When you graduated from UNSW you became a permanent member of our University. We look to our graduates to help forge and maintain close links between the university and the community.
UNSW feels privileged to have built strong links to the Australian Defence Force and has a proud history of association going back to 1967.
UNSW Canberra aims to be recognised internationally as a location of outstanding university learning and teaching. The provision of high-quality undergraduate teaching programs to Midshipmen and Officer Cadets of the Australian Defence Force continues to be core business. We are also a premium provider of postgraduate programs to the broader community and we excel in the delivery of tailored programs in distance and intensive modes.
I look forward to meeting you at one of our alumni events in 2012.
Professor Michael Frater, Rector
UNSW Canberra offers a range of postgraduate coursework programs encompassing Arts, Business, Engineering and Systems Engineering, IT, Science and Project Management . You can study on campus, by distance and some in intensive mode. Applications for Session 1 close on 20 January 2012.
Enrol in variety of short courses relevant to the Public Service including defence personel, the corporate sector and the broader community. As well as providing valuable learning outcomes, these courses also offer excellent networking opportunities.
In September Phillip Adams AO, host of Late Night Live, presented the University Lecture at the Academy. As the students snapped to attention Adams paused and said, "I surrender." This set the scene for an entertaining and thought-provoking theatre of ideas under the heading: How the audience fails the media - how voters fail democracy.
Dr Ian Pfennigwerth, the ADFA History Fellow, has spent the last year rummaging through records that have been preserved, and searching extensively for those that have not, to document the complex story of ADFA. A publication will be available in late 2012. If you have any relevant material please email us at alumni@adfa.edu.au.