Core Business Areas
Community Engagement is Relevant to Teaching and Learning
Stakeholder input into course accreditation and reaccreditation keeps courses relevant. Key stakeholder groups at CDU include course advisory groups, industry engagement groups and regional reference groups. The University is working with Indigenous communities to identify training needs in remote Aboriginal communities.
Opportunities for students to apply academic theory to practice in a real community or workplace environment are mutually beneficial to the student and the partner organisation. The student develops specific workplace skills, generic employability skills such as problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills as well as citizenship skills. The community or workplace gains exposure to the latest developments as well as a useful output such as a resource, business plan or report completed by the student.
The University presents public lectures, seminars and symposia that engage CDU lecturers, visiting lecturers and the community in sharing cutting edge ideas and knowledge about issues of importance to the region.
Guest lecturers coming into the University and field trips going out into the community and environment expose students to practical perspectives on their learning and are a type of community engagement.
Graduate Attributes and employability skills that equip a person to achieve their full potential in employment, life and community are relevant to community engagement.
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