Community Engagement - Best Practice

Message to Students, Staff and Local Community

We’re uniquely placed to engage with our local community and the wider public to develop sustainable initiatives. We will engage at the regional, national and international levels through our established connections and networks, as well as our curriculum.

Through community engagement, we’ll find out how we can play a key role in promoting and sustaining mutually beneficial relationships with local and broader communities. This might be to open up physical spaces for the public to share knowledge and expertise or to support staff and student volunteers in local projects.

Champions

ChampionPositionCampus
Samantha Beresford Director, External Engagement Wagga Wagga/AW
Julia Andrews Director, External Engagement Orange/Bathurst
Kate Wood-Foye Director, External Engagement Port Macquarie
James McKechnie Director, External Engagement Dubbo

Annabelle Hillsdon

Internal Communications Manager Bathurst

Amber Marks

Director, Business Development Bathurst

Laura Gibson

Community Relations Officer Dubbo
Heather Robinson Lecturer School of Biomedical Sciences Orange
Blaze Coops Business Development Officer Bathurst
Lisa Stout Community Relations Officer Wagga Wagga

Progress Toward Best Practice

This framework was benchmarked with Business and Industry Interface in 2016.  The below graph illustrates our progress towards best practice across the eight (8) activity areas, with the most recent rating update being displayed in orange.

Participants a the 2015 Biodiversity dreaming conference

Community engagement on Orange campus as part of the establishment of the Girinyalanha Aboriginal Nature and Bioscience Park.