1 participation and community engagement PACE lindie clark, academic & programs director, pace

2 what is pace? participation planet people  part of the undergraduate curriculum renewal at macquarie  staged implementation from 2012

3 the student view … what is it? what will I get out of it? what options are there? does it count for credit? is it a requirement of my degree? where do I go for advice? do I need insurance? do I have to go overseas?

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5 pathways to participation

6 types of participation many existing disciplinary-based participation activities …  internships and work-integrated-learning: sociology, media, cultural studies, public relations, engineering, museum studies, business, health, etc.  professional experience & practicums: education, early childhood  field trips with a partnership component: human geography  service learning by volunteering: psychology capstone  community reference panels: new law unit

7  psychology: develop a youth strategy for a local council on the north shore  business: do an internship with a leading company, not-for-profit organisation, or government agency  public relations: develop communications strategies for an organisation providing training, jobs and shelter to homeless young men in the western suburbs  health: help establish and evaluate a community garden project in a local primary school  law: work in a team to generate law reform proposals to address real world problems of governance, access to justice, social inclusion etc  sociology: complete a social research project with a local council what sort of things can I do?

8 pathways to participation

9 pace international projects  build community infrastructure and work with school children in peru  empower street children in the philippines  improve the health of young people in india  support indigenous communities in sabah  work with young people on welfare projects in vietnam

10 local and regional opportunities too  ecological restoration projects  community development projects  peer-assisted-learning

11  FOAR300: participation & community engagement in arts*  FOBE200: professional and community engagement  FOBE300: student leadership in community engagement  FOHS300: participation & community engagement in human sciences*  FOSC300: participation & community engagement in science* * new in 2012 faculty participation units

12 rigorous academic framework to develop key graduate capabilities community engagement: mutually beneficial partnership common elements orientation organisational/admin requirements MQ expectations preparatory sessions any preparatory assessment tasks experience/project experience itself assessment tasks including critically reflective practice if this is to be assessed final wrap-up debrief any post-experience assessment tasks scaffolding for skills development

13 the student view … what is it? what will I get out of it? what options are there? does it count for credit? is it a requirement of my degree? where do I go for advice? do I need insurance? do I have to go overseas?

14 staged implementation of PACE over the next 4 years from 2012:  participation unit a core requirement in some 31 degree programs (about half of the total number of degrees), and 8 majors/streams  a range of other participation activities open to all students via Faculty and Departmental Participation units (electives) ... currently a total of 29 participation units accredited by ASQC/Senate roll-out of Participation at macquarie

15 is it a requirement in my degree?

16  bachelor of business administration (+ all degrees doubled with bba)  bachelor of engineering (+ all degrees doubled with engineering)  bachelor of health  bachelor of laws (+ all combined LLB programs)  bachelor of planning  ba-/bsc-psychology, b psy (hons) (+ all degrees doubled with psych)  bachelor of social science  bachelor of teaching (0-5 years)  creative arts major  human geography major  museum studies major  photonics major  psychological science major  spatial information science  bachelor of advanced science (biology major only)  bachelor of medical science (psycho-medical stream only) degrees and majors – participation as core

departmental participation units... core units:  BBA360 business project  BIOL388 advanced science (biology)  ECH499 early childhood internship  ENGG400 industry experience  ENVG380 human geography in action  ENVG390 GIS for urb & reg management  ENVG461 planning experience  HLTH300 health placement  MMSCS321 arts practicum  MSM311 museum field studies  PHTN310 industry project  PSY399 psychological science: putting theory into practice  SOC301 internships in social research electives:  CBMS308 chemical analysis II  COMP365: systems engineering project  FoBE201 working with and employing people with disabilities  LAW488 access to justice  LAW551 professional and community engagement  LAW599 legal governance and professional leadership  LEX300 social innovation, governance and professional leadership  MAS350 media internship  MKTG304 marketing project  SCOM300 science comm in practice  SOC351 social change placement

18 is it a requirement of my degree? where do I go for advice?

19 pace staff in your faculty... * Dr Valentine Mukuria assists with the ADP role 1 day/wk in FoA and FoHS

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22 nuts and bolts … is it a requirement in my degree? where do I go for advice? do I need insurance? do I need insurance? do I have to go overseas? do I have to go overseas? what is it? what will I get out if it? what options are there? does it count for credit?

23 find out more... nd_community_engagement/ PACE Office Building F9C