New College, University of New South Wales is a residential college, located in the UNSW campus in Sydney. The college is organised around on Anglican principles. About 250 undergraduate students, both local and international and of a variety of backgrounds, live in the original college building, and 315 graduate students are housed in the nearby New College Village. New College is also home to the Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education (CASE) which specialises in Christian apologetics.

History

New College was founded in 1969 as part of the work of the New University Colleges' Council, who instigated a no alcohol policy.

The college has two quadrangles similar to that of Basser College which was built 10 years earlier, in 1959.

The first Master was Reverend Noel A. Pollard, who filled that role until 1973, when he was succeeded by Dr Stuart Barton Babbage. In 1983 Rev Dr Bruce Kaye became master, and he held the position until 1994,

Village

In August 2006 New College began construction of a 315-bed postgraduate residential village called New College Village on a site diagonally opposite New College on UNSW western campus. This project was overseen by the college Master, Trevor Cairney. The site opened in early 2009, and houses about 315 students, primarily international postgraduate students from over 50 nations. Like the original New College, it provides academic tutors and pastoral care. In 2020 the Dean of New College Village is Susan Bazzana. New College Village consists of a mixture of studio apartments and 5–6 bedroom shared apartments.

Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education (CASE)

Formerly known as Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education, the Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education was established in 2002 by Trevor Cairney as an activity of New College. Its first was director was Greg J Clarke. The aim of the centre is to explore Christianity in the context of mainstream university study and research, and educate the community on the place of the Christian worldview. CASE regularly holds seminars, conferences and courses, it runs a scholars program for current PhD students, and it produces the quarterly magazine, Case.

See also

  • Anglican Diocese of Sydney
  • University of New South Wales

References

  • New College
  • New College Village
  • Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education
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