Over 5000 HSC students to ‘discover’ UOW

Feb 05, 2007

Over 5000 students from 130 high schools will flock to the University of Wollongong this week (6 - 9 February) for the annual Discovery Days -- the University's largest undergraduate recruitment event.

The aim of Discovery Days is to provide an opportunity for Year 12 students to experience, first-hand, what university life is like for a day.

The day gives them an insight into student life including services and facilities on campus, subject selection as well as the experience of attending classes in their areas of interest.

This year, the University is expecting students from high schools in the Illawarra, Southern Sydney, South Western Sydney, South Coast, Goulburn, Southern Highlands, ACT and many rural schools over the four-day period.

All faculties have been heavily involved in the planning of presentations for this event.

Over the four days, students register at the University Hall or Hope Theatre and will then be dispersed across the campus in various lecture theatres and seminar rooms.

Lunch for students is scheduled between midday and 1pm each day. A band will be playing on the McKinnon lawn to entertain the students.

For further information or interviews contact UOW’s Recruitment Coordinator, Michelle Stojanovski, on 4221 4760 or 0412 666 311.

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128