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New online community for culture's 'Movers and Makers'
culturemap.org.au—a 'facebook' for culture mappers—went live in July and now has more th...
20 Nov, 2009
Journal on social responsiveness in South African higher education
Imagine if the university had called its students together on the first day and asked them to identi...
6 Nov, 2009
3arabi: Recording Arab Australian Culture
3arabi is a unique cultural mapping project that explores the nature of contemporary Arab Australian...
6 Jul, 2009
"Making Meaning, Making Money" - Book launch and debate, 25 June
Culture or coal? Will ‘creative industries’ lead the Australian economic recovery? What ...
22 Jun, 2009
Mentor Lends Her Hand for Reconciliation Week
Communications professional Sam Mattila, Senior Media Adviser with Austrade, is mentoring Masters of...
21 Jun, 2009
Students commit to eradicating global poverty
The Intervarsity Summit on Australia’s Role in Ending Extreme Poverty (ISAREEP) hosted by UTS ...
19 Dec, 2008
A proper welcome for refugees
The House of Welcome is a project of the NSW Ecumenical Council in Carramar that supports refugees a...
17 Dec, 2008
Making a difference for kids with Crohn's disease
Two hundred children are diagnosed with Crohn's disease each year in Australia and yet there has bee...
17 Dec, 2008
A new calling card for homeless youth
Taldumande Youth Services on Sydney’s North Shore provides support and accommodation for young...
17 Dec, 2008
A Year of Reconciliation
2008: A year of opportunity for the NSW Reconciliation Council, thanks to UTS Shopfront
The Prime M...
17 Dec, 2008
New Journal on Universities and Community Engagement
Interactions between universities, the community sector and public policy making are the focus of a ...
7 Oct, 2008
Fellowship on community-led design with Indigenous communities
Jacqueline Gothe has been awarded the 2008 Shopfront Research Fellow for her work on understanding r...
28 Sep, 2008
Composting for Easter Island: a gooey relationship story
When Dennis Mok met International Help Fund Australia in 2007 doing strategic planning together, nei...
14 Aug, 2008
Malian award winner
A multi-disciplinary research and design project on the Parramatta Female Factory Heritage Precinct ...
3 Apr, 2008
Shopfront pilots PR Industry partnership
Working with PR professionals and the Public Relations Institute of Australia NSW (PRIA NSW), Shopfr...
1 Apr, 2008
Community project news
Thirteen community projects are underway for 1st semester with the faculties of Business, Engineerin...
1 Apr, 2008
Research fellowship opportunity for UTS staff
The UTS Shopfront Research Fellowship provides teaching release during Spring Semester - valued up t...
1 Apr, 2008
Heritage law and disability access
Heritage law - an excuse not to provide disability access?
Two UTS Social Inquiry / Law students ...
1 Apr, 2008
Shopfront's Research Fellowship a success
Dr Penny O'Donnell from the UTS Journalism program was the inaugural UTS Shopfront Research Fellow f...
1 Apr, 2008
Ghost Nets to become real gear
'Ghost Net Gear' is on its way to becoming a reality thanks to the work of eleven UTS MBA and design...
1 Apr, 2008
Teaching & Learning and the 'aha' experience
Virginia Watson coordinated the Professional Placement subject for the Social Inquiry course at th...
28 Jan, 2008
Reach, connect, create: bringing a professional touch to a volunteer campaign
When Northside Community Forum needed a campaign to shore up its volunteer support in 2007, UTS Shop...
1 Jan, 2008
Accessories to international fair trade
A team of five international students from five different countries has designed a catalogue showcas...
1 Jan, 2008
2007 projects and 2008 deadline
The deadline for first semester 2008 projects is January 31. Submit your community project online
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1 Dec, 2007
CAMRA project wins ARC Linkages funding
UTS Shopfront, in partnership with the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, has secured Australi...
1 Dec, 2007
Nimble e-campaigners winning the small battles for human rights
While Amnesty International is still the international flagship campaigner for human rights, the int...
1 Dec, 2007
Human Rights Award for UTS Shopfront partner
The Professional Information Project (PIP) in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences has won a...
1 Dec, 2007
PRIA + UTS: Public Communication students working with industry for the community
A new program with the Public Relations Institute of Australia NSW (PRIA) will allow community organ...
1 Dec, 2007
Research on community engagement and graduate attributes
UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building and Shopfront are researching the impact of their dec...
1 Dec, 2007
The Media's Role in Multicultural Communities
Dr Penny O'Donnell from the Journalism Program in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is t...
1 Sep, 2007
Shopfront Welcomes Our New Alternate Director
Associate Professor Stephen Wearing has joined UTS Shopfront as the program’s Alternate Director.
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1 Sep, 2007
Survey on Community Website Needs
The Community Website Development Information Toolkit - currently being researched by Ian Fong from ...
1 Sep, 2007
UTS Students working with the community
90 students, from the UTS faculties of Business, Design, Architecture & Building, Humanities...
1 Sep, 2007
Research Fellowship Opportunity
The UTS Shopfront Research Fellowship provides teaching release during Spring Semester - valued up t...
1 May, 2007
A Future for the Arts in Broken Hill
A report on the state of the arts in remote western NSW, "Quality of Light, Quality of Life: Pr...
1 May, 2007
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies - A New UTS Research Network
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies (CCS) is an new interdisciplinary research network at UTS to investigat...
