As a 21st century institution, UTS strives for meaningful, equitable and impactful collaboration with communities, grounded in reciprocity. The Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion is home to sector leading programs for community engagement:
- UTS Shopfront, running since 1996, offers work integrated learning in non-profits.
- UTS SOUL Award provides extra-curricular volunteering and pathways for student action.
- The Social Impact Lab engages local communities on issues affecting society.
In this session, hear from UTS’s Social Impact team as they discuss the challenges and benefits of long-term partnership development.
As part of the CommUniversity workshop for Talloires Network, in partnership with Open Society University Network.
Speakers
Dianne Moy is a community engagement and program development professional, specialising in collaborative and participatory methodologies. Dianne has a Master of Design (Research) and grounds her work in placemaking techniques and community-led design — enabling community members to have a voice and partner in engagement and decision-making processes.
Alex Connor is a social impact practitioner specialising in community engagement and volunteering. Alex leads the UTS SOUL Award program, enabling students to demonstrate their social responsibility, increase their change-making skills while increasing the impact of the community sector.
Katie Blair is a Research and Evaluation Specialist, with extensive experience coordinating and undertaking complex and strategic research and evaluation projects. Katie is passionate about ensuring research is accessible and easy for practitioners to understand so that it can be incorporated in future programs and designs.