QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY Journey of Discovery and Rediscovery

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYJourney of Discovery and
Re-discovery
Context for change What we found Practitioners
perspective Learnings Directions

• Presented to AUCEA National Conference July 2006

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYRich histories combined

• 13 predecessor institutions
• Technical vocational
• School to work
• Growth of knowledge in science and technology
• Application to business, industry and community

Technical Colleges 1882 -
Teachers Colleges 1914 -
Kindergarten Teachers College 1961 -
College of Nursing 1960 - 1978
Qld Institute of Technology 1965 -
College of Advanced Education 1982 -
1990 -
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Articulated Policy Framework Context
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QUT ENGAGEMENT Philosophy
The scholarship of engagement and the idea of
community partnerships are not about service.
They are about extraordinary forms of teaching
and research and what happens when they come
together
(Holland 2004)
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QUT ENGAGEMENT Philosophy
Institutional engagement cannot be realised
through a narrow focus on faculty roles in
collaboration with the community or staff-run
outreach programs, or through volunteerism but
rather through a process that is inclusive of all
of these elements and encourages
cross-collaboration among these constituencies
(Anderson 2005 p. 37)
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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY2005 Strategy development

• Independent review
• Broad stakeholder consultation
• (over 100 staff, students, alumni, government,
  business, community)
• International Engaging Communities Conference
• Visiting scholars learning from other models
• Case studies QUT engagement in action
• Overview of community service activity
• AUCEA working with Unis in SEQ
• Engagement Strategy 2006 action plan endorsed

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYWhat we found

• Strong culture (and practice) varied language
• Recognition of different perspectives needed
• Engagement to be legitimised integrated not
  add-on
• Focus needed QUT cant do everything
  (Blueprint)
• Sometimes perceived to pop in and out
• Not capturing evidence of impact
• Only beginning to create scholarship to support
• Greater visibility coherence needed

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYAction Plan 2006

• Staff development, dialogue and debate
• Communication strategy
• Engagement publication
• Web portal
• Engagement Incentive fund - 150k in Sem2
• Embed and support locally
• Governance model lead, monitor, evaluate
• AUCEA involvement

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYEvolutionary change
Leadership Capacity Skills/Info Culture Recognitio
n Infrastructure Policy/Rules Systems
conceptual
organisational
societal
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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYBuilding on strengths

• Collaborative research
• Institutes BAC
• Teaching and learning
• practice based learning, themed
• Volunteering and Philanthropic partnerships
• Alumni
• career mentors, innovation
• Promotion of engagement
• communication strategy
• Linking QUT to community
• B. Institute precincts
• Staff development and promotion

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QUT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGYLearnings

• External guidance - question the unquestionables
  draw out perspectives
• Clear vision with flexible implementation is key
• Evolutionary not a-ha
• Dont seek to control change expect it,
  understand it, facilitate it, reward it, continue
  it
• Champions and models are guiding lights
• Need to capture evidence of quality and impact

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Boyer applied institutions
Scholarship of Research
Scholarship of Teaching
Overlapping academic neighbourhoods
Scholarship of Application
Scholarship of Integration
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QUT applied institution


Scholarship of Research
Scholarship of Teaching
Engagement through Application and
Integration as an applied institution and
sustainable organisation
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QUT Blueprint 2011
QUT aims to develop a distinctive national and
international reputations as a university which
combines academic strength with practical
engagement with the world of the professions,
industry, government, and the broader community.
With a vision to

• strengthen and extend our strategic
  partnerships to reflect both our academic
  ambitions and our civic responsibility.