Key 2008 New College/University dates
1 January New Year's Day (PH)
28 January Australia Day (PH)
12th February - New College Village Project Launch
(4pm, New College, Main Common Room)
12th–18th February - Prep Week
1st–9th March - Orientation Week (O'Week)
9th March - Alumni Freshers BBQ
(11am-3pm (Drop in any time) Sam Cracknell Pavillion BBQ's, UNSW Village Green)
10th March - Session One Commences (Teaching Period: 10 March–6 June)
21st March Good Friday (PH)
21st–30th March - Mid-semester break
24th March Easter Monday (PH)
25th April Anzac Day (PH)
7th–10th June - Study Period (Stuvac)
9th June Queen's Birthday (PH)
28th June–20th July - Mid-year recess
28th July - Session Two Commences
6 October Labour Day (PH)
25 December Christmas Day (PH)
26 December Boxing Day (PH)
2008 Formal Dinners
5th March - 2008 Fresher's Formal Dinner
19th March - 2008 Commencement Formal Dinner
Professor Richard Henry Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), UNSW
16th April - 2008 Mid Session 1 Formal Dinner
Mr Robert Tickner Secretary General (CEO), Australian Red Cross
4th June - 2008 End of Session 1 Formal Dinner
30th July - 2008 Session 2 Commencement Formal Dinner
Aug/Sep - Date TBA 2008 New College Lectures Formal Dinner
8th October - 2008 Valedictory Dinner (Residents only)
*All dinners 6.45 for 7.00pm; Alumni & Friends are welcome to attend Formal Dinners as guests of the College. Please RSVP via email to the Alumni & Public Relations office» or telephone +61 2 9381 1740.
2008 Master’s Dinners (Residents only)
8 dinners to be held during 2008.
New College Lecture Series 2008
2nd–4th September 2008, 7.30pm (further details TBA)
New College Lecturer: Professor Trevor Hart, St Mary’s College, The University of St Andrew’s. For more information visit the New College Lectures web page here»
New College Play 2008 - 22-24 MAY 2008
In 2008 it’s Cosi by Australian author Louis Nowra. The Play is a story about a university graduate directing an opera by Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte, with the actors being patients in a mental institution in Melbourne.
The production details –
When: 7:30 pm Thursday 22 May, Friday 23 May and Saturday 24 May
Where: New College Main Common Room
Cost: $8 Students, $12 Adults.
To download an Play ad please click here»
For Bookings:
Email: play@newcollege.unsw.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9381 1860
Warning: This production contains adult themes and coarse language which would make it unsuitable for children 15 years and under.
New College Revue 2008
Details TBA