1 May, 2007
Alumni Award for Research into Australian Stone Artefacts
Kate Pacey - recent graduate of the Social Inquiry course, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences -...
1 May, 2007
Launch of Research Directions
In November, Dr Alex Byrne, UTS Pro Vice-Chancellor, launched the following initiatives as part of S...
1 Dec, 2006
End of Year News
41 community projects were completed during 2006 including:
Humanities student, Kate ...
1 Dec, 2006
Now We Are Ten
In 1996 UTS Shopfront began with a Quality Assurance Grant at the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sci...
1 Dec, 2006
Crack Minds Crunch Creativity + Culture Conundrums
In August 2005 some leading thinkers came together at the Byron Bay Writers Festival to talk about d...
1 Jun, 2006
MBA students link with the community and put their skills into action
Masters of Business students - enrolled in the Managing Consulting subject with the UTS School of Ma...
1 Jun, 2006
Community Solutions to Racism and Conflict Feature in Upcoming Report
Last year’s “Targeted” report (Download from UTS ePress Here) by Dr Tanja Dreher ...
1 Jun, 2006
New Website for UTS Community Law and Research Centre
Our long-term neighbour, the UTS Community Law & Research Centre, has launched their new-look websit...
1 Dec, 2005
Shopfront Wins National University Teaching Award
Shopfront has won the award for the Provision of Education Services to the Community at the 2005 A...
1 Dec, 2005
Communities and Anti-Racism
The 'Targeted' Monograph by Dr Tanja Dreher details the climate of fear and insecurity produced by...
1 Dec, 2005
"Accommodation in Crisis": Forgotten Women in Western Sydney
Dr Catherine Robinson and Rose Searby investigate the invisibility of single homeless women in thi...
1 Oct, 2005
"Targeted": Experiences of Racism in NSW After September 11, 2001
Racially motivated violence and verbal abuse in NSW rose significantly in the months following the...
1 Oct, 2005
Shopfront Named Finalist in University Teaching Award
We have been selected as a finalist in the 2005 Australian Awards for University Teaching for provis...
1 Oct, 2005
Community Projects
34 community projects are currently underway in seven UTS faculties involving more than 200 students...
1 Oct, 2005
34 Community Projects Now Underway
31 community organisations, 21 UTS staff and 94 students are working on 34 community projects in s...
1 Oct, 2004
Who's Afraid in the War on Terror
Two forums on this theme are being held at UTS in November.
FACING FEAR, a forum on racism and an...
1 Oct, 2004
Deadline for New Projects – January 30, 2005
The deadline for the submission of new community projects for first semester 2005 is January 30.
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1 Oct, 2004
Public Lecture by Fulbright Visiting Specialist, Professor Philip Nyden
Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Neighbourhoods: Case studies from Nine North American Cities
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1 May, 2004
Paul Ashton promoted to Associate Professor
Dr Paul Ashton, the Academic Director of UTS Shopfront, has recently been promoted to Associate Prof...
1 May, 2004
Deadline for New Projects – June 30, 2004
The deadline for the submission of new community projects for second semester is Wednesday, June 30....
1 May, 2004
Community Projects in Progress
Students and academics from the UTS faculties of Humanities & Social Sciences, Design, Architectur...
1 May, 2004
Events of Interest?
Pauline O’Loughlin has been invited to present a paper on UTS Shopfront as a model for university-...
1 May, 2004
29 Successful Community Projects
29 free, community-initiated projects were completed in second semester.
The collaborative partn...
1 Dec, 2003
Message for All Shopfront Alumni
If you have not recently received our newsletter through the post it means that your contact details...
1 Dec, 2003
Tanja Dreher Joins Shopfront
Tanja Dreher has joined the team at Shopfront for the next few months as the part-time research mana...
1 Dec, 2003
Community Projects
Eleven Masters of Planning students developing a feasibility study and plan for an ecologically sust...
1 Jun, 2003
Community Engagement Forum In Parramatta
Bringing Knowledge to Life, the second national forum on university and community engagement, will b...
1 Jun, 2003
Oral History Training in Redfern
During May, Paul Ashton, Shopfront's Director, ran a free oral history workshop for the Young Creato...
1 Jun, 2003
New Community Projects
35 community projects are available this semester including: the development of an educational board...
1 Mar, 2003
Other News
From July 3 to 5, the University of Queensland is hosting “InsideOut 2003”, an international confere...
1 Feb, 2003
Community Projects
31 community projects are nearing completion this semester, including projects with Community Aid Ab...
1 Nov, 2002
Other News
Shopfront and Transforming Cultures, UTS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, have received th...
1 Nov, 2002
"Women, Partnerships and Sustainable Development" Report Online
The report which resulted from the two year partnership project with NSW Department for Women on sus...
1 Nov, 2002
NSW Community Leadership Report Online
The UTS Shopfront audit of leadership programs in NSW is available online at the Community Builders ...
1 Nov, 2002
Letter From America
Dr Phil Nyden -– Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago and director of both the ...
1 Jun, 2002
Community Research Seminars
Phil Nyden, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Urban Research and Learning at Loy...
1 Feb, 2002
A Lot Happened in November
Over 200 people celebrated the Shopfront's 5th birthday and the milestone of 200 completed community...
1 Nov, 2001