{"id":45139,"date":"2026-07-03T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?page_id=45139"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:25:03","slug":"science-and-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-students\/science-and-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and Engineering Indigenous engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indigenous Support Officer supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering throughout their studies<\/p>\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35-150x150.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"Kaya!\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35-550x370.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35-550x500.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-35.jpg 550w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">Kaya!<\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><p><span id=\"page5R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I\u2019m Indiana Rutter, born in rural WA on Minang Country, with strong, proud, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ancestral connections to the Wirlomin Wudjari people and my Scottish ancestry. I\u2019m <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">both a student and staff member here at Curtin, and study a Bachelor of Advanced <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Science, majoring in Coastal and Marine Science. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"page5R_mcid6\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I\u2019m here to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying in Science <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and Engineering. Whether that\u2019s through financial and material support, connecting <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">you with tutors and mentors, or just being someone you can have a yarn with when <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">things get tough, I can be your first point of call. I also run regular social events for <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Mob in our faculty, so keep an eye on your emails!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                \n                        <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support on offer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Assisting you to confidently navigate university systems, enrolment, services, and connecting you with the right people across campus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Being your first point of contact for support and guidance throughout your<br>studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helping you find scholarships and financial support that may be available to you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting you with mentors to support your studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering a friendly, culturally safe space to have a yarn when things get<br>tough<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organising regular social and community events for Aboriginal and Torres<br>Strait Islander students within the Faculty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helping you build connections with other students, staff and support services across the university<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"cards\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n    \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"get-in-touch\">Get in touch<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"card-grid\"\n         data-card-size=\"standard\"         data-card-count=\"2\"\n         data-card-background=\"gray\">\n                    <div  id=\"indiana-rutter\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"indiana-rutter\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Indiana Rutter<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p><strong>Indigenous Support Officer (Faculty of Science and Engineering)<\/strong><\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:SAEIndigenousSupport@curtin.edu.au\">SAEIndigenousSupport@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p><p>Office: <a href=\"https:\/\/campusmap.curtin.edu.au\/bentley\/?poi=1000462390\" target=\"_blank\">Building 215, Level 1<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/mimas-block>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indigenous Support Officer supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Faculty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":0,"parent":576,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 19:20:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45200,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45139\/revisions\/45200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}