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Latest News

The Melbourne Pollen Count at the University of Melbourne, provides Victorians with daily pollen updates and a forecast service, assisting those living with hay fever and asthma to better manage their allergies.

February 3, 2020

Lack of access to affordable, healthy food is a national problem. According to the City of Sydney Council, an estimated 17,000 residents do not have reliable access to nutritious, affordable food, with more than 3.6 million Australians experiencing some kind of food insecurity each year.

January 31, 2020

Engagement Australia Director, Jim Nyland, was recently published in the Campus Review with his opinion piece ‘A burning world: will we choose transformation and sustainability or apocalypse?’ Read the full...

December 19, 2019

As Chair of Engagement Australia (EA) can I take this opportunity to wish you and your family all the very best for the festive season. It has been a busy year and I hope you find time to relax, spend time with your loved ones and recharge the batteries over the holiday period. 

December 6, 2019

For the first time in many years, Darwin audiences can see the rich diversity and splendour of Balinese art in an exhibition at Charles Darwin University Art Gallery.

December 2, 2019

Ezidi families in Armidale, NSW, were given refurbished computers from the University of New England to help them study, work and connect with loved ones.

December 1, 2019

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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.

INNOVATIVE

SUPPORTIVE

STRATEGIC

COLLABORATIVE

“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).

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