Community and Access Champions

Champions have a number of roles and functions in common, irrespective of the particular core business area they are associated with, which include:

Scanning the scene
Maintaining particular relationships internally and externally
Having and capturing ideas
Sharing knowledge
Communication
Exercising judgement
Facilitating the development of tactics and projects together with the head of school
Providing input to faculty and executive for development of processes.

Additional specific roles for Community and Access champions

The Community and Access champions have the responsibility to ensure that the strategic issues associated with the portfolio are known throughout the school and that the school has a coordinated response to these issues.

To serve as a member of the Community and Access panel
To share knowledge and best practice in how to successfully meet the University’s vision with other schools, units, centres and campuses
To ensure that school-based staff are not only aware of but also know how to access various equity and diversity programs such as entry schemes, Indigenous support schemes or equity support
To identify emerging incentives to expand access to the University to individuals and groups of potential students
Community and Access champions will work with Corporate Communications to develop appropriate marketing and communications strategies to further develop opportunities for enrolments, expanded offerings and meeting equity and diversity targets
To contribute to the development of the VET and higher education profiles in order to meet the emerging educational and training needs of the Northern Territory
To serve as a first point of contact for other members of the Community and Access portfolio into schools
To serve as a contact for school-based staff who wish to gain further information about Community and Access activities, processes and operations
To promulgate new opportunities to both the school and the broader University community to improve internal and external service levels.

CDU's Community and Access Champions
VET Industry Divisions
Business and Services Industry Division	Lesley Jury, VET lecturer/workplace assessor
Business and Services Industry Division	Shirley O’Connor, VET lecturer/workplace assessor
Trades Industry Division	Eve Somssich, thematic team leader
Faculty of Education, Health and Science
School of Education	Nancy Devlin, coordinator/lecturer, educational support
School of Health Sciences	Jean Packham, lecturer, social work
School of Environmental and Life Sciences	Dianne Pearson, lecturer, GIS
School of Engineering and Information Technology	Vacant
Faculty of Law, Business and Arts
School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems	Matthew Campbell, VET lecturer, resource management
School of Creative Arts and Humanities	Cain Gilmour, VET lecturer, contemporary music
School of Law and Business	Vacant