20 Leadership
Leadership Sport provides the platform to showcase and develop exceptional leadership. Many student-athletes and club members make rewarding contributions to our clubs, sporting teams and the broader community by becoming articulate and engaging advocates for the University. The Leadership pillar supports the development of leadership capabilities in our programs and clubs to enable students, staff and alumni to demonstrate leadership and active citizenship.
Pride in Sport The Pride in Sport Program aims to facilitate inclusion of the University’s LGBTQIA+ community, through elimination of the barriers preventing this community from engaging with sporting programs. With many Pride in Sport events cancelled or delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions, the program shifted to supporting remote activities during the year. A particular focus was the Pride in Sport Ambassador program, which has named six Ambassadors at University Sporting Clubs to date.
Moondani Yalingwa The Moondani Yalingwa Program provides access to sport and recreational activities and plays a vital role in the retention of Indigenous students in tertiary education. The goals of Program are to develop Indigenous student leadership and use sport as a vehicle for social change. Despite the cancellation of the University’s plans for the Raise the Bar program
The Strong Women program provides support for women students at all levels of sport
and involvement in UniSport Australia’s Indigenous Nationals competition, the Moondani Yalingwa program provided opportunities for sport participation and social connectiveness for the University’s indigenous cohort. A highlight for the year was the Buroinjin Cup event held in June in collaboration with Murrup Barak and several residential Colleges. The event was a great chance to reflect on the importance of National Reconciliation and connect with students on campus.
The Moondani Yalingwa program provides a range of programs for the University's Indigenous student cohort
Strong Women Network The Strong Women program promotes the meaningful inclusion of women students across all levels of sport and active recreation at Melbourne University Sport – as participants, athletes, managers, leaders, coaches, umpires, and volunteers. The Strong Women Network continued to operate remotely, with the majority of mentor-mentee pairs meeting at least fortnightly during the program.
