his first unit of the Core Curriculum (UNCC100) introduces you to an understanding of what makes communities strong and how we all, in our different future professions, can contribute to a more just society. Students studying UNCC100 in 2020 will be the first to take part in a new initiative, ACU’s “Book of the Year”, which is designed to help us explore the content of the unit more deeply and see its relevance in the Australian context, in particular. Each year, ACU will choose a different novel (the “Book of the Year”) that will encourage us as students and teachers to enhance and deepen our awareness of why individuals, persons and communities matter, in the context of principles such as the common good and human dignity. The Book of the Year for 2020, whose theme is hope, is “This Is My Song” by Richard Yaxley, a three-generation family story of a gr
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