1. Flinders University Leadership Project Narmon Tulsi
Faculty of EHL
Research Development

2. Flinders University Leadership Project
WHAT: Facilitating multiple stakeholder engagement in research project:
HOW: Develop a collaborative approach between professional and academic colleagues to lead and facilitate multiple stakeholder engagement using a pilot research project designed to better connect science education with the real world
The project involves exposing student science teachers to an industry engagement experience and using that to inform their teaching practicum with a view to creating more interest in STEM

3. AIMS WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? WHAT LESSONS LEARNT?
The presentation will summarise
AIMS
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
WHAT LESSONS LEARNT?

4. AIMS Build relationships - internal and external
Improve the quality of the research - professional and academic input
- particularly in terms of client engagement
Secure the research $ - both for now, and potentially for future years
Deliver successful presentation to FULP

5. WHAT HAPPENED?

6. WHAT HAPPENED?
I do not have line-leadership role - collaboration element in my project choice
First topic was not possible - I got lucky
Timing – very short timeframe
Funding shortfall re the project - able to quickly negotiate co-investment
Required quickly setting up internal and external networks - particularly regarding industry engagement
Required very effective communication strategy - great team, lateral thinking, effective website

7. WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?

8. SA Dept of State Development Australian Science Mathematics School
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
Build relationships
internal
external
NVI
School of Education
SA Dept of State Development
Industry engagement
Flinders Partners
Australian Science Mathematics School
Research Scientists
DECD
Science 21

9. WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
Build relationships – industry engagement

10. Build relationships – communication tool www.bridgingthegap.edu.au
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
Build relationships – communication tool

11. Google analytics shows engagement
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
Google analytics shows engagement

12. WHAT WAS ACHIEVED? Build relationships - YES
Improve the quality of the research – YES
Secure the research $ – YES $50,000 + $50,000

14. WHAT LESSONS LEARNT?
Excellent to meet you all, and understand more about how other parts of Flinders operate
More communication is better than less and having good tools to communicate helps
Leadership through negotiation and cooperation can work very well
The higher education sector of the future probably requires innovative leadership ie. new models of leadership are apparent?

15. THANK YOU