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Leading the Engagement Agenda

Engagement Australia champions the unique role universities have with society to address contemporary global challenges and trends through teaching, learning, research and partnerships. We do this by:

Providing and inspiring leadership;
Developing capacity and future leaders;
Enabling peer-learning;
Providing practical tools and tips; and
Providing a platform for collaboration and knowledge creation.

Engagement Australia supports the wider contextual standard definition of community engagement, previously developed by the US-based Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which has succeeded in codifying the core characteristics and principles of community engagement.  It defines Community engagement as a method of teaching, learning and research that describes interactions between universities and their communities (business, industry, govt, NGOs, and other groups) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

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Our Programs

View our range of online resources, live events and seminars and industry updates here.  Some of these items are available only to member institutions.  If you need a login, please register here.  If you would like to become a member visit our member page.

“The hallmark of engagement is the development of partnerships that ensure a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge between the University and the community.” Holland and Ramalay (2008:33).

Latest News

The 2019 Engagement Australia signature leadership forum themed From Agency to Action! saw 50 senior university leaders in engagement come together in Canberra earlier this month to hear from some of the world’s leading experts in university engagement on how they are shaping and integrating the very best of what has been learned locally and globally with current practice.

March 17, 2019

Flinders University New Venture Institute // City of Marion // City of Onkaparinga In 2018 the Flinders University New Venture Institute partnered with neighbouring Councils Marion and Onkaparinga on a...

March 1, 2019

Occupational Therapy students at Southern Cross University, in collaboration with community partners and academic staff, are encouraged to co-design learning experiences that address current industry challenges while providing undergraduate students with real world experiences in health and social care.

February 1, 2019

The VicPol Diversity Recruitment Program is an excellent example of Victoria University’s approach to engagement with the communities it serves in Melbourne’s west.

January 1, 2019

The Parramatta Community Justice Clinic (PCJC) is a partnership program between Western Sydney University and Western Sydney Community Legal Centre Limited.

January 1, 2019

The 2018 Engagement Australia Symposium themed ‘Critically Engaged Universities of the Future’ saw 60 senior leaders in university engagement come together in Brisbane from all over Australia and New Zealand.  The Symposium, hosted by the Australian Catholic University on their Brisbane campus in partnership with Flinders University, heard from some of Australia’s leading experts about new models of university engagement developed by leaders of the sector, by the sector and for the sector.

December 10, 2018

Our Members

  • LaTrobe Uni