Engagement Australia is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural Engagement Australia Awards. These awards extend the high-quality recognition provided by the former BHERT awards to identify and celebrate the most exciting and impactful engagement activities undertaken by Australian Universities.
The 2020 Engagement Australia signature Leadership Forum themed A burning world: generational change or apocalypse? saw 40 senior university leaders come together in Canberra recently to hear from an international panel of experts about how engaged universities in Australia might respond to the current climate crisis and emergency within the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
One in five children is living below the poverty line in postcode 2484 northern NSW, a postcode which lies within the Southern Cross University footprint. It Takes a Town is a community development project operating within the 2484 post code area based around Murwillumbah. It Takes a Town is building a stronger, more cohesive and healthier community in order to vicariously improve children’s well-being.
From its humble beginnings in Central Queensland in 2001, the 10,000 Steps project is now recognised as an effective physical activity promotion program both nationally and internationally. Its resources and research have been adopted worldwide with similar projects now operating in countries such as Canada, Belgium, and the UK; and this adoption continues to grow. The project currently has over 428 000 members, with approximately 2 800 new members joining each month. 10,000 Steps members have lodged over 223 billion steps, about 44 million steps every day.
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.
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.
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