Call for Abstracts - “Engaging for a Sustainable Future” - Due by 1 March
Posted in Events, Research, Visions by fedwards on February 13th, 2008
Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance National Conference, 9 - 11 July 2008
Sunshine Coast & Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
The AUCEA National Conference 2008 will be held from 9 - 11 July on the Sunshine and Fraser Coasts, Queensland, Australia and will be presented by conference host, the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in collaboration with the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (AUCEA).
The conference will commence on the campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast at Sippy Downs, but will be translocated on 10 July to Kingfisher Bay Resort on the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.
Under the banner of “Engaging for a Sustainable Future” the conference will address four sub-themes on University-Community Engagement:
Responding to the needs of the region / community
In this theme we are interested in those experiences and settings that highlight the determinants of creating quality and sustainable partnerships between the university and its region and community.
Measurement and evaluation
This will explore the way engagement processes and the outcomes to which they contribute are assessed in the institution and the community, and how continuous improvement results from these assessments.
Theory and policy development
These are lessons we have learnt locally and internationally that help us towards identifying the key factors in furthering the development of theory and institutional policy as it impacts on the sustainability of regions and communities through access to knowledge and university engagement.
Local engagement with a global importance
In this theme we are interested in those university engagement initiatives that are bringing about significant change at the
community level in areas that are globally important - now and into the future, across the economic, social, cultural and environmental spectrum, as well as providing engaged learning and research for students.
Tailored for the research and academic, corporate, and government sectors, the conference will present a dynamic program of keynote addresses, panel discussions, and presentations of cutting-edge research; while also incorporating case study break-out sessions on putting University-Community Engagement into practice.
For more information, or to download a copy of the Call For Papers, visit the Conference Website:
http://aucea.net.au/traction/permalink/NationalConference1
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