Healthy Campus Management

RMIT University has officially become the 14th university in Australia to join the FISU Healthy Campus Program, an international platform designed to improve the health and wellbeing of students and staff across campus communities. As a new signatory to the FISU Healthy Campus Program, RMIT strengthens a growing national and global movement dedicated to promoting […]

UniSport Australia was proud to be a part of a historic milestone in university sport last week, as we welcomed FISU’s first-ever in-person Healthy Campus Auditor Workshop to Adelaide. Held on 19 May alongside our National Conference, the six-hour workshop was co-led by Fernando Parente, FISU’s Director of Development and Healthy Campus, and Martin Doulton, […]

The University of Melbourne Supporting established programs and providing new and emerging activities: Water Safety Program When Lucy arrived in Melbourne from Beijing to begin her Master of Marketing and Communications, she didn’t know a single person. Everything was unfamiliar, from the language to the lifestyle, and while it was exciting, it was also overwhelming. […]

Bond University has muscled up for global health and wellbeing, joining the prestigious FISU Healthy Campus initiative — an international program designed to make university life healthier, more active, and more connected. And we’re not just dipping a toe in — we’ve already hit a major milestone, earning the International University Sports Federation’s (FISU), Bronze […]

Notre Dame and UTS Join FISU Healthy Campus Program, Strengthening Australia’s Leadership  Australia continues to set the benchmark in fostering healthier university environments, with The University of Notre Dame Australia (Notre Dame) and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) becoming the 11th and 12th Australian universities to sign up for the FISU Healthy Campus Program. […]

Deakin University becomes 10th signatory to FISU’s Healthy Campus Programme Deakin University recently became the tenth higher education institution in Australia to sign up to the Federation of International University Sport (FISU) Healthy Campus Programme. Notably this registration made Australia one of the leading countries in this global platform with the largest % of member […]

Desire for more on-campus opportunities This research investigated the relationship between competence, self-efficacy, enjoyment, and motivation with physical activity behaviour during student’s transition from school to university. Among 558 first-year biology health science students, 80% reported satisfactory or above physical activity index scores, with males scoring significantly higher than females. Enjoyment, self-efficacy, and competence were […]

Challenges in maintaining routines and a lack of awareness of available sports clubs on campus hindered physical activity.

When FISU’s Healthy Campus program was launched in 2020, Gold accredited Murdoch University saw an opportunity for cohesion at a time of high change for the university. Facing large internal changes and the global external challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, Murdoch University’s Murdoch Active embraced the opportunity to unify departments around the university’s Strategic Goals. […]

The University of New England (UNE) signed up to FISU’s Healthy Campus initiative as it saw its potential to directly contribute to the achievement of one of the key principles of the UNE Strategic Plan for 2021 – 2030, ‘Future Fit’: improving the health and wellbeing of all students and staff at UNE. “Healthy Campus […]