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Dr Ian GouldChancellor's Awards for Community Engagement

The Chancellor's Awards for Community Engagement recognise and value University staff and student initiatives that promote the social, environmental, economic and cultural development of communities and that are undertaken in partnership with communities.

The University's Vision, Mission and Values express a commitment to engaging with our communities and are articulated in Horizon 2020:

UniSA's teaching and research connects strongly with the issues of our local, national and international stakeholders - students, alumni, staff, partners, professions, government, industry, academic peers and community groups.

Award Categories

Awards may be presented in the following categories:

There are three possible awards within each category:

  1. Winner
  2. Special Commendation
  3. Commendation

 In addition, an overall winner will be selected.

Award winners will receive prize money to continue to expand their community engagement initiative. The amount of the prize will be determined by the Selection Committee. Previous awards have been in the range of $1000 - $7000.

 

Selection criteria

A community engagement initiative, in any of the four categories, must meet all of the following criteria to be accepted as a successful nomination:

  1. Is a UniSA project
  2. Extends the University's core values
  3. Promotes the social, environmental, economic, and/or cultural development of a community
  4. Demonstrates a significant impact with a tangible benefit to the community through its implementation.
  5. Involves a community partnership in its planning, implementation and evaluation.
  6. Provides a mutual benefit to UniSA and the partner/community.

 

Nominations

Nominations for the 2012 Awards are not yet open. A call for nominations will be made in early 2012.

 

Eligibility

The Awards are open to groups or individuals:
•     Academic staff
•     Professional staff
•     Students
•     A combination of the above.
 

Selection committee

A Selection Committee will select award winners and determine the distribution of funds to successful nominees. The committee reserves the right to not make awards in all categories if there are insufficient nominations of the standard and quality expected.

Membership of the committee will be:
•     Chancellor (Chair)
•     External member/s of Council
•     Director: Council Services and Chancellery
•     Dean of Graduate Studies
 

Awards Ceremony

The date for the 2012 Awards Ceremony will be advised in due course. 
 

Past winners

Please refer to the Staff Awards Honour Board for a list of previous winners.
 

Contact

For further information contact  Mrs Juliet Mazzone (#29083) or Ms Lesley Grady (#25213)

The 2012 nomination form will be available in due course.

 

Completed nominations must be sent to juliet.mazzone@unisa.edu.au or lesley.grady@unisa.edu.au 

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