Our Duty to Care highlighted in The University of Melbourne’s 2023 Sustainability Report
The Wattle Fellowship is the University’s flagship co-curricular leadership development and sustainability program for students. Focusing on multidisciplinarity, the Wattle Fellowship fosters transformative leadership through practical skills development to produce tomorrow’s leaders on global sustainability. The year-long program supports students to bring ideas to life, create positive impact and develop within a community of change-makers.
The Wattle Fellowship’s core focus addresses the Sustainability Plan 2030 priority areas of a ‘Community of sustainability learners and practitioners’ and ‘Graduates for a sustainable future’ through its emphasis on embedding sustainability and creating graduates who can shape, lead and succeed in sustainable societies.
The program continues to grow in popularity, expanding reach and impact, receiving a 20 per cent increase of applications for cohort three compared to cohort one. The Fellowship welcomed its third cohort of 25 new fellows in July 2023.
Access to world-leading academic experts and external sustainability practitioners as well as continual mentoring, coaching and support allows the Wattle Fellows to thrive, with many using the program to springboard enriching careers during and after their Fellowships:
Catalysing passionate University of Melbourne students to become leaders for global climate action and sustainability, the Wattle Fellowship builds on the institution’s foundations in research and education to prepare graduates for a sustainable future.
