandatory Aboriginal Education unit within the Graduate Diploma of Education. The process culminated in 1999 with the introduction of the Bachelor of Aboriginal Studies. A major in Aboriginal Studies is also offered in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Science. The Indigenous Education Centre on the Ourimbah Campus (Gibalee) was merged with the Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies in late 2002. Wollotuka was thus able to offer programs across all three of the University's major campuses from undergraduate to postgraduate levels. Collaborative efforts of Indigenous Student Support, Wollotuka's academic area, Umulliko, Yapug and the Discipline of Aboriginal Health greatly increased during this time. In 2005, Indigenous Support was split apart from Wollotuka and began reporting directly to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). This was not seen as a beneficial move however and in 2008 discussions between Indigenous staff and senior management of the University resulted in a new Indigenous Unit sitting under the Academic Division and reporting via three co-Directors to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Global Relations). Wollotuka as it is today was finally born in 2009 with the merger of the School, Support Unit, Indigenous Employment and Indigenous Health.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wollotuka Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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