| Pictured at the Towradgi Surf Life Saving Club event are (anti clockw... Pictured at the Towradgi Surf Life Saving Club event are (anti clockwise) Cameron Rae (club captain), Nicole Hogan (UOW), Luke Stone (UOW), Adriana Gervaise (club president), Peter Murray (vice-captain), James Rae (secretary), Elle Smith (UOW), Cayce Wylie (inflatable rescue boat crew member), and Leah Carlon (UOW) | 
| Leah Carlon from UOW helps out with some nippers at the Towradgi Surf... Leah Carlon from UOW helps out with some nippers at the Towradgi Surf Life Saving Club event | 
| Some nippers get some handy help from UOW students (from left) Elle S... Some nippers get some handy help from UOW students (from left) Elle Smith, Nicole Hogan and Leah Carlon |
Surf lifesavers and educationalists form special partnership
18 Feb 2008 | Bernie Goldie
Education took to the beach on Sunday February 17 when University of Wollongong staff and students and a senior representative of the Department of Education and Training (DET) joined with members of the Towradgi Surf Life Saving Club.
Federal and State Government education departments are actively seeking teachers to gain broader experience beyond their school grounds and to participate in various community enterprises.
University of Wollongong Dean of Education, Professor Paul Chandler, said UOW has always been a leader in having their teachers become more aware of “their whole learning community” – that is, to develop a more holistic view of their surrounds.
In what is believed to be the first partnership of its kind, education students (initially UOW’s physical and health education students) will have ongoing active roles in the activities of the Towradgi Surf Life Saving Club. This will involve such things as supervising the club’s nippers, beach flags and participating in bronze medallion training.
To symbolise the start of the relationship Professor Chandler (along with UOW education students) joined Dr Phil Pearson (the Director of UOW’s Graduate Diploma in Education) and the Regional Director of DET, David Phipps, at Towradgi’s Surf Life Saving Club on Sunday. A barbecue was also held to help celebrate the occasion.
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