UNSW Hall is a

residential college A residential college is a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship wi ...

that is a part of

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

' student accommodation portfolio, founded in 2014.

History

At its founding, UNSW Hall occupied a facility built in 1959 that had temporarily occupied by Phillip Baxter College during a redevelopment of UNSW's Kensington Colleges. In 2018, this facility was identified by the university as end of life, threatening UNSW Hall with closure. Following the "Save UNSW Hall" campaign by residents against this, the college relocated to its current site on the north side of the University of New South Wales'

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

campus in 2019.

Accommodation

UNSW Hall is a fully-catered facility, offering students three meals per day at the Goldstein dining hall during session. The accommodation has shared bathrooms and single rooms.

House Committee

The House Committee is composed of student leaders elected annually by residents in various portfolios aimed at offering residents opportunities to be involved in extra-curricular activities. The House Committee includes an executive group of a president, secretary and treasurer and administers a budget each year across areas such as cultural, communities/charities, sport, social and communications.

References

{{University of New South Wales Colleges Residential colleges of the University of New South Wales Educational institutions established in 2014 2014 establishments in Australia