FREE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION through Clemente Canberra

CLEMENTE CANBERRA, a free-of-charge university program offered by the St
Vincent de Paul Society in partnership with the Australian Catholic
University, is now enrolling students into the PATHWAYS (stepping
stone/bridging) PROGRAM for Semester II, 2014. This program prepares
students for entry into the Certificate in Liberal Studies Program which is
now full. Please see full details of both programs below.

Students must be 18 or over, and priority is given to those who have
suffered trauma or major setback in their life caused by mental illness,
disability, addiction, unemployment, homelessness, family breakdown, and
other such disadvantage.

All Clemente Canberra Programs are free-of-charge except we ask that
students provide their own pen and exercise book/paper for taking notes. We
also ask that the students get themselves to and from the Australian
Catholic University in Watson. Tuition, morning tea, lunch, study materials,
textbooks and so on, are all provided free-of-charge by the St Vincent de
Paul Society.

There are several places available in the Pathways Program for Semester II,
2014. Prospective students, or their representative, should contact the
Clemente Canberra Coordinator, Robyn Keech, as soon as possible on:

Mobile: 0418 714 835
Email: robyn.keech@svdp-cg.org.au


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THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM

The Pathways Program runs for the full 12 weeks of the university semester.
It is a little more relaxed than the Certificate Program and is for those
people who are not quite ready to become fully-enrolled Certificate
students.

In this program we study Learning for Today & Tomorrow (I) in Semester 1 and
Learning for Today & Tomorrow (II) in Semester 2. The Pathways lecturer for
Semester I, 2014, is Dr Maureen Boyle.

The Pathways Program helps students to develop the generic skills needed to
be a successful student in the Certificate Program. Some Pathways students
progress quite quickly into the Certificate Program but others choose to
stay in Pathways for some time.

We meet on Friday of each of the 12 teaching weeks of the semester. We
commence with morning tea at 10am, followed by class from 10.30 - 12.30,
followed by lunch. Students are free to leave after lunch.

There is no formal assessment in the Pathways Program but students are
expected to complete all class work and homework and to participate in all
activities, as directed by the Pathways lecturer.


THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Like the Pathways Program, the Certificate Program runs for the full 12
weeks of the university semester. Students in this program are
fully-enrolled university students at the Australian Catholic University.

To graduate with a Certificate in Liberal Studies students must complete
four units of study. Since we study one unit per semester, those who pass
the unit each semester, will take two years to complete the Certificate.

The units offered in the Certificate Program are all humanities subjects:
Literature, History, Art, Drama, Communication, Ethics, Media, Philosophy,
Australian Studies, Politics, Nutrition, Sociology, and so on. The unit of
study for Semester II, 2014 is PHIL104: Introduction to Ethics. The lecturer
for this unit is Charlotte Clutterbuck.

We meet on Friday of each of the 12 teaching weeks of the semester. We
commence with morning tea at 10am, followed by class from 10.30 - 12.30,
followed by lunch from 12.30 - 1.30. Students are expected to attend the
1-hour tutorial session after lunch from 1.30 - 2.30. Certificate students
are free to leave after the tutorial.

There is formal assessment in the Certificate Program and students are
expected to submit all assignments on time and to complete all class work,
homework and reading, as directed by the lecture in charge of the unit.


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Every effort is made to match all Clemente students with a volunteer
mentor/study buddy from the wider community. Mentors are required to have a
university degree or similar (or be currently studying towards a degree or
similar) and it is their job to assist the student with their assignments
and other activities associated with study, and to provide encouragement as
needed. It would be expected that students meet with their mentor, out of
class, for about 1 hour per week.


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