Community Engagement

New College aims to engage intellectually with the University and the wider community.

New College Lectures

In 1986 the College set up a trust to conduct an annual series of public lectures.  Each lecturer is asked to take up some important issue or aspect of contemporary society and to comment on it from the standpoint of their Christian faith and professional expertise.  These lectures have become an important public event and have attracted large interest and generated much discussion.  The inaugural New College lectures were given in 1987 by Professor Malcolm Jeeves of the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and in subsequent years lecturers have come from Australian and overseas universities as well as the wider community.  The New College Lecture Series 2005 saw the largest audiences in the lectures' history with the important topic of Church and State addressed by The Hon John Anderson, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP and Rev Dr Andrew Cameron.  Over 900 people attended over two nights to hear this landmark lecture series (watch an excerpt from our YouTube Channel below).  The New College Lecture series is now in its 23rd year.  Find out more about this year’s or past New College Lectures»

CASE

In 2002 the College’s Master set up the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education (CASE). CASE explores a Christian understanding of intellectual and social issues, serving the students and academics of New College, the University of NSW and the wider community with publications, seminars, conferences, courses and a resources website. The director of the Centre is New College's Master Professor Trevor Cairney. For further information, visit the website www.case.edu.au, phone (+61 2) 9381 1730 or email case@newcollege.unsw.edu.au.