2005 Conference Papers and Speeches
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Paper presented at AUQF Conference 2005
'Embedding Community
Engagement: Northern Adelaide and The University of South Australia'
Mike Elliott , Peter Sandeman and Hilary Winchester
The University of South Australia’s Northern Adelaide Partnerships (UNAP)
program is a highly commended example of successful community engagement.
The program received an AUQA commendation in 2004. In the same year, the
Peer Mentoring program in which UNAP is involved won an institutional award
in the Australian Awards for University Teaching, and the Pathway for Adult
Learners program, called UniSA-PAL, won the Chancellor’s Award for Community
Service. Projects supported by UNAP have gained significant funding from ARC
Linkage and Sustainable Regions grants. This paper will describe how UNAP
came into being, its role in the University and the community and its
performance viewed from three perspectives. The paper will be presented
jointly.
Note: This paper received the Best Paper Award. (see
http://www.auqa.edu.au/files/publications/full_proceedings.pdf (page 69) for complete
paper)
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Paper presented at AUCEA Conference 2005
'The University of South
Australia’s community engagement in a low socio-economic area to create
significant and lasting change'
Mike Elliott and Hilary Winchester
The University of South Australia’s Northern Adelaide Partnerships (UNAP)
program is a highly commended example of successful community engagement.
The program received an AUQA commendation in 2004. In the same year, the
Peer Mentoring program in which UNAP is involved won an institutional award
in the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) and the Pathway for
Adult Learners program, UniSA-PAL, won the Chancellor’s Award for Community
Service. The Robotics Peer Mentoring Project won the 2003 Australian
Engineering Excellence Award. Other UNAP-sponsored projects have gained
significant funding from ARC Linkage and Sustainable Regions grants. This
paper will describe how UNAP came into being, its role in the University and
the community and its focus on engagement that is long-term and sustainable.
Two examples of projects will be used to illustrate how UNAP works at the
ground level.
(see
http://aucea.med.monash.edu.au:8080/traction/permalink/Website52 for
complete paper)