Sydney Spotlight

CEA CAPA is pleased to welcome custom programs back to our center in Sydney, Australia! Now that borders have opened to visitors again, CEA CAPA Sydney began welcoming students again in May 2022, and our custom team is developing custom programs in Sydney for 2023, beginning with several January term offerings.

CEA CAPA Sydney Custom Program Samples

CEA CAPA has hosted many types of custom programs at our Sydney Center, from short-term two-week faculty-led programs to 12-week CEA CAPA-led semester programs. For example, Samford University partnered with CEA CAPA on their 2-week faculty-led Arts & Society program in Jan-term 2019 which involved many cultural events and guest speakers for a general Arts & Society course required for all students on campus at Samford. University of California, Davis and Augustana College, both institutions whose academic schedules have run on the quarter system, have partnered with CEA CAPA Sydney for fall and winter quarter programming, involving both visiting faculty from the home institution as well as CEA CAPA-taught courses. And Colorado State University has run an internship program with CEA CAPA Sydney across several summers, where students stayed in homestays and completed a full-time 32-hour per week internship.

Caption: Outside our new CEA CAPA Sydney Center.

Here are five reasons why our Sydney Center is a perfect place to host your next custom program!

1. New CEA CAPA Sydney Center

As CEA CAPA continues to grow and evolve, we have relocated our Sydney Center to a new, larger location on the campus of the University of Technology Sydney.

The CEA CAPA Sydney Study Center is extremely centrally located in the Haymarket neighborhood. This is a bustling and lively neighborhood, popular with students and within the area of Chinatown. CEA CAPA's student apartments along with many other student-friendly accommodations complexes are nearby, and the Central Train Station is a 10-minute walk away.

The center includes a large communal lounge, kitchen, and outdoor patio. There are six classrooms with capacity of between 12 and 50, including 3 lecture theater-style classrooms with space for 50. The center includes offices for staff, student meetings, study spaces, and faculty preparation. The center has an elevator and the building is disability compliant. Students will also have access to the UTS library.

2. Dedicated CEA CAPA Staff in Sydney

Our CEA CAPA staff will continue to manage all aspects of the CEA CAPA Sydney Center, led by Academic Director Dr. Julia Miller and Program & Student Services Director Daniel Cunningham. The CEA CAPA Sydney staff also work in collaboration with CEA CAPA's Custom Program Developers to advise and plan custom programming, meet with visiting faculty in the pre-departure planning phase, and offer 24/7 support throughout the program.

3. Internships

Our staff in Sydney is well-connected throughout the city and places students in internships spanning many fields, including (but not limited to) business, communications, psychology, sports management and marketing, social sciences, and environmental studies. Internships can be built into CEA CAPA custom programs that are 6 weeks or longer, combined with other academic support (including our Global Internship Course), or offered as an internship-only program.

4. CEA CAPA Academic Support

CEA CAPA Sydney programs offer concentrations in Sustainability & Environmental Studies; Entrepreneurship & Innovation; and Sports & Leisure Studies. Using this existing network of our faculty and internship site coordinators, CEA CAPA Sydney is particularly well-suited to host programs under these themes. Our Sydney center has also hosted successful programs in Arts & Society, Communications and Public Speaking, Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Wellness.

5. Rich Cultural Program Augmentation

CEA CAPA's co-curricular program, My Global City, is a rich and varied calendar of events, lectures, walking tours, and reflective sessions offered during each standard CEA CAPA term and available to all students on CEA CAPA and custom programs. All My Global City events relate to CEA CAPA's Student Learning and Development Outcomes: globalization, urban environments, social dynamics, diversity, and personal and professional development. My Global City events empower students to analyze and explore Sydney in a manner that is relevant to their studies and personal interests. Sample activities include:

• Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout

• A Coastal Walk from Bondi to Bronte

• Botanical Gardens Historical Tour

• Cadman's Cottage The Rocks Aboriginal History Walk

• A Nighttime tour of the Sydney Observatory

• Visiting the Museum of Australian Currency

• Attending a guest lecture on immigration

All activities are either free or for a low cost for students to participate. Faculty can recommend or require participation in certain activities to connect classroom-based learning and the city of Sydney.