5. Business and industry engagement

Message to students, staff and local community

Charles Sturt University’s relationship with business and industry may be to share physical space or equipment; to encourage collaborative teaching and research projects, to incubate or support new companies; or to provide real-world learning opportunities for students or recent graduates.

Charles Sturt, like other educational institutions, contributes to the local economy. We do this directly; through the procurement of local products and services, or indirectly; by strengthening the local workforce through skills development. You can support this by using (and encouraging others to use) local businesses and services.

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. The green bars reaching four (4) highlight best practice and the lower bars in blue indicate Charles Sturt University’s current baseline ratings.

What you can do

Action Plan

Charles Sturt University has a responsibility to engage with the community, in particular with business and industry, and commit to working together to benefit wider society.

• See the Business and Industry Action Plan [PDF 367KB]

This action plan has been paired with the Community Engagement Framework.

Initiatives

• Share good practice examples with your professional networks to encourage businesses to engage with Charles Sturt University.
• Record and share stories with Sustainability at Charles Sturt that describe the impact of partnerships with local businesses.
• Contact us if you are or know of a local business that aligns with the University's values and is interested in partnering in research, teaching and learning opportunities.