Childrens University Tasmania

Children’s University Tasmania is affiliated with the University of Tasmania and the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, a specialist centre established to better understand the issues that constrain Tasmanian educational outcomes.

The Children’s University concept is relatively simple: it offers superior educational experiences for children aged between 7 and 14 years and volunteering opportunities for 15-18 year olds outside of school and recognises their achievements through the award of formal certificates and graduations. The model leverages local educational and learning activity providers (including sports clubs, museums, galleries, school clubs) and has a strong emphasis on experience as a significant learning tool, acknowledging the value of the range of different learning experiences and environments in which children engage. All learning activities must have a link in some way to a university course eg. Football club = sports engineering, physiotherapy, management, teaching, sciences etc.

Each child is issued with a Passport to Learning from their school in which the hours of validated activity are recorded. Once they have reached the required number of hours children will graduate from the Children’s University. Certificates are presented at graduation ceremonies held once a year at a University of Tasmania campus near you (Sandy Bay, Cradle Coast and Newnham campuses).

Children’s University is child led, meaning that children choose what activities they would like to participate in, and participation occurs on a voluntary basis.

Our team of CU Regional Officers are interested in speaking with potential Public Learning Destination providers, students and schools.

Bugeido Australia has been a Public Learning Destination since 2016, and is proud to be involved with this very exciting initiative of the University of Tasmania

Part of Children’s Universities Worldwide

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