Indigenous Content in Undergraduate Programs (ICUP)
The University of South Australia has a special responsibility to provide leadership in Indigenous research and education by virtue of its founding Act.
In 2001 the University undertook a review of its Indigenous education strategy and redefined its goals to contribute to the achievement of national reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians through equality of access, participation and outcomes for Indigenous students and the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives across a wide range of University programs. Objectives supporting this goal and forming the basis of the ICUP strategy included:
- Extending the range of programs offered across the University to attract and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students & employees
- Ensuring that UniSA's curricula are inclusive of the experience of Indigenous Australians
The Indigenous Content in Undergraduate Programs Policy (ICUP), an Australian University first, implemented in 2005 requires all UniSA undergraduate programs to include an assessable and compulsory component of Indigenous content by the year 2010. The Policy has also paved the way for the University of South Australia to develop Indigenous knowledges, scholarship and thought within the Western academy both within Australia and internationally.
- Indigenous indicators - UniSA graduate qualities
- Core knowledge required by all UniSA graduates
- Examples of Indigenous content in UniSA programs
More information
The ICUP Management Group is located within the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research. For more information about the ICUP policy or its implementation, please contact:
Ms Jody St Clair
Executive Officer to the ICUP Management Group
telephone: 8302 9218
email: jody.stclair@unisa.edu.au