11 Might 2023
Lavinia ‘Lovie’ Richards, left, with APP Program Regional Tutor Barbie Clutterbuck and Zac Nelson-Richards. Photograph by Lauren Shivvaan
Barngarla Elder and Port Lincoln native Lovie, 65, and her son Zac, 26, have spent the previous few years learning College of South Australia’s Aboriginal Pathway Program (APP) a program that prepares Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander college students for college research.
This week, Lovie and Zac will each graduate from the APP alongside their friends on Friday 5 Might, at UniSA’s Whyalla commencement ceremony.
The APP is a one-and-a-half-year program to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander college students embrace college research. It’s designed for individuals who don’t meet normal college entry necessities, akin to college students with out an ATAR.
The APP is taught in 5 places throughout SA together with Adelaide, Ceduna, Mt Gambier, Pt Lincoln, and Whyalla. Since 2017, 36 college students have graduated from the APP, with 11 extra anticipated to finish this system by mid-2023.
College students who efficiently full the APP can switch into any diploma at UniSA both in-person or on-line.
APP Director Dr Nazz Oldham says the APP’s focus is on making ready First Nations college students to succeed at college.
“Regardless of the college students’ background, the APP supplies a culturally protected and supportive surroundings for them to construct the required educational, literacy and numeracy expertise to arrange them for his or her undergrad levels,” he says.
“We spend time exhibiting the scholars how uni works, what they should do and even methods to get monetary assist to construct their confidence and make uni loads much less horrifying.”
Lovie was made conscious of the APP when her cousin defined this system to her. Pissed off with continuous knock backs from potential employers, she determined to discover research choices at college to spice up her training and employment alternatives.
“I used to be fairly amazed at what UniSA needed to provide by the APP and the potential for additional research,” Lovie says.
On the similar time son Zac had at all times dreamed of attending college however had not accomplished Yr 12. The APP gave him that possibility.
“Learning with Zac has been very inspirational,” Lovie says. “Zac being a pc whiz helped me within the areas I discovered troublesome, and I used to be capable of encourage him in different areas he was unsure about.
“After we have been feeling drained or weary, we have been capable of encourage one another to maintain going. I wished a lot for Zac to succeed and fulfil his desires. I’m so happy with him.”
Though Zac admits learning together with his mum was “a bit awkward” he says it was good to spend one-on-one time together with her away from his siblings.
“There’s no stronger pillar of assist than your individual mom,” Zac says.
Zac and Lovie at the moment are each learning undergraduate levels at UniSA. Zac has commenced a Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation), whereas Lovie has begun a Bachelor of Arts (Inventive Writing and Literature).
Zac says the perfect phrase he has heard throughout his time within the APP is “you’re by no means too previous to review at college”.
“It was unusual at first to return to learning after dropping out of faculty just a few years in the past,” Zac says. “I’m a little bit of a sluggish starter, so I struggled within the first levels, however as soon as I began to grasp the topics, I discovered myself getting by my work shortly.”
Zac hopes to in the future pursue a profession in animation. Lovie has plans to change into an creator.
“I’ll in all probability set myself up with no matter needed to write down books from dwelling,” Lovie says. “I’ll take a look at writing my very own story and youngsters’s books to start with after which see what occurs from there.”
Media contact: Melissa Keogh M: +61 403 659 154 E: Melissa.Keogh@unisa.edu.au
11 Might 2023
Lavinia ‘Lovie’ Richards, left, with APP Program Regional Tutor Barbie Clutterbuck and Zac Nelson-Richards. Photograph by Lauren Shivvaan
Barngarla Elder and Port Lincoln native Lovie, 65, and her son Zac, 26, have spent the previous few years learning College of South Australia’s Aboriginal Pathway Program (APP) a program that prepares Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander college students for college research.
This week, Lovie and Zac will each graduate from the APP alongside their friends on Friday 5 Might, at UniSA’s Whyalla commencement ceremony.
The APP is a one-and-a-half-year program to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander college students embrace college research. It’s designed for individuals who don’t meet normal college entry necessities, akin to college students with out an ATAR.
The APP is taught in 5 places throughout SA together with Adelaide, Ceduna, Mt Gambier, Pt Lincoln, and Whyalla. Since 2017, 36 college students have graduated from the APP, with 11 extra anticipated to finish this system by mid-2023.
College students who efficiently full the APP can switch into any diploma at UniSA both in-person or on-line.
APP Director Dr Nazz Oldham says the APP’s focus is on making ready First Nations college students to succeed at college.
“Regardless of the college students’ background, the APP supplies a culturally protected and supportive surroundings for them to construct the required educational, literacy and numeracy expertise to arrange them for his or her undergrad levels,” he says.
“We spend time exhibiting the scholars how uni works, what they should do and even methods to get monetary assist to construct their confidence and make uni loads much less horrifying.”
Lovie was made conscious of the APP when her cousin defined this system to her. Pissed off with continuous knock backs from potential employers, she determined to discover research choices at college to spice up her training and employment alternatives.
“I used to be fairly amazed at what UniSA needed to provide by the APP and the potential for additional research,” Lovie says.
On the similar time son Zac had at all times dreamed of attending college however had not accomplished Yr 12. The APP gave him that possibility.
“Learning with Zac has been very inspirational,” Lovie says. “Zac being a pc whiz helped me within the areas I discovered troublesome, and I used to be capable of encourage him in different areas he was unsure about.
“After we have been feeling drained or weary, we have been capable of encourage one another to maintain going. I wished a lot for Zac to succeed and fulfil his desires. I’m so happy with him.”
Though Zac admits learning together with his mum was “a bit awkward” he says it was good to spend one-on-one time together with her away from his siblings.
“There’s no stronger pillar of assist than your individual mom,” Zac says.
Zac and Lovie at the moment are each learning undergraduate levels at UniSA. Zac has commenced a Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation), whereas Lovie has begun a Bachelor of Arts (Inventive Writing and Literature).
Zac says the perfect phrase he has heard throughout his time within the APP is “you’re by no means too previous to review at college”.
“It was unusual at first to return to learning after dropping out of faculty just a few years in the past,” Zac says. “I’m a little bit of a sluggish starter, so I struggled within the first levels, however as soon as I began to grasp the topics, I discovered myself getting by my work shortly.”
Zac hopes to in the future pursue a profession in animation. Lovie has plans to change into an creator.
“I’ll in all probability set myself up with no matter needed to write down books from dwelling,” Lovie says. “I’ll take a look at writing my very own story and youngsters’s books to start with after which see what occurs from there.”
Media contact: Melissa Keogh M: +61 403 659 154 E: Melissa.Keogh@unisa.edu.au
