Your generosity in 2025 

Your continued support has enabled hundreds of students to complete their education and funded research programs and projects that help communities to thrive. 

 

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    718 donors collectively gave

    $11,267,357

    to UTS students, research and programs. 

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    208 UTS staff donated

    $488,124

    across 19 different causes. 

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    568 donors donated

    $1,354,487

    towards student scholarships and prizes supporting students in their study at UTS.

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    105 donors donated

    $4,730,988

    to research programs and initiatives.

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    70 donors donated

    $5,181,883

    to community programs and initiatives. 

Andrew Parfitt

UTS’s impact is built through partnerships – with donors, alumni, industry and government.  Your shared vision in the power of education, research and partnerships to transform lives, and confidence in UTS to shape a better future, enables UTS to advance with purpose and ambition.   

Andrew Parfitt

Vice Chancellor & President

Rebecca Hazell

Thank you for your continued belief in the power of our global UTS community to shape the future. Every contribution is deeply valued and will continue to expand what we can achieve together through UTS in the years ahead. 

Rebecca Hazell

Pro Vice-Chancellor Advancement & Alumni

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Sione

Watch Sione’s story

Watch Sione’s story transcript

I went to a school out in Western Sydney, where hardly anyone went to uni because of the lack of opportunity. 

UTS gave me the opportunity to study. 

My name is Sione Puloka and I'm studying a Bachelor of Communications in Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney.

I would describe myself as persevering. My year six teacher, he told me that I like to take on challenges through thick or thin.

I'm pretty outgoing. I like talking to people. I love getting to know them. That's why I chose journalism, because I want to get to know that person's story.

I grew up in a single parent household. I have four loving sisters. It was tough growing up with the financial struggles, solely relying on my mum, for my 21 years in life. 

My mum is the greatest person I've ever known. She is my superwoman. She always told me: Do what you need to do to be great. 

My first day on campus - I really liked the feel of it. It felt like home to me personally. 

I've always wanted to be here at uni. I've always wanted to study. I didn't want to end up as a product of my environment. 

It's not just the fees - like other students, I will be paying it off for the rest of my life. The train fare, the laptop, other costs... They all pile up. I just have to make every dollar count to be honest. 

And with my disability, it takes up a lot of time and energy and effort to even get here on time.

It's hard, but I'm determined to do it. 

I could see how this scholarship would change my life. And not only for me, but my mum and sisters too. 

It means we could focus on study and not survival.

As my mum would put it: just go, be great! This scholarship creates an opportunity to do that. 

I can succeed, and other students like me can succeed. 

We have the potential. We just need the opportunity.
Val&A

Bold ideas shaping innovation in health

Bold ideas shaping innovation in health transcript

Everyone knows someone with asthma. It affects 1 in 9 Australians and around 260 million people worldwide. And there is no cure. Most asthma treatments focus on the lungs, but my research looks at the gut. We've discovered that fatty acid receptors appear in the gut, lungs and immune cells, suggesting there could be a shared pathway we could target to reduce inflammation or even stop asthma developing. These early findings give us hope that we may be able to develop new treatments for severe asthma and reduce lifelong dependence on medication. Around 600 million people globally live with painful joints. My research in regenerative medicine aims to help people stay mobile, healthy and pain free as they age. By combining stem cell biology and nanotechnology, we're turning stem cells into bio-factories to produce natural healing molecules that reduce inflammation and stimulate repair. We're also using nature's materials, like those derived from plants, to deliver treatments directly into diseased joints. With the foundation’s support, we can give people hope that better treatments are on their way to slow stop or even reverse joint damage. I study one of the most devastating lung diseases idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. It causes permanent scarring in the lungs that makes the breathing increasingly difficult. Most people live only 2 to 5 years after diagnosis and around a thousand Australians die from IPF each year. I have discovered certain proteins and enzymes that play a major role in how fibrosis develops, opening the door to a completely a kind of new therapies. It is my hope that this will pave the way for more effective and life extending treatments for IPF, and to offer hope to people and families who urgently need it. UTS is a powerhouse for impact driven research, investing in a healthier future for everyone. Partnerships make this possible. Philanthropic support for research accelerates discovery. It enables us to advance the next generation of prevention, treatment and patient care. Because behind every statistic is a person who is waiting for a breakthrough.

Student support stories

Philanthropic generosity can remove barriers to success for students from low SES backgrounds.

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Distinguished engineer Professor David Eager has had a remarkable career. Now, with a singular gift, he’s paving the way forward for the future generation

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After a long career as one of Australia’s best known interior designers, Michael Love is gifting a global perspective to the next generation of design students.

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A partnership with NSW Health is poised to expand the Indigenous genetic counselling workforce and increase community access to culturally safe care.

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For Mohammad Sakhvidi, a civil engineering UTS graduate, the UTS Humanitarian Scholarship became both a launchpad to success and an opportunity to give back.

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A collaboration between UTS Law, tech company Neota Logic, and supported by law firm Wotton Kearney, is opening the door to justice for people and communities across Australia.

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The gap between Narika Johnson’s cultural and classroom experiences inspired her education journey.

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Research stories

Across UTS, exceptional researchers are pursuing bold scientific shifts in how we diagnose, treat and even cure some of the world’s most debilitating diseases.

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With support from the Rolex Perpetual Planet initiative, Associate Professor Emma Camp is pioneering science-led approaches to reef restoration and resilience through the Coral Nurture Program.

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At UTS, two of Australia’s leading advocates in domestic and gender-based violence prevention are transforming outcomes for victim-survivors, enabled by philanthropic support.

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With the support of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, a world-first research program that spans social and data science is charting a path to better education outcomes.

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As the recipient of the Ern MacDonald On-Country Fellowship, Anaiwan researcher Dr Callum Clayton-Dixon is reclaiming his ancestral language from the archives and reconnecting it with Country, culture, and community.

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Community stories

Cultural gifts are showcasing the power of art at UTS and beyond.

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Two UTS alumni unlocked millions in funding and limitless potential by donating to UTS Startups

